Truth

above picture by Matt Platz and below pictures by Karen Bauman.....thank you both!!!


"Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Creative Expression

Above are pictures from Mira and Macy's duet, "Woodstock."
I love watching them dance......I hope you enjoy the quote below!!!
I think that when we are expressing creativity....(no matter what form) is when we are closest to GOD .......for me anyway.....
Namaste,
Michele

“We must accept that this creative pulse within us is God’s creative pulse itself.”
~Joseph Chilton Pearce

Nobility

Higher vibrations

Photo by Rose Mary DeKant

The effect of being in the presence of people expressing high frequencies is to feel unified and connected to all of nature and to all of humankind,
as well as the power of intention.

~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Awesome

This makes me smile!!!

Judgment

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
-Mother Teresa

Smile

I am glad that Macy has a great sense of humor.....some boy texted her and asked her to send a picture because his friend likes her......above is the picture she sent him.
Scary week last week......a kid in her grade brought a loaded gun to her school and she had contact with him on that day.
Glad that nobody was hurt.
I hope you enjoy the words below.
Namaste,

Michele

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

-Aldous Huxley

Being in the Now

Marko had a lot of fun in the snow last week, but they are all melting now........and I smell spring!!!!!!!
I hope you enjoy the words below!!!!
Namaste,
Michele

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

_Thich Nhat Hanh

challenges

Here is a picture of Mira's Dino that she made the other night. I hope you have a great day and enjoy the quote below!!

Namaste,

Michele

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."

-Bernice Johnson Reagon

Life

Awaken and open your eyes to the beautiful reality of being alive.
Weigh every moment with the importance of this breath.
With the sweetness, the beauty, the understanding, the clarity of your heart,
take the steps needed in your life.
and be content in the supreme joy that is always dancing within you.
It is a beautiful process because life in itself is a beautiful, beautiful journey.
Be fulfilled every day.
That is what life promises: that we can be fulfilled every single day.
-Prem Rawat

Yoga

I practice yoga daily and it helps set me free........it happens in very small doses....and keeps me coming back for more.
read the article below....so cool!!!
Namaste,
Michele

Indian Inmates Take Yoga Classes To Reduce Jail Time

In Indian prisons, the lotus position can truly help set you free.

According to the BBC, inmates in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are being freed early if they complete courses in yoga. The deal is as follows: for every 3 months a prisoner spends practicing yoga, he or she will cut their jail time by 15 days.

A state inspector general of prisons tells AFP: "Yoga is good for maintaining fitness, calming the behaviour, controlling anger and reducing stress."

According to the Telegraph, one prisoner reported that his anger had subsided since taking up the practice, and that he plan to become a yoga teacher. After, that is, he's released.

Joy

I got to eat lunch with Marko and then go to recess last week
and play four square with Marko and his friends.
Those are the real joys in life!!!

Namaste,

Michele


"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing

than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance"

-E.E. Cummings

It's all good

We went on a mini trip to the Mall of America.
Not my usual kind of trip.....I prefer going camping or going to Omega Institute
for a yoga retreat, but it ended up being really fun.......where ever you go, there you are :)
I hope you enjoy the quote below.
Namaste,
Michele


"You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin, and no one on Earth is any further removed than your fiftieth cousin."
--Guy Murchie, *The Seven Mysteries of Life*

Murchie also describes our kinship through an analysis of how deeply we share the air. "With each breath, you take into your body 10 sextillion atoms, and
-- owing to the wind's ceaseless circulation -- over a year's time you have intimate relations with oxygen molecules exhaled by every person alive,
as well as by everyone who ever lived."

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss