Here & Now
An auspicious day the 1111 & in Numerology, 1 is recognized as the beginning, the creator, or essentially the center. No matter where or with whom you spend the day, you're not alone in hoping for an auspicious year ahead. I couldn't wait to say goodbye to 2010, it was an extremely challenging year personally and I can only hope and realize a better 2011. Challenging times can cause a person to wobble and fall and be broken open but how can difficult times help us grow and explore the questions of life-emerging from suffering with real wisdom, love and compassion?
A friend said to me recently, "Yoga saved my life" and I completely understood what she meant by this. Thankfully, yoga has a proven track record for helping and "saving me" to get through the worst situations, keeping me balanced and grounded. After so many years of thinking about this-I made a decision to pursue a teacher training this year. I'm completely excited to deepen my practice and share this beautiful comprehensive way to live and approach life which involves more than yoga postures. I look forward to the new hope, resolutions and second chances that every new year brings with it. Remember to stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
Focus Your Intentions for 2011
Material Abundance:What do you want on the material level? Your own house with a garden?
Relationships: Write down all your desires for your relationships - your romantic partner, friends, children, parents, co-workers, and any others.
Spiritual: What would nourish your heart and soul? Do want to go on a meditation retreat? Start a journaling practice?
Personal Goals: What areas of your life would you like to nurture this year? Do you want a new intellectual challenge such as studying a language or learning new software?
Community: What do you want to contribute to your neighborhood, country, or the world?Consider how you might use your unique talents to serve others.
Health: What are your health goals for the new year? Learning how to meditate? Regular, restful sleep? Better eating habits? Perhaps exercise more ? Releasing old emotional wounds? Write down everything you desire for your physical and emotional well-being.
Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.
- Anthony Robbins
Love & Light,
Claudia