your mind is quiet, your heart is strong

I have been lucky enough to start taking yoga classes over the past few weeks. The first week I started, I went kind of crazy going 5 times in one week. But it was Thanksgiving, and now that my schedule is packed again, I've been able to go consistently twice a week or so.

Yoga is good for my soul, in fact, I would even say it's good for every one's soul. The yoga class that I have the most affinity toward, is a meditation style class (Viniyoga). While we spend the class working on different poses, we focus on our breathing and remembering how powerful it can be to breathe fully.

My mantra for this class is something the instructor said to us a few weeks ago. "Your mind is quiet, your heart is strong". Life gets busy and stressful, and often times it seems impossible to turn your mind off, even if it's just for an hour and a half. This class gives me a space where I can allow my mind drift into a place of peace. Where I can focus on the strength inside of me and choose to move forward in my life with confidence and gratitude.

cold tangerines

I'm reading a new book. I wasn't supposed to start a new one until I finished my current book (which is also an assignment for work, although it's a Fannie Flagg book so it doesn't actually feel like work). Nonetheless, I need to finish it. So when Cold Tangerines became available at the library, I told myself that I couldn't start it until I buckled down and finished my other book.

Since I couldn't resist the rest of the title "celebrating the extraordinary nature of everyday life", I started reading it. It's not a novel like I thought it was, but I was already singing it's praises before I had even finished the introduction. Shauna Niequist writes all about appreciating today for what it is and celebrating that. She focuses on what's good in the present. She has taught her self to stop waiting to become the person she thought she would be, and realized that all that waiting would do is make her miss out on the person already she is.

There is no magic moment when our lives change and everything is suddenly as it should be. Life is made up of many small moments that shape us into who we are, and it's time we all start celebrating them.

The 4 weeks of GIVING!

This Sunday, 12/5 kicks off the 4 weeks of Giving at Mosaic: Mayan.

Join us in bringing school supplies to support two local non-profits: The Bresee Foundation & School on Wheels. Both of these organizations are effectively serving our community and emphasis youth education and development.

Check out this video :)
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