Full Moon - July 27th

FULL MOON JULY 27th

As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin. 
-Pablo Neruda

Always be kinder than you feel

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."
-Henry James

Things you can control

Sometimes ancient and contemporary wisdom traditions align beautifully:
The yoga sutras emphasize tapas (show up, take action), svadhyaya (self-reflection, wisdom) and ishvara pranidhana (surrender to something greater than yourself, which could be god or anything you are devoted to).

The serenity prayer says, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

Today let's make it simple

Today let's make it simple: be kind

Let the soft animal

"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves..."
Excerpt from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"

I used to..

I used to think that if only I were some other way than I am - thinner, smarter, rich, etc. only THEN would I be happier, but I am learning (and forgetting then remembering again) that happiness comes from being who I am and feeling what I actually feel without trying to bury it. It's for sure a lifelong practice but it's worth it.

Wise woman Brene Brown has this to say, “Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis....The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.” 
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
 

 

Choose to be kind

Choose to be kind - understand, empathize, sympathize...
It takes work that requires your intention and thought. It's easy to let your id take over - to speak without thinking of how your words will affect someone else. It's much harder to think of someone else's perspective and feelings. 

So let's all try to be better to each other. 
 

Self Care

Self care has quickly moved from a way to get off the hamster-wheel of busyness to a very hot commodity - including green beauty and clean eating. There are many articles on what self-care should look like and feel like, but is this just additional pressure to be perfect and achieve more?  Rebecca at Kings Road Apothecary speaks to the difference between what looks like self-care in the media and what actual real-life self care is. What do you think? http://thornandwonder.com/blog/2017/7/soft-soft
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Inhale / Exhale

Letting go of what we're holding onto (or what's holding onto us) is necessary to be able to take the next breath, to move forward into our future.

What are you letting go of today?