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On being in “the flow”... . My head has been full of doubt & fear, and my body has been heavy, achy & sensitive lately. . My girl has been sick on and off for the longest time & my mommy instinct/empathy/intuition have all been in hyperdrive to the point of burnout in my own body. . Yesterday I felt blissful & relaxed during the 3 Rounding sessions at my teacher’s house (see my last post).....but exhausted & restless at the same time when I returned home. (I’ve heard this is “normal” during stress release) . I woke up in the middle of the night last night (my kid was playing in the bathroom) - but couldn’t fall back asleep after she did. . My head full of worry seemed to overflow & get very dark as everything in my mind got more and more delusional. . I sat up & meditated for 20 minutes around 2:30 and by 3am I was resting perfectly still and feeling at peace. . The words that kept coming to me were “Be in the flow”, and they kept on repeating & vibrating in my body until I fell back asleep. . Today I’m doing more resting - reading & feeling the comfort of that advice from source “Be in the flow.”
12 years ago if you had told me that much of my day today would be spent doing yoga - meditating & drinking tea and green smoothies, I would have thrown my stiletto into your eye 🤦‍♀️😂😉. . But today was pretty cool & after I did my morning yoga practice at home I went to a Rounding Meditation workshop with my teacher @conscioushealthatl 💕✨. . I’ve been practicing Vedic Meditation almost 6 months now & I was excited to learn “Rounding”, also known as Industrial Strength Meditation. . It’s a systematic procedure derived from the Veda that's designed to deeply purify the mind and body. The process consists of a specific sequence of easy yoga poses (asanas), balancing breath work (pranayama), meditation, and horizontal rest. . Rounding encourages deep stress release (don’t we all need that) & I found it to be extremely relaxing and a little out of body! 🥰😉. . Life outside of practice has been super stressful lately with a chronically ill child - so I’m extra happy that learning more meditation techniques & staying on this path is part of my life! ❤️
On connecting with the love within & letting go of what that looks like on the outside.. . . My youngest sister sent me this picture of me & my niece (BTW 🥰❤️ she’s so cute!!) from this last Sunday, and I was immediately upset about my outward appearance. . I still compare the me today with the me of yesterday (second photo). . It’s easy to forget how miserable the girl in the 2nd photo was if I only take them at face value. . The girl in the 2nd photo was thin but not strong, and was constantly injured & in pain during most yoga classes. . The girl in the 2nd photo was on 4 medications for depression, anxiety & sleep - and still felt horrible about herself most of the time. . And back to the first photo of the me today... ✅ I’m strong ✅ I’m injury free ✅No medications (although I’m a believer in them if you need them!) ✅ My anxiety doesn’t rule my life & I meditate every day ✨ . . It’s all a journey & I’m learning slowly that measuring a healthy relationship with oneself isn’t best done through photos. ✨💕
Sleep medication addiction and meditation.... . . When I was 18, my father passed away and I experienced life changing depression and insomnia, unable to function in school or daily life. . It was at that young age that I was first introduced to sleep medication. . Insomnia is a widespread problem that millions of people struggle with on a regular basis. . I have been taking sleep medications ranging from ambien to lunesta to trazedone (which is in a class of “non-narcotics”) for the last 20 years, and when I started meditating in June of 2018, the last thing I ever expected was to lose dependency on my nightly medication. . I’ve read many scientific studies showing a consistent meditation practice in healing the brain to provide better sleep quality, but never thought I would be able to break the sleeping pill habit as I continued to struggle with nightly anxiety. . . Read the rest via link in my bio! . . Image @thulegit
Worlds AIDS day was just a couple days ago & something I don’t often share is the story of my father. . Thank you @theaidsmemorial for posting his picture and his story this morning. . . #Repost @theaidsmemorial ・・・ 🔻 . “My dad died of AIDS when I was 18 in 1997. . Here’s a picture of him at age 21 when he was living in Africa as a missionary and a picture of him and I dancing when I was about 8. . Being gay wasn’t OK for him growing up in the 1950’s in a strict southern baptist home. . When he became old enough, my dad traveled the world trying to find himself, and ended up meeting my mom (11 years his junior) in a small town in North Carolina in the late 1970’s. . He tried very hard to be a good father and husband, but wrestled with alcohol and drug abuse as he lived a secret life as a gay man. . When I was 13, my mom found out about his “secret life” and our family was dismantled. . It was so hard and confusing for us, but my sisters and I always told him that we loved him and just wanted him to be happy. . Sometimes I get so sad and wonder if he hadn’t done drugs to escape the weight of his feelings; if he would have been able to take the right medications and still be around today. . My daughter is 11 now, and I named her “Alexis” after him.” — by Sarah Kleiner @sarahkyoga . #whatisrememberedlives #theaidsmemorial #aidsmemorial #neverforget #endaids
Happy 11th birthday to my Alexis....💕✨💕 . Some recent musings on “change” from our letterboarding sessions: . “...All cosmic beauty exists because of change. Change directs life. My change in my life has been so hard but needed.....” . “Change. How you stretch me. I give so much to resist you yet here you stand. You make most things grow. Ask the trees, they will agree. Change, you are so needed, yet you hurt. I give you my faith, give me growth.”

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