Divine Timing

Everything being temporary and how yoga connects it all

My very first newsletter draft

Sitting at the dining room table, while one of my girls sits next to me eating breakfast, knowing that this piece of writing has been sitting in my drafts for months, is a strange feeling. I’ve had the thought of a website and the concept of a newsletter in mind for so long, friends encouraging me to write and my own mind having so much to say. And yet I wasn’t ready. I thought I was when I wrote this, but the way to publish it wasn’t aligned yet. I’ve always waited for things to flow through me organically — to feel right in my body before I act. It can require a lot of patience (something that does not come to me naturally) and it can be a frustrating road as well, but I have found it always to be worth it.

Divine timing is a superpower.

If you surrender to it — and do the work along the way — it can bring you everything you’re ready to receive

That brings me to today’s subject.

Everything is temporary

The wait, the struggle, the sense of achievement - even the joy.

Everything being temporary is such an obscure concept if you really deepen your mind into it. If everything is temporary, then nothing matters - but simultaneously - if everything is temporary, then everything becomes so meaningful because the only time you truly have it, is now. Therefore, the only real choice you have is to be completely present in whatever it is life brings your way. To fully celebrate your joys, and to sit with your discomforts - to tap into your truest self, whatever that looks like in the moment.

Remembering in the difficult moments that everything is temporary can be such an accessible way to tap into faith. Difficult moments, by their nature, can often overwhelm us and we feel like we can’t see a way out or worry about when things will change - how long the situation at hand will remain our reality. It can bring comfort and reignite our strength and perseverance. But it is equally true in the good moments. To remember that even joy is temporary sounds like a silly thing to do because it has the potential to diminish that joy, however, you can also use it to lean into the gratitude of the joyful moment. Knowing that it’s temporary can make you be so much more appreciative of having it at all, more present, more alive in your joy.

This is where yoga comes in. The bridge that connects it all. The tools it gives us to help us make the right decisions during the good and the bad times.

Yoga, meditation, chanting, or any other spiritual practice, are not practices developed for feeling good. They are practices that help us be present, that help us bridge the gap between subconscious patterns and conscious awareness. Some days that can bring profound peace, strengthen your faith and make you feel good. Some days that can be difficult, challenging and emotionally testing.

Ultimately, you have to climb the mountain if you want to get to the top of it.

You have to sit with your discomfort if you want to experience the peace you seek. You have to face your samskaras in order to transcend them into the peace you want to feel.

Ever left your meditation feeling worse than when you started it? Good! That means it’s working

The only thing we can do is to keep showing up. To hold space for our discomfort and that of others. To continue to do the inner work so that we may find a deeper level of compassion. To let our triggers reveal us to ourselves more deeply and to then soften back into kindness.

So that’s what I’ll be here to do. Help give you the tools to navigate both the joy and the struggles. To guide you through practices that can make you feel good and bring you peace in difficult moments, or to be your mirror when your reflection is trying to show you something. Through yoga asana, meditation, card readings and a holistic approach to life, we will navigate these waters together and flow from one moment to the next