Wednesday, April 10, 2013

For Jade, my cat, who passed away today...


When something dies it blows open the doors of the heart and everything rushes out and everything rushes in.
 
Then we are left with a choice:

Leave the doors open, find the courage to love even more, and let it all move and flow through you.   
Or run frantically from door to door and lock them and bolt them and barricade them with more force than you ever have before.  As if the storm is coming.

But the storm is the flow of life.  What is now “storm,” you have called “blessings,” “miracle,” “joy.”  
You can’t lock one out without locking it all out.  And some people never unlock the doors again.

I choose to stay open, I choose to love and keep loving. I don’t have it in me to fight life. I need to open these doors and leave a welcome mat at every threshold of every door of my heart.  I need to love even more now because I want to feel life move through me, and I want a safe, kind, welcoming place inside of me for my soul to rest.

And when you meet me, I want to welcome you. In my heart, I want everything to feel at home. I want you to feel safe and comfortable. As if you were long awaited and have joyfully arrived.

Jade, in every room of my heart, welcome home. In every room of every heart, at the center of the heart of the universe, welcome home. Whenever I welcome anything in, I am now welcoming you, whenever I love anything, I am now loving you, and whenever I find a soft place in someone else’s heart, I now take you with me, to rest beside me there. Let’s rest beside each other at the center of all loving, and love and be loved endlessly there. I’ll meet you there, endlessly. I love you, little one. Time to rest now. Time to rest in peaceful love, wherever it is found, everywhere.  

Sunday, April 7, 2013

(Re)Commit to Yourself

I want you to know how excited I am to offer two yoga series (see facebook posts - https://www.facebook.com/RevCarolynDeVito), at Time for Yoga & The Body House. It means so much to me to watch my students develop and build a strong foundation in their practice because I personally know the amazing benefits of yoga and I truly want to help others to experience the benefits as well. I want you to feel peaceful, even in the moments when peace seems impossible. I want you to have practiced experiencing peace, even when circumstances are challenging.

Find peace in plank pose, as I offer you encouragement and support, and if you can find it there, maybe you can find it when things get challenging off the mat as well. Maybe you will have taken a bit of the support and encouragement I have offered with you.

There is no limit to you. You are capable of so much. I have seen you come into poses that you thought were impossible, and you came into them because you kept showing up, and kept trying, and kept believing in yourself. Imagine what you will be able to achieve after believing in yourself and showing up for yourself every week for 6 or 7 weeks. Let's surprise ourselves.

Let's practice meeting each challenge with peace in our hearts until no challenge can shake the peace we have found, because through experience, we have come to believe in the power within ourselves, and proven our ability to face and overcome and rise above, each time, over and over.

Let each challenge be an opportunity for you to become more than you thought you could be. Let's grow together. It's Spring, everything is growing now. It's time to grow. Together.
This Saturday 10:15am at The Body House and May 6th Monday 6:30pm at Time for Yoga. I'll meet you there.