I AM AS GOOD AS I AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has been such a busy time for me with the start of my MBA program at Philadelphia University.  I hope to write more very soon but for now I would like to share with you the following words, which touch me deeply.  These are spoken by one of my Bikram Yoga teachers to close class during Savasana.  They were given to a teacher of hers by Babaji…

I am as good as I am and can change the things about myself that are changeable.

Human Beings are good in nature.  The more I am on course the more the Universe is on course, so it is in the Universe’s best interest that I am healthy, happy, loving, successful and  will help me be who I really am.

Feelings of love, joy, health, passion and energy are a positive feedback system, built within us – they tell us we are on course moving in the direction of who we really are.  Feelings of sadness, anger, hatred, jealousy, sickness and pain are a negative feedback system telling us we are moving away from who we really are signaling us to get back on course.

The universe loves me more than I love myself, cares about me more than I care about myself and know me better than I know myself.  When I ask for help from the universe the universe responds.

Life is a loving teacher, I may not always like the lessons, but they are always for my highest good, for more joy, wisdom, health and love.

Sometimes people act in desirable ways, sometimes in undesirable ways.  I am always free to choose to feel the way I wish to feel in my emotional responses.  I choose to feel quiet, calm, and smiling.  I can focus on feeling good even if things don’t go the way I wish for them to go.

Each person has a unique purpose of equal importance – I can choose to die only when I am sure my work on the planet is finished – in good health – with a feeling of satisfaction and a sense of completion.  My essence continues to exist and that existence is desirable.  I am curious about what happens next.  Every decision I have ever made was always the best decision I could have possibly made with the awareness, understand and resources I had at the time.  As my awareness grows I may well do things differently.”

My teacher follows this beautiful reading with the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (to always be chanted in threes):

Om Tryambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushthi Vardhanam
UrvaRukamiva Bandhanat
Mrytyor Muksheeya Mamritat  om

Until next time…

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti,

Michael-Ann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The key to change…is to let go of fear.” ~Rosanne Cash

While I do have so much to share, I will use this first writing opportunity to say this…

I always feel like I am transitioning – within my day, within my week, within my year, within my life.  Life just feels like one big, exciting, miraculous, confusing world of change in situations, circumstances, and emotions – childhood, schools, relationships, jobs, weight, body image, fear, anxiety, confusion, happiness, sadness, depression, loss, grief, hopefulness, etc.

Now, as approach my first Saturn Return (Saturn was in Scorpio at the time of my birth), I am surrendering to the journey ahead as I leave my youth behind and (somewhat officially) cross over into my adult life.  And as I experience those surrounding me journeying in, between, within, and out of their own first, second and, some even, third Saturn Returns, I celebrate their lives, delight in their optimism, am in awe of their courage, find amazement in their strength, and have nothing but adoration and gratitude for the teachings that they so willingly (and sometimes unknowingly) offer me and those around them.

Recently, I transitioned to a full-time MBA student at Philadelphia University and also began to work with Biello Martin Studio, where I am assisting (from a business and financial perspective) in changes that are taking place.  There are so many wonderful things happening!  How excited I am to be a part of the Biello Martin Studio family!

I am very much looking forward to this Blog and sharing so much more about my work at Biello Martin Studio, my own Saturn Return, some of my beloved practices (Yoga and S Factor especially) and just simply, my feelings and thoughts as I move through my journey.

I believe that this blog will be a place where my creativity can flow – through my writing.  And when I feel creative, I am my best and truest self.  Being creative sets me free and allows me to anticipate the good, revel in the miracles of life, and surrender to our beautiful Universe.  More than anything, it allows me to let go of the fear.

Until next time…