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Yoga – #IntoTheBlue #IAmHere #AzulYoga

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Yoga – #Intotheblue #Iamhere #AzulYoga

Six years ago this month, I started writing Goldilocks Blog. I wrote simply because of an urge to write, to be heard, and to positively affect the world; with thoughts, words, photos, and quotes. My feeling was that wether I would reach one person or billions of people, it didn’t matter. I just felt that I had to write, that I had to put more goodness out into the world. Now, along with writing the blog, I’ve been teaching yoga for a few years now, and I’ve finally decided to create a website for it. Since it’s also a positive and uplifting site, I’ve decided to link the two sites together.  On Azul Yoga you will daily see the sunrise coming up over the Atlantic Ocean along the shore of Boca Raton Florida. It’s here where I spend my morning in meditation, then share a photo of the moment – sunrise, for hopefully many to enjoy.

On Azul Yoga I use the hashtag’s #IntoTheBlue and #IAmHere. “Into the blue” I use not only because the name I use for my yoga is Azul, and not because I’m looking at a beautiful blue ocean every morning, but because we’re all  under the blue sky, and I feel a connection to that. A unity and reminder that we’re all in it together. In yoga we’re reminded that we are one, that we are all connected. So I look and feel my connection as I begin breathing in. Feeling my connection to the universe, feeling my connection to the whole – I am – into the blue 🙂  

I use the hashtag #IAmHere not for the obvious reason that I’m at the beach in Boca Raton, Florida at sunrise, but because I want to claim that I’m present in this moment. I’m grounded and aware of what’s going on around me. And, that I feel and believe that I’m part of the universe and part of the whole – I AM HERE!

So that’s what I’m doing now 😉 And, you may continue to see the blog’s appearance continue to change for the next few weeks, while in my goldilocks fashion I, and by “I” I mean my beautiful step daughter who is helping me tweak the site, feel it’s “just right”.  Please enjoy the sunrises every morning on AzulYoga.com , and, I hope you claim the hastag’s #Intotheblue and #Iamhere as well.

Just a thought… with much love,

Goldi

Daydreaming – With eyes wide open

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Oxford Dictionaries defines daydreaming as a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one’s attention from the present.  But here I was at the beach watching the sunrise, and yet I was having a hard time being present.  How many times do we do that, allow beautiful moments to pass by without experienceing the whole.  So today my morning meditation became to sit, feel, watch and observe.  As the sun was rising I noticed the ebb and flow of life, ever repeating, as the waves rhythmically came in and then went back out. I notice my breath doing the same… The sand felt cool beneath me, as I began to become warmed by the sun as it continued to rise. I made the connection to the opposites, aware of the waves coming in and out, aware of the rise and fall of the breath, and the hot and cool of the sand and sun. Reminded at the same time of part of Newtons laws of motion, for every action there is and equal and opposite reaction; and, that a body at rest will stay at rest, a body in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by a outside force.  We move through life mostly robotically, just moving through the motions that we’ve set in place. Even when our intention is good, like me going to the beach to meditate, becoming present to what is, allowing myself to just be. Being so caught up in the silent internal meditation that I felt that I needed to do, and then allowing myself just for the pure pleasure of it, to be present with all my senses to that which is truly beautiful, and not just by the visual sight of it. I felt happy and content, aware that I am living the life that I had always dreamed of.   I’m sure, it started as a daydream, and a knowing of the life that I always wanted to live. But just like Newtons law of motion suggest, I had to change to get my different results, not by a physical force, but by a mental shift.

I’ve been living in my home for about three months, before I had the epiphany to meditate at the beach instead of my home that is still in the process of being remodeled. Why it took me three months to realize this – I’m not sure, but it may have been because my home is where I have always meditated before. I now live about a mile away, close enough to walk. But thank goodness I had this sudden realization when I did and the months didn’t turn into years. It didn’t cost me anymore time or money, but just an awaking to the motions that I’ve set in place. 

So I ask you today, after you finished your daydreaming, to become so mindfully present to your actions that your going through right now, to the simple awareness – with eyes wide open – of what can you do differently right now by a simple shift, to make part of your dream a reality. 

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

Feeling Good – Setting Your Intention

Birds in the sky

Birds flying high you know how I feel. Sun in the sky you know how I feel. Breeze driftin on by, you know how I feel. It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day… And, I’m feeling good. -Lyrics for Feeling Good by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

When I teach my Yoga classes, I ask all my students to set their intention or their Sankulpa, before we begin our practice. A sankulpa is a statement formed from within our connection to our higher self.  It’s a statement to be honored above all, because it guides us towards our higher purpose, our best self, and helps to guide our choices on our path. But it’s more than just a statement – it’s multidimensional.  

Your sankulpa could start simply with the intention,  I want to quit smoking.  But, your sankulpa, created as a positive statement in the present tense could be I’m so grateful that I’m smoke free. The statement requires no resolve or will power but a becoming or a knowing of who you really are, and evolving to the true sankulpa of –I am healthy, I am whole. It’s a realization that you already are it, a believing. And, so for awhile we walk side by side with this knowing of becoming, and being, at the same time. The longer we can remain in this state of oneness, the faster we are able to become one with our statement.  One way I find that really helps is to think of your statement with gratitude. Go ahead and think of it…, now, think of it with gratitude that it’s already true! -… powerful right?

So we continue walking on this path side by side, mindfully aware of our sankulpa, and mindfully at every opportunity acting inline with these goals. As we move forward we remain at peace, content, and forgiving when necessary, of our actions and of where we still currently are. Always, remembering and acknowledging however, that you are already healthy and whole.

Feel Good and Believe!

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi