My nephew & his girlfriend just had a baby

Malcolm
he was born at 8:36am 

1 minute after he had told me he was ready to come hOMe
he whispered that he would arrive in a state of fire & peace 

As I sat in meditation the morning of his birth
miles away from the unknown progress at the hospital
thoughts of baby Malcom
were clear as ice

We talked and I invited him to arrive

I caught myself in a little white lie (again).  It was super small.  Insignificant really.  But, the words just found their way out of my mouth.

Do you do it?  Of course you do!  Well maybe if you have reached a state of pure self love & unwavering acceptance of your authentic soul all the time…maybe then you don’t ever speak them.  But, I know I am talking to a human on the other side of this technology device and we all have a tendency to fall into our shadow selves. We see ourselves as somehow less than and not enough.  We are conflict avoiders.  We are afraid to let our true colors be known. We are out to prove something.  And the fib reasons can go on.  I am here to confess the ones I occasionally fall victim to:

3 little white lies:

1. I have exaggerated a story to ensure I am validated & accepted.
2. I have played down my true beliefs so as not to make another person uncomfortable.
3. I have agreed with someone’s comment when I don’t truly agree.

I know. I know. I should know better since I know where all those little white lies go. They are sent out into the universal wave lengths which means I will be given more life situations where I am tempted to hide behind my shadow side through tiny lies.  Oh great.  And if that wasn’t enough, as soon as those false words are spoken, guess where all those falsities get shoved down into?  You guessed it — into the body!

​Yet just another reason I love my yoga practice.  Since the body never lies, yoga helps to uncover the truth and shed the old lies that have unconsciously been shoved deep into the fascia, cells, nerves, etc.  When you harness the breath & melt into yoga postures, you get the old inauthentic energetic kinks out and you shed light onto your true self.  You will know what it feels like to truly heal from the inside out.

If you can feel it, you can heal it.

As you feel the tensions release, know that you are tapping into your spiritual self where you have the realization that truth will always set you free.  And insert one of my favorite Dr Wayne Dyer messages:

First remember that you are a spirit in a human body rather than a body with a spirit.

We are here to spiritually grow, love, co-create, and above all else to forgive ourselves and others (from all those lies).  So embrace this human experience and live it from a point of truth; your growth will accelerate and others will want to join your party since true authenticity is contagiously sexy. Before I close today’s chat, try on this cool mantra outfit (one size fits all):

I am real.  I am honest with compassion.  I am a truth vibe trend setter.

Trust me when I say; when you wear that outfit it will feel like you are giving yourself a big hug (and I’m not exaggerating). Plus, you will get the most compliments EVER when you wear that outfit!

​Until our paths cross again.
In love & light,
Wendy

As I sit here typing, I am at the tail-end of leading (& partaking) in a Fall Yoga Detox 3-week series.   I am not a rookie at seasonal detoxes but this time it seemed different.  Not seemed different – it was different.  I didn’t feel hungry or deprived as some of you may think pertains to a detox (ok, there was one emotional day where I really wanted a glass of wine), but I realize that was only because I wanted to be comforted.   That want was fleeting because I found the comfort elsewhere.

I was comforted in the realization that I am my own best friend.  

Big bold realization, right?!  How about you?  Do you feel all comfy cozy at home with your true self?  If not, where are you seeking the external comfort?
When you cleanse out all the “false sense of security junk”, you can see clearly through the door. The door that reveals the light of your soul’s truth & in that place there will be no turning back.

Because you will realize this is the happiest of all places.

If you have been feeling the desire lately to rid your life of unwanted, mind cluttering toxins, and to step into your true joy, maybe you picked up on some of our collective energetic vibrations.  For when one person does the work to heal & become their radical self, that energy helps everyone step into their unique truth.

My unique freak flag is up in the air, what about you?    

​Little BONUS:  I’m happy to share a fun yoga detox music playlist with all of you.  It is more than fun.  It is powerful!  Each woman who participated in the yoga detox shared a favorite song which is the compilation of the yoga playlist below.  It is their way of flying their unique flag…enjoy!

As I walked along the wooded trails of The Christine Center in Wisconsin, I knew I had stepped into a magical wonder.   Acorns were audibly falling all around, little creatures were dashing amongst the fallen leaves, birds were calling and I felt compelled to sit and absorb the palpable energy surrounding me.  Of course, a wooded bench appeared before my eyes just as I had cast the desire into the air.  I sat and found inner stillness.  I was in a state of connectedness with my nature family.  I began to drum.  The beats came from a deep indigenous knowing and the drum’s vibrations fell in tune with All.

I became one with the whispers through the trees.

Feeling compelled to continue my trodden journey I ‘thought’ that the trail to the right looked inviting yet I was ‘intuitively’ drawn to the more rustic trail to the left.  The trail started with crackling leaves beneath my feet and the terrain quickly shifted to a muddy earth.  I was sinking into the now and felt the inner stillness return to me.  At that moment, I looked up and saw a deer staring at me with a curious wonderment.  We locked eyes and I then noticed two young deer near her.  The stillness permeated them as well and we shared a hidden language understood by all because:

Fear was not invited to the conversation.

I left my new friends and took the experience into my dreams that night.

Waking before sunrise the next day, I again headed to the woods.  The darkness was calming and soon the rising sun would help light my way.  I easily & quickly sunk into the peace of inner stillness and I felt pulled to look up.   There stood the deer family waiting for me.  They had something to share and in that moment so did I.  I felt a mantra fill my heartfelt thoughts “We are One. We are One.”  The deer heard my collective calling and with an understanding moved closer to me.  I kept the mantra repeating silently “We are One. We are One.”  Soon they were within 5 feet of me.
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Momma deer stomped her hoof into the ground ~ “We live here.  You live here.  We live in peace. We are One.”

After several more minutes together, I said good-bye and ventured into the chapel for early morning meditation.  We were soon closing the ritualistic time together and the Sister leading the group asked everyone to form a circle.  As we all hugged each other, the words that rang from the Sister’s mouth “We are One.”

Until our paths cross again my friends,
Wendy