A Whole New You in 2009

Is this you? Are you giving yourself the gift of flexibility these days in yoga class or beyond? Do tight hamstrings keep you out of yoga or away from the gym? Are you a middle-aged man or woman, dreaming about how nice it will be when you lose that extra weight? Or are you doing all you can to enjoy the energy that you have?

January creates a natural wave of reassessment in the world. You may be wanting to step away from self-defeating behaviors, trying harder to be more available and meet up to your expectations. You may be wanting to do something this year that you have wanted to for so long. The new year brings an opportunity to finally make all of your dreams come true. This is your year. There is no time like the present to be and no time but the present to create what and who you are here to be, do and have.

This moment offers the gift of acceptance. You may run around like crazy–trying to make ends meet, be responsible, take care of everyone around you, do the best job possible at the work you have chosen. You may notice that all of these things are you doing, doing, doing. When, during the day, do you take a step away from your responsibility to reassess, go within, and get in touch with what really matters to you? Yoga is an excellent way to step away from it all and to breathe space into the body–away from all of the voices, and towards that place of stillness within. The more you go there–and cultivate stillness through yoga, meditation, fitness, journaling, dancing–anything that gives you the sensation that all is well–the easier it is to come back when you really need to.

If you stop for a moment, you may notice that the voices within keep going. Indeed there is a whole team of them. Constantly ordering you around–telling you what to do, when to do it, how and how you are never doing enough. If you keep listening, you may notice that they never stop. How are you ever supposed to meet you goals, to live your best life, if you are listening to these voices who never shut up?

Go back inside and listen for a moment. You may notice some of these voices are your friends–congratulating you when you get it right. And then, following up to remind you of what you didn’t do right. You may be blessed with a delayed followup time, with the ability to enjoy the good times for longer and brush the disappointments way far under–so much that you accumulated everyone else’s weight around you trying to cover it all up.

Congratulations for making it this far on the road less traveled. If you’ve stopped here, you are ready to make lasting changes. How to do it? I can offer you the solution to your problem only when you pay a million bucks for the Secret to life.

Go within. Discover what you love about your life. Let all your dreams bubble up to the surface and be the person you are looking for on the outside. Cultivate all that you need from within–the nourishment, acceptance, and best friend that exists within you is always available to love you up when you are ready to create radiance.

Come to a Create Radiance Workshop to learn more ways to go deeper within and learn to fall in love with the life you are creating.