Deepen, Cleanse, Trust: The Heart’s Steadfast Bloom
“True abundance starts with how we focus our energy. Ground your intentions in reality so they manifest with ease.” — Spirit Daughter
Hello dear friends,
New moon & beginning of the week blessings. I invite you to return to focus: grounding, patience, and trust—the steady gifts of Taurus season to bring abundance.
Draw an intentional inhale into your body, perhaps hold at the top, and then release it out. Welcome your breath to steady and smooth, in and out through your nose. 10 simple rounds.
And we begin again. Your breath is the bridge. Now the Yoga Begins. Atha Yoga Nusasanam.
As I wrap with the college students this week, it feels timely to connected to the ancient path of Kriya Yoga—as outlined by Patanjali (2.1):
Tapas (discipline), Svadhyaya (self-reflection), and Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender).
Together, this is our foundation for the process of yoga: these guide us to train the senses, explore within, and let go of attachments and aversions—freeing space for seeds of love, joy, fulfillment, peace and belonging.
In the chakra system, the Root Chakra (Muladhara) and the Heart Chakra (Anahata) are intimately connected. Grounding ourselves nourishes a deeper emotional resilience and allows the light of Aananda—the ever-present inner wholeness—to guide us.
“We can only feel something to the degree we are willing to meet its depth.” — Mark Nepo
Your emotions, what you feel carries information with it. We cultivate the ability to listen and move forward with wisdom from practicing- cultivating more potency with depth, devotion, duration.
To feel, accept, and allow. To loosen the knots in the heart.
To let seeds of love, security, and joy root deeper through dedication, depth, and surrender.
“I confidently leave the familiar for the unknown. Secure, protected, and whole, I align with the earth below and the sky above.” — Spirit Daughter
Where are you being called to shift, growth and nourish on your path? This week, I shift into stewardship and hands-on work at a local farm and farmers market—exploring abundance and fulfillment with you: in-studio, online, in nature, and possibly... outdoor classes. And your path? From your roots, we continue forward into the unknown.
Inspiration from Sue Varma is for us to focus- to “add life to your years, not just years to your life.”
And a lasting reflection from my dear peer Tonyalynne:
“I hope you remember the truth of who you are... Let’s not tame the fire or drown the depth—let us hold each other’s wild with wonder.”
Let’s keep deepening, trusting, and living from the heart. Add life in our focus, hone depth in our heart. As Jack Kornfield reminds us, it is "the quality of heart we bring to life that matters most". Trust yourself more and abundance will follow.
In gratitude to my teachers.
Here with you in practice.
In love & light,
Maya
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