108 Thanks Salutations 2012 

The yoga studio I go to has a tradition for starting New Year’s Day with 108 Sun Salutations—one for each bead on the mala (an ancient ornament used for prayer and meditation, as the practitioner focuses intent on each bead, one bead at a time). It’s a beautiful way to stay present in a meditative state as it incorporates the sense of touch (the body) into union with the intent. Add the focus of the breath, and we have Yoga, which means “Union ”, or the union of the body, breath, and mind.
Over the New Year’s weekend I was blessed to spend much of my time in yoga practice and in meditation, and I even taught a yoga class about my meditations over the holidays, called “Open Your Present”, where we acknowledge the gifts we may have received over the holidays, but most especially the gift that is always there for us, but often remains unopened, untouched, untapped—The Present moment. So it’s time to tear into that pretty wrapping, and get into it! Open your present, and be amazed how generous the Universe is with each of us. Every breath, every moment, is magic.


1 thanks for each breath I take
2 thanks for good friends
3 thanks for unexpected generosity
4 thanks for laughter, especially big belly laughs
5 thanks for kindness
6 thanks for my dogs and my cats (family) J
7 thanks for my yoga practice
8 thanks for my yoga teachers
9 thanks for such a gorgeous, amazing day
10 thanks for all the beauty that surrounds us
11 thanks for music
12 thanks for dancing
13 thanks for love
14 thanks for being able to change
15 thanks for being willing to change
16 thanks for health
17 thanks for abundance of all kinds
18 thanks for flowers and trees
19 thanks for the beach, the ocean, the sand
20 thanks for being able to sing
21 thanks for vision of all kinds
22 thanks for teaching me that the mind is a faithful servant of the heart
23 thanks for my meditation practice
24 thanks for smiles
25 thanks for brilliant sunsets and gentle sunrises
26 thanks for good food
27 thanks for wine, chocolate and other tasty decadence
28 thanks for adventure
29 thanks for fun, frolic and euphoria
30 thanks for handstands and other ways of turning things upside down
31 thanks for being able to go with the flow
32 thanks for the mirror that shows me I am you, and you are me
33 thanks for compassion
34 thanks for life!
35 Thanks for art and all forms of creativity and creation
36 Thanks for a planet filled with people who dream together of a better way
37 Thanks for all my awesome neighbors
38 Thanks for long walks on the beach with my dogs
39 Thanks for kisses and hugs
40 Thanks for peace and the practice of cultivating peace
41 Thanks for rain, for the dark night, for new moons, and empty spaces giving us a place to rest and grow
42 Thanks for the stars and for stardust, earth, water and air coming together to form the fire of life
43 Thanks for the sun and its warmth and nourishment
44 Thanks for my home
45 Thanks for warm, comfortable, beautiful clothes
46 Thanks for heat, running water, refrigeration, electricity…and the internet
47 Thanks for feeling connected to so many wonderful beings
48 Thanks for my home office
49 Thanks for another wonderful year
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