Learning

Life is about learning......constantly......and then implementing what we have learned. I feel like, I am always learning, but implementing takes a lot longer than I would like it to be. Dont' take me wrong, it happens, and it happens quicker in the beginning, but then keeping it going consistently is a difficult habit for me. Consistently and constantly are the 2 c's I have difficulties with :) I am glad I can laugh about it. 

After loosing mom at 15, I had to learn different things from different people in my lives. For example: I always used a rubber band to tighten all my spice boxes that didn't have a Ziploc already in built. When we lived in Berkeley, I gave cooking classes to our landlords and the way she stored her spices rang true to me. She used to close it with a clothing hanger pin. How cool and creative is that? Now, that may seem something very simple for most of you, but for someone like me, that was a revelation. It looked much more presentable and it didn't crumble up the packet like the rubber band.

I have always enjoyed studying from the world around me than sitting in classes and reading books. Please don't take me wrong, I love listening to books now that they are on tape and I love reading books as well (when my little one gives me time to do just that), but I have always been the one to look at nature for education, to look at the world around me to teach me and to my peers and sisters to educate me and I really like it. I feel like they are invested in teaching me as much as I am invested and interested in learning from them.

So you see my friends, education does not stop after you are done with school or with college. Everyday is a new learning day from the world around you. If we keep ourselves open there is so much new to embrace, learn and implement. So, what did you learn today?

I will start with me. I learned that after my hypothyroidism has been in balance, I am feeling much more than I ever felt before. For example: I used to get acupuncture done before, but never felt it at the level I have been feeling it since my last 2 sessions. Before I felt I was numb to things, now that my thyroid is in balance I feel like my senses of feeling things have returned. I can actually feel the benefits of acupuncture. I can actually feel the chi moving, relaxing me and I LOVE IT. Yay!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day and THANK YOU for reading

United we stand, divided we fall

Om Saha Navavatu

Saha Nau bhunaktu

Saha viryam karavavahai

Tejasvi navadhitamastu

Ma Vidvisavahai

Om Shantih, Shantih, Shantih

Above Sanskrit Mantra translates as follows: 

Om, May we all be protected

May we all be nourished

May we work together with great energy

May our intellect be sharpened (may our study be effective)

Let there be no Animosity amongst us

Om, peace (in me), peace (in nature), peace (in divine forces)

I first learned this mantra at Yoga school, Laughing Lotus San Francisco, CA. It was one Mantra that we had to learn by heart, before we began teaching. I certified in 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training in Vinyasa flow. Back then this Mantra did not resonate a lot with me, back then life was much simpler. 

Today, I am seeing division amongst people and amongst friends regarding COVID - 19 and the information that is being shared. We are being separated by fear (false evidence appearing real). I am choosing to stay away from the nitty- gritty, but I realize I too get caught into the politics of the situation. It is scary. 

In short, I have been repeating this mantra over and over again to help calm the chaos within me, to calm the chaos in my city and to calm the chaos in this world. May we all join me in our free time to help find peace in everything within that we do and everything around us. 

Namaste