Worry and Fear
Worry and Fear

Today, I completed day #325 of my daily morning routine practice where I meditate, exercise, visualize, read, journal and go through a gratitude and affirmation list (inspired by the Miracle Morning book by Hal Elrod). In one of my readings, it stated “Don’t worry if you feel scared or are closing down to life’s magic. That feeling won’t last long”, which resonated with me. Last week, hell, this whole last year was one gut punch after another! 2020 has been a cave of dark and scary times that left many of us feeling frustrated, hopeless, anxious, and a bit frightened about the present & the future. Trouble is, with time, it gets hard not to ‘get stuck’ there. Hopefully, however, over this past year, we have also learned new skills that help us deal with these fleeting or lingering moments of ‘darkness’. Over the “Covid” months, I have allowed myself to sit with those negative feelings for about two minutes, then breathe, move my body, pivot my thinking and try to begin anew.

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Jennifer Hoy
Savers
Savers

London and I started working together on 12/7/19. We started a new daily morning routine and decided to work together to help each other navigate through the process. As of yesterday, London and I FINISHED a whopping 365 days of our daily Morning Miracle work. Every day for the last year, we’ve gotten up earlier, and started out with at least 1 minute of the following “SAVERS”…

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Jennifer Hoy
Practice
Practice

When I took my first Yoga teacher training, they often mentioned the word “practice”, which baffled me. In college, I would go to practice, which meant going to the swimming pool to dive with Coach Bob and my team. I got that. We were there 5-6 days per week, sometimes twice a day. However, when I heard of this “yoga practice, breathing practice, and meditation practice” at teacher training, I did not get that.

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Jennifer Hoy
Focus
Focus

In Yoga, we come to class (even virtually), roll out our mat and prepare for what’s to come. We say hello to the instructor and fellow yogis, gather our props, breathe, settle onto our mats and make ourself comfortable. At some point, we get into our poses and begin our asana practice. Often our instructor will invite us to establish our vision, our gaze, and our focal point. In Yoga, we call this our Drishti. By picking our Drishti, it allows us to focus our mind on becoming more centered, on tuning inward, and on softening our gaze. Initially, our gazes can scatter on things around us. But over time, we learn to direct our gaze in a way that connects us to what is going on inside of us. This is where the magic of Yoga begins. This, too, is where the magic of life begins.

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Jennifer Hoy