Procrastination.

I may already have a post with the same name. I am too lazy to look back. I have been putting off studying for the Chinese herbal national exam to upgrade my national licensure from Acupuncture to Oriental Medicine. Now I really have to do it so I am studying like crazy. I take the test in 6 days. I have a cat free zone on my study table. It composes just of the book and the paper I am writing one. They don't listen and are constantly invading. Smokey and Benny are the worst offenders.

Loves.....

Love this and pretty much everything she makes, like this....these.

I adore bloomers but not sure I wouldn't feel ridiculous wearing them. Check out and these., these

Hmm, how about these. Noticing a theme here?

I also love these but not so sure I wouldn't feel ridiculous. Hmm, another theme. :)

This company is amazing.....yarns, patterns and all.

I bought some fabric from them. I bought their posh pants a few months ago. They don't fit me perfectly. The rise feels a little low or maybe they are a little big in the waist but they just feel like they are going to fall down. So many people love them and I feel awful that I do not. They are a great company though and their material is wonderful. I think I will try their skirts because rise is not so important.

So anyway, I am getting inspiration and then will make up my own pants pattern to use with my fabric. I also have some organic cotton that I am going to use to make a wrap skirt. Yep, I like clothes that I can bust into a warrior or down dog in a second. I hate jeans and anything tight. i guess it's good that I'm a yoga teacher. :)

Wisdom

Arjun, at the end of the world,
all living things get lost in Me
and then at the beginning of the word
everything is born again.
Nature begins again and the world becomes alive.

A great wheel makes the wrld turn round
and round
and it makes the world get lost in God
and get born again.

The world disappears and reappears like this
many times
because I want it to.

--Bhagavad Gita

Back to the world.

I've been on a bit of a retreat from the world. I was going through a time that nothing seemed to work out. I was broke, hating my work and basically had no idea what kind of acupuncture practice I wanted or how to financially survive while building one. I moved to my mom's house and have been doing a lot of random stuff since I have been here. Some of it, I have talked about on this blog. It's time to move on. I have more of a vision now about how I want to blend acupuncture, yoga, shamanism and nutrition. I know deep down that it is all going to work out. I trust that everything will unfold easily and without struggle or doubt. Hmm, I believe that trust is my word for 2011. Look at me I am actually trusting, yay!!

One shift that has led to this was my realization about how important it is for us to use our gifts out in the world to help others. I know that I am good at what I do so really why have I barely been doing it? I feel like when I or anyone else spends time feeling bad about ourselves that we are basically giving the big middle finger to God, the Universe or whatever you want to call it. We were all given this amazing life and an amazing body so we need to feel grateful and put ourselves out there to try to make the Earth a better place. I need to get off my ass and use what I was given.

Here's to a newfound feeling of purpose and gratefulness for all the beautiful gifts we were given.

xoxo, Sara