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We never know what live hold for us.

Even when it feels impossible or intolerable…it is in these moments that we must trust in the power of another day.

But faith is not simply a process of waiting. It is an active exchange with between your will and the world.

Rather than being passive, You must take action in order to create change.
This action might a willingness to take a deeper breath, to feel more fully, to reach for support, and receive it when it is given. And even when we cannot find another soul to hold us your engagement might need to come in the form of stepping outside…into the natural world. In these moments, let the natural world hold you, let the beauty and light lift you up.

Physically, this practice is about engaging your solar plexus, your inner sun. I will invite you to awaken the core of the body, nourish your digestive organs through gentle twists, and fuel your inner furnace with your breath. We will then bring all of this up into your heart so that you might shine your courageous wild heart fearlessly into this hurting world we share.

This is about the Courage to focus on love even during times of fear or despair.

“Courage is not the absence of despair, rather it is the willingness to engage in life in spite of despair.” ~Rollo May

You are called to engage in the act of creating your life knowing that difficulties and losses have and will continue to happen.

“This journey to the heart invites you to soften and let go of your defenses so you can more easily align with your true nature of kindness, generosity, love, and compassion.” Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma


Poem for Today:
Your natural soul by Clare Dubois

Whether or not you know
that you are beautiful,
the flowers gaze at you
whenever you walk by.
When your heart feels like stone
and you’ve lost sight
of the gifts being given,
you are still held by the earth beneath you
and kissed by the breath of the trees.
When you’ve convinced yourself
that you’re hopeless
and that you simply can’t fulfil the role
that “you were born here to play,”
the sky is still whispering your name
and the stars are waiting for their chance
to sing to you.
You are wanted here.
You are part of this creation.
Let your hurts melt away in the waves
Let your cries be carried by the birds.
Earth, air, fire and water are the truth of you
and when you drop the veil
and open to the greater You,
you will find your fullness
in the valleys and the groves
and “bow again to the sacred altar
of your natural soul.”