Winter already!?!?

I love Summer! I love Heat! So when the winter months draw near I start to get a little tense and sad. I started this morning with a beautiful Kundalini practice and that warmed me right up. I was in such a great mood after too. I stepped outside and saw the picture above. I couldn't feel anything but warmth and appreciation as I looked across my yard and realized that there was a bit of excitement in my heart for winter. Thank you Kundalini!!!

Meditation

Oh meditation how you taunt me :) I have been working on joining the wave meditation found here. The times that I do it my day is so wonderful. If only I could keep my focus. As I started my meditation today I had trouble doing more that just focusing on my breath which still works and is great but I am still looking for more. I took today's meditation mantra which is..

"I choose today to follow my breath on the stream of life, with which I share now, inhaling and exhaling, in this moment, with all beings everywhere."

Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

and read through this several times. I really started to feel something wonderful when my family started to get up and going. I felt a little upset because I wanted to keep going. Then I had an idea to hopefully help my concentration for this evening. I will go through my day and focus on my breath with this mantra. I will choose to see the world as one which I share with others. I will be conscious of all who share in the stream of life.

Gunas

My hubby getting his Rajas on at Venice beach!! I love to watch the Gunas in action.  Gunas are the three mental states that we use for communication.  Sattva is that space where communication begins and flows and also comes to an end.  Tamas is the understanding of the conversation.  Rajas is the act of speaking or communicating. Can you see his Rajas just yelling "Go big or go home!" and "I am forever a kid!!" To get more info on this you would be giving yourself a wonderful gift if you check this out.

What's a Dosha?

As I am watching the boys play in the ocean I am overcome by "waves" of peace. Things just seem right here. I can't pull myself away from the water. Then it dawns on me what this is about...it is about my Dosha. I am a Kapha which I learned about in my wonderful Teacher Training of course. I am still learning about my dosha and Ayruveda but what I do know is that water defiantly plays a strong roll in my person. You can check it out here.

The beach

This is what we woke up to this morning and it truly is a dream come true. We have needed a little get away and we are so grateful to be here in California. Since starting my yoga journey I have had this dream of practicing at the ocean and today that came true. I started with a little meditation and move on to this...

Yoga at the beach, it doesn't get better that this!