There is only one way through fear! 12/14/2020 Journal Entry: “You cannot run from fear, you have to open the door and let it in.” OK, I guess I have to deal with this fear lurking in the back of my mind. I keep trying to push it away, redirect my attention and thoughts, tell it that it doesn’t exist, or fill my life with so much activity that I don’t have to deal with it. My fear is still Continue Reading
200 Hour YTT: Understanding Energy & How Yoga Works
Understanding Energy & How Yoga Works on the Mind, Body & Spirit: The physical body is just a casing that holds our spiritual being.Our spiritual being reflects our state of mind.Our state of mind is shaped by thoughts and emotions.Thoughts and emotions are both conscious and unconscious.Unconscious thoughts are automatic, reflexive programming stored within the cellular layers of our Continue Reading
The opportunity to “see” differently and birth new energy.
The Coronavirus has provided all of us an opportunity to see the world and ourselves differently. It has challenged us to let go of whatever we thought of as normal and give birth to a new life, to new energy. For seven years, I have held a vision of a fusion program that offers the world the opportunity to learn yoga through a combination of services that included: (1) immersion retreats, (2) Continue Reading
I choose to be in the light.
I’ve always joked around, saying that sometimes I’m so hardheaded that God has to hit me with a hammer so I can see and hear what she/he is trying to say. COVID and quarantine was most certainly a hammer for all of us. Darkness cannot exist without light. Darkness, fear and anger are the propulsive forces of the separated self. Darkness is there to show you, me, us the discomfort in separation Continue Reading
“Remembering Who You Are”
Change is inevitable. It’s how we deal with that change that makes the difference. When we remember, who we really are as part of the “Divine”, we make choices established in love and service. Love is both a noun and a verb; in order to feel and experience love, we must actively love. So do that! Actively love. And if you are stuck in a place that doesn’t feel like love, then just ask Continue Reading
Inspired from ACIM Lesson 78: “Let miracles replace all grievances.”
We are in general a world of disconnected beings living, breathing and moving in full company of others and yet socially and intimately isolated in a sea of people. We are standing right next to someone, talking to them and yet – not really with them at all. The coronavirus brought forth what is known as Abhinivesa, fear of the unknown, fear of death. It is the big gun of the Kleshas. Our egos Continue Reading
Let’s look at this differently. What if the coronavirus is a blessing?
Let’s look at this differently. This is not meant to discount or minimize any loss and struggle this virus has caused. Please know that. It is in the loss and through the struggle of attachment to life that we are being called as a world to unite. One definition of a virus is: a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the Continue Reading
The Journey to Self-Healing
When I was eight years old we took a fabulous summer long road trip across the U.S. Mom, Dad and the four of us kids loaded into the station wagon with the pop-up camper in tow behind us. Seat belts weren’t a requirement back then so we all just floated, rustled and played all over the back of that car. We would drive for a while, sometimes for a long while and then stop at a selected Continue Reading
We all have issues. We don’t get a hall pass in life without them.
We all have issues whether it’s about being the oldest child and always feeling responsible for your younger siblings, or because you grew up in a toxic abusive household and have been protecting your whole life. Maybe you’re the rebel, people pleaser, quiet one, or life of the party. Perhaps you felt restricted or controlled; perhaps you are compensating or comforting because you saw how much Continue Reading
Catherine Wilkins One Yoga’s Teacher Training 200 Hour
To say the YTT Training Program was a life changing experience is an understatement. It is more like life metamorphosis! The most valuable lesson I learned was how to be fully present. I had to question my actions, stop blaming others and become accountable. I learned how to look beyond the surface of people and situations, stop judging and truly love others. I learned how to be kind, to Continue Reading