सूत्र Sutra 1.20 Y.S.

श्रद्धा Sraddha (Faith)

वीर्य Virya (Energy)

स्मरति Smrti (Memory)

"Through Faith, which will give sufficient energy to achieve success against all odds, direction will be maintained.  The realization of the goal of Yoga is a matter of time."

 -TKV Desikachar

A week after my 33rd birthday, and life seems to continue to present itself to me, both the challenges and the rewards.  The Yogic path I've been skipping down now for over half my life has become a rock for me, and I can say with complete conviction that I am the happiest and healthiest I've ever been.  These days everything is a transition, in my Yoga classes I've been celebrating the flow that come from accessing ones center and moves out through the limbs like willow branches in the wind.  In my personal life, I've been taking the seat of the observer as the troubled whether pattern of my relationship moved over my bare skin.  The wedding I was planning, the move towards family, and the hope of Motherhood suddenly stopped; creating a spill of great proportions.  Without my practice and continued trust that the divine is working perfectly through me, I would be a mess.  And yet, I am not a mess.  Instead the opposite.  I'm more whole and connected to myself than ever.  Without the memory of the exquisite beings in my life, I so easily could fall into loneliness.  Without the promise of today, I would live endlessly in the past.  Now I am literally entering a new world, and feel that just beyond this swirl of the dance of destruction lies clarity in calm water. 

Namaste!