Choices, Changes, New Beginnings...

Every Day is a New beginning. Some more dramatic than others.  If we are present, truly present... we live for those new beginnings... we embrace and don't look back.  As I mentioned in my last post though, letting go is a challange for me.  Still, being present is something I strive for, something that MEANS alot to me.  It is a mantra for me.  BE PRESENT. BE PRESENT. HERE AND NOW. THIS MOMENT.

After four years teaching at Yogalife Greenlake... I am leaving.  It as been an amazing time of growth, of friendships, of connections.  I created and grew my 'New Year's Day Mala' while at Yogalife.  It is a HUGE part of the teacher I have become.  It will remain a part of me, of my teaching... just perhaps in a new space.  Connections I have made will follow me... in my heart, in the real world... in life.  Growth I have experienced is always a part of who I am.  Students who have learned from me, connected to me... may let go, or follow me. I am open to it all.  I love them all.

It's interesting how this is just a part of my growth and change this year... It is so huge, yet only a part of the whole.  I am forever trying to be strong. To be the 'best me I can be.' Trying to offer my students what I have learned, how I am learning to be strong, how I am learning to be present and most importantly how I am learning to let go.

I am so grateful to all of you; Who have taught me. Who have loved me.  Who are in my heart. Always.

Letting Go....

Let it Go
by Danna Faulds

Let go of the ways you thoughts life would unfold;
the holding of plans or dreams or expectations-
Let it all go. Save your strength to swim with the tide.
The choice to fight what is here before you now will
only result in struggle, fear and desperate attempts to
flee from the very energy  you long for. Let go.
Let it all go and flow with the grace that washes through your days
whether you receive it gently or with all your quills raised to defend
against invaders. Take this on faith; the mind may never find the
explainations that it seeks, but you will move forward nonetheless.
Let go, and the wave's crest will carry you to unknown shores, beyond your wildest
dreams or destinations.  Let it all go and find the place of rest and peace
and certain transformation.



This has always been one of my favorite readings.  I struggle more than most with 'letting go...'
Friendships, homes, pets, relationships, jobs, cities... all of it. I hold on more than I need to.
The funny thing is - I have 'let go' eventually - more than most. I guess I just need alot
of practice.

It never gets easier. This letting go....
But I am trying to learn, to trust, to surrender and to believe.....