Discovering Beauty

I don't know if it's because I am in this fresh new landscape, or if it's just the pure power of it, but everyday seems to lead me deeper into a sense of awe about the world we live in. Everyday I am blessed to visit the ocean and to connect to it's vastness and power. Everyday is filled with dramatic sunsets that leave me feeling humble at the artistry and intention present in the world. As I witness all this raw and wild beauty around me in nature I am also finding my heart opening at the preciousness of the beauty that is closer to me as well. I find myself appreciating more my partner and my two little dogs and finding that my time with them is more sacred than I ever imagined or experienced before.

This sense of sacredness and appreciation comes from the sense that the world we live in is changing very quickly. I feel an urgent need to appreciate the beauty in it's current form before it's gone. Nothing ever stays the same and I am just trying to appreciate the world as it is right now--and everything in it, knowing it's changing right now and will always be.

My open heart brings a sense of tenderness, sadness, and joy all at once. I want this earth and the richness of it to stay beautiful and vibrant. I want healing and restoration to the sick and dying aspects of this earth. I know though that change is inevitable. The earth is always changing, species always coming and going, and life manifesting in new creative ways. My lesson then is to find the beauty in the death and rebirth happening all around. To learn to be OK with death is hard, but in reality it's how things work. It's natural and it's the way nature and divine intelligence works to bring forth new life. It's all the same in the end anyway.

I am holding space within my life and in my yoga, to pay attention to the death and birth cycles. I can feel it in my breath, my thoughts, my movements, and my interactions. I am trying to feel at ease within the change and to open without resisting it. The beauty is in the movement towards that flow--breathe it in, breathe it out, feel it and release it. This way I am aligning with nature in the chaos and order.

What a beautiful mess I am in, we are in. How blessed our journey is, and how interesting our world is shaping out to be. I am trying not to be fearful of the changes I can deeply feel are on their way for our planet and way of life. May our practice keep us strong enough to face this challenge with courage and love.

May we step into our evolution conscious of every action and its impact--helping to create more beauty than when we started our journey. Every breath, every movement, every interaction as creative and beautiful as the source that gave birth to the energy of this planet.

Peace and Namaste