Perspective! Wow, that is a game changer. When things are challenging; looking for the message, the meaning, the lesson. Not easy but it is a muscle that builds as we use it. The pain of the challenge is nothing compared to the pain of, what I like to call, the Groundhog Day syndrome. That’s when you don’t learn the lesson the first time and need to “learn it” over and over. Each time the lesson gets stronger and more fierce.
   Do you know what I am talking about? It feels like a hammering. In coaching it is the “seeing” and then the telling the truth about it so that by exposing it you then release it and can move on. When you do that, and it repeats, it is less charged and has less and less impact and eventually that layer of the onion is peeled. This feels a little out there. Hope you all know what I am talking about.
   For me personally, the perspective that I am seeing the situation from makes all the difference. If I can’t see it because I am too emotional then I will take a walk. Looking at things in the world, being present to them, even naming them (car, bird, flower, cloud), is a walking meditation and can put you in the present immediately. It is the past and future thinking that causes us so much stress. When you are up against it, some issue, the present is the most important place to be and sometimes the hardest to attain.
   Try to connect to the present by walking or meditating. Disrupt your thought patterns. If you ever need guidance let me know. That is an excellent reason to have a coach – build the muscle of perspective and shift your attention to doing something in a new and different way to get different results!
Happy, happy Tuesday. Get outside and “see” what is around you!

The sublime you. What a word. How different would your day be if you came from the place of:
Excellence.
Nobility.
Awe-inspiring.
Awesome.
Elevated.
Magnificent.
Glorious.
   The meditation this month, The Creative Meditation of the Sublime Self, is tapping into that. Your “you-ness” so that you can take advantage of opportunities that present themselves, know what to do, use your intuition! Getting into the flow of your potential.
   Have you ever had that feeling? Losing track of time, being so engrossed in something that it feels timeless and effortless? As a tennis player I can remember being in the zone, where I felt unstoppable, like I could do no wrong and as an actress too. Coming onto the stage and wham, just being so in that world, that afterward you don’t even really know what happened. You weren’t on the outside checking in with yourself, how’s it going? You were just totally in it.
   We want the ability to put ourselves in the zone, to have more of these moments of creating, being fully present and in it, experiencing the flow.
   So why do we come out of the zone or flow? Well, for me it is the monkey mind. The worry that starts to question instead of trust and doubt instead of have faith. That is the muscle we have to build and strengthen. Then we can redirect that worry and doubt to faith and trust with action. This meditation will help build that muscle.
It is a two-part meditation.
First tune in with Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo,
sitting with a tall straight spine.
Then move the hands, alternating hands, from the heart center to 45 degrees toward the floor. Move your hands alternating, as fast as you can without touching your chest or hitting your hands. You should break a sweat here, go fast!!

​   You know when they say that “when you are ready, a teacher will appear”? Well, for me that was Yogi Bhajan and Kundalini Yoga and meditation.
   When I was 8 or 9 years old, my mom was into Transcendental Meditation (or TM) and she had me meet with the master. I was given a word and I was to practice this meditation twice a day for 20 minutes. Every time I did it, I fell asleep! Which probably was what I needed and also probably what my mom needed (Hahahaha. Love you Mom!)
   I had then and still have now a lot of energy! So then flash to many, many years later when a friend asked me to go along to a Kundalini Yoga class. When the meditation involved a Mudra (hand position) that was moving and a Mantra to chant out loud . . . Wowowowow . . . I was just blown away. I didn’t have to sit still or be quiet.
  Now in Kundalini, not all of the meditations are moving or out loud but a good number of them are and I tended to gravitate to those. For me that was the gateway to stillness! As the years have gone by, my body now just relaxes when I sit cross-legged on the floor. It’s ready, willing, and wanting that mental break, the calm, the stillness, and clarity that comes from doing the meditations.
   This a worthy thing to do for yourself. That is why I am giving you guys a Kundalini Meditation every month. I want you to do them; to see, experience, observe, and quiet the loud chatter that goes on between our ears and distracts you from your path, purpose, the present, and all the goodies that are ready for you to step into. Is it the only way to quiet that mental chatter? No, but for me it has been the most powerful and life changing way.