My Twenty-sixth Anniversary

April, the month of hope…when each bud upon the tree and flower stem awaits with hope that within its immediate future of warming, wet weather a leaf or flower will appear.

Make what was taken for granted appreciated.

Set priority for treasured time regularly.

And love, show love.

Rejoice in the first blooms of spring…the forsythia, cherry blossoms, tulips, daffodils, green grass, the intoxicating aroma of the hyacinths and magnolias, and not to forget each robin's song.

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Truth

 

I mayn’t have all the words for a lively conversation

I mayn’t have set all shining examples in the past  

But there is this truth within my heart

and her answer is love always love

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Just Breathe

Today I give thanks for my heart

and each beat it makes

I give thanks for my lungs

and my ability to breathe…just breathe

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The Healing

 

Let the impossible

Become the possible

 

Let the crooked branch

Morph into the straight and healthy 

Let the lost cause

Become the cause…the hope
 

Let the waves crest and fall

Let my tears upon the ground become the seeds for new bloom

 

Let my winter become spring

  

And so may the circle flow

And so may the circle heal

 

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Princeton Center for Yoga and Health Review

 

I’d like to share this moment at Princeton Center for Yoga and Health...

As the sunlight streams through the many skylights as well as the windows surrounding the room, I am not only renewing my mind and body but basking in the gift of the pure sunlight of this day.

 

I must admit that I do have a soft spot for PCYH for I had taught there for seven years but it was at a different location.  This new center is a dream-come-true, from capturing all of this light, to the herb teas we share afterwards, to the secluded meditation room open for anyone to meditate…even that room is filled with sunlight.

This is my favorite yoga studio, by far. The teachers all have their own flare. Classes range from traditional Hatha Yoga with various teachers to $5.00 noon classes with Dan Horowitz on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. You can’t go wrong! I like to call Dan’s class Pilates/Yoga. It’s a rigorous hour and Dan can do any yoga posture under the sun (if you can excuse my pun). Additionally, there is a uniquely insightful class taught by Rama, an 80 year old yoga master. When he’s not in India, he’s guiding others in his morning yoga and meditation classes.

As I arrive at Princeton Center for Yoga and Health this morning for an Aerial/Swing Yoga class taught by Deepa Rau my heart knows it has found its home. Today we conclude with, “Aum shanti,shanti, shanti… peace, peace, peace.” May all beings everywhere know happiness and peace and at PCYH for this moment, I have found mine.

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