Day 6 at Optimum Health

I had a great day...of course that meant that I got all of my food for the day and headed to my Qigong class near my house and absorbed all of the healing chi...ok I shared some too!!! And then went home to do lots of laundry and watched my favorite shows...I enjoyed my day..connected with my husband and then went to my Buddhist class downtown and now back to Optimum Health...a great day...all over the place I know...yet...it's all about the moment and the experience in the moment...I have a wonderful weekend ahead getting ready for my vows...so happy and grateful for this time!

Soul of Yoga fundraiser info with address

It's "Summer" Time!

Announcing a Fundraiser for Summer Autio

Please join us in supporting our incredible friend and Soul teacher, Summer Autio, in overcoming her body's battle with cancer. As you may know, Summer has been in this fight for a few years and now needs our emotional, spiritual and financial support as she adds new treatments to her regime. To help provide Summer with all the care she requires, The Soul Center for Spiritual Awakening (our new non-profit arm) has established a fund in her name and all proceeds will go to this cause. In addition, the Soul teachers who will be covering Summer's class while she is away have offered to contribute their compensation to assist with Summer's medical bills. Support them by experiencing Happy Hour Yoga on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm or donate to the fund by giving your tax-deductible cash or check donation made to: The Soul Center Foundation, Summer's Fund. This posting is from Soul of Yoga in Encinitas...you may call or google address or I'll post the info as soon as I can...Thank you ...
Soul of Yoga attn: fundraiser for summer
681 Encinitas Blvd. #305, Encinitas CA 92024.

Day 5 at Optimum Health

I don't know why...but my energy level was better today...I didn't have to take one nap...I think there is a relationship with enemas and my fatigue...it's supposed to be opposite....ridding the body of toxins and feeling lighter and better...while that is true much of the time...I am having the opposite effect...I'm also concerned with an enema every day...I'm going to experiment...I think less for me might be more helpful...maybe every few days...I went to my interview for my bodisattva vows tonight...I got to see people I love so much and I also met new friends...it was wonderful to connect to an environment that is so helpful to me. I think having too much alone time when I don't need it is making me feel homesick and lonely. It's ok..I'm learning how to deal with that too...ongoing...It's not the kind of lonliness where you want to talk to people...it's knowing that the environment you have created at home ..at work...is in alignment and it feels like something is missing when you aren't there...I am so grateful for my home...my family..my friends..my work...I send love to everyone everyday and then some more!

first of the fundraisers to come...

Dear Friends,

I'm passing a long this information..if anything changes ...I'll post it...there will be other fundraisers coming if you can't attend this one...Yoga Vista and some yoga teachers have offered to create a gathering to celebrate the needs of a fellow yoga teacher and friend...I'm so grateful and touched. To receive is just as important as giving and I had to learn this especially from the past 4 years...I will continue to reciprocate the flow of giving and receiving...It's all about LOVE....thank you...

Hi all!  I am pulling together a list of classes/events for Sat, May 1st with all proceeds going to Summer.  If you want to teach a 1 hour class, $10 donation, with some kind of theme/specialty - let me know.  I would love to have a musical event to wrap up in the evening.

If you can make any treats, goodies we can sell... or if you want to sell any of your art, jewelry, creative items on a 50/50 split - let me know.  If you can work the front desk for an hour shift or so, let me know as well.

Time is of the essence, so I appreciate your support and understanding of this situation.  Thanks everyone!

--
Sherry Zak Morris
Owner, Yoga Vista Studio
319 E. Broadway Avenue
Vista, CA 92084
760-630-9642
Cell - 760-717-6262
www.yogavista.net

Day Four at Optimum Health

Today my energy started off pretty good...then...around 10am I started crashing...took a nap out in the sun...and then went to have juice for lunch and couldn't keep my eyes open again...just waking up so I can go to a stretch class and have more juice...up and down with energy...it's supposed to be like this...it's why I came here...to have an environment to restrict calories even more...WOW...as Goldie Hawn said in private benjamin..." I just want to go to lunch"..in my case ...my lunch is not what she had in mind.....and this was my idea...my plan is to stay well and have a great life...I really have a hard time with missing my work and missing my friends and missing my home when I'm depleted...it was so helpful to go home yesterday...I do have a few things to accomplish while I'm here...I've been studying and preparing to take my boddisatva vows on Sunday....I have a meeting on thursday night and will officially take them on Sunday...I'm very excited to do this...I took the vows on my own years ago when I first started studying Pema's work...and then last year I took them again when I went to see the Dali Lama...and now in the lineage that I study...I will take them . I also have my masters level reiki workshop coming up at the end of my stay here. So I will also be preparing to embrace that as well! Both environments helping me to stay in alignment with the greater good...to stay when I'm uncomfortable ..I'm being tested at a deeper level and I know I can do this! Take care and I'll see you soon!

Love to you all!

day three at Optimum Health

Ok...so I escaped today...I stayed in my room to deal with logistical stuff....paying bills...dealing with medical bills that I really don't owe but if I don't pay...I'll be sent to collections...letting go of all of that and yet stepping into it with patience and determination...I felt so much better that it  took a burden off of me...then...I realized that to be in alignment with my whole self...I needed to go to Qigong ...I needed to be in my house...I needed to do laundry at home...I needed to feel my home energy...I honored all of those things and went home to reconnect...it worked...I feel lighter and brighter and that homesick feeling....a whole lot better...I feel so happy...I feel in alignment...I don't know how else I can describe it...at Qigong tonight ....there was a reading from the Tao Te Ching reminding us to keep things simple...to practice patience and compassion...in all things in all ways...so there you have it...I love you ! Stay in that loving place ...I'm here with you in that loving place...can you feel it? I can...thank you! So tonight day 2 at Optimum Health...I feel re-connected to that alignment. It feels so good to know that what I'm doing...my life day to day is what I love to do...it feels so good to be in love with my husband and my life! I am so grateful! Good night!

day two at Optimum Health

It's not like I haven't been here before..but...wow...I just want to go back home and do the program there...I'm so disciplined...I was already on an organic juice diet for 3 weeks prior to coming here...eating this raw detox food is like having raw gormet compared to juicing everyday...I feel like being quiet...most people are very chatty and friendly...I'm friendly but I just want to be quiet...I miss home and I miss my work and my friends and my husband and my house and my everything.. and this is only the first day...

I love you