Happy Belated International Yoga Day!!

I have been quiet the last few weeks as our country and the world dive deeper into dark water. I took this time to just be with myself, work on some projects and enjoy my friends’ company as we discussed the state of our world.

I’ve been soaking in all the Black Essence that has been filling each of my platforms in different ways. This is not my battle to fight; however that does not keep from educating myself on the matters at hand and supporting people who mean something to me; while keeping an open mind and not allowing my thoughts to be clouded with the ‘fake news’ that is out there swimming around on the internet, filling our news feeds and leaving us none-the-wiser to what is really happening. Not picking a side, but staying neutral to all matters at hand.

From my girl Adriene ‘A reckoning is starting to percolate.’

We need change!

Every Human Is Enough. I may get angry (who doesn’t) and I may get frustrated (again who doesn’t) especially at those careless drivers who think they are the only ones on the road, but we are all made in the image of the Lord and we should be treated as such. While we take a stand for those who have fallen around us remember to take time for yourself, don’t burn all your energy up. Relax and Replenish. I’ve been taking time to enjoy the company of my friends, to read, to hike, to tend to my plants and to learn new things. Once we remember to take care of ourselves, then we are better equipped to support those people who need our help and those whose voices have been silenced who need more voices standing behind them. Through the path of yoga we can bring peace, light, and love to our communities, to the nation, and to the world!

International Yoga Day was on Sunday. It is celebrated every year on June 21, 2020, while I knew it was the day for yoga, I devoted my day to spending time with my dad since it was also Father’s Day. I hope everyone who participated in International Yoga Day had a wonderful day and did some lovely yoga! International Yoga Day is celebrated to spread awareness about the importance and effects of yoga in the health of people. There is no doubt that yoga has many health benefits for the mind, body, and soul! I did enjoy a nice walk and even bought a yoga specific book! So I guess you can say I did my part for IYD! <grin>

International Yoga Day 2020: Wishes, Inspirational Quotes ...
*photo is not my own, was taken from google search and found on IndiaTv..com Image Source : INSTAGRAM/@YOGA_SAHEL_ARAMESH

There is no denying my love of books and notebooks… I’m obsessed with books and their contents. I am constantly involved in some form of reading. And crisp, clean notebooks are a weakness of mine and they provide room for all those creative thoughts, rants, and personal endeavors I constantly have to fill them with. For Father’s Day, I visited my dad in Baltimore, MD. We took the Light Rail to downtown Baltimore and walked around the Inner Harbor, as many things are still closed this was about all we could do. There is a very interesting Barnes and Nobel there that has a long history. Before it was a Barnes and Nobel it was home to a few different places, however it was originally a power plant with the original smoke stacks still intact, but not in use. They provide excellent and original architecture to the bookstore. Wondering around the two story book store I found some books that caught my interest and one really interesting notebook.


Inside Barnes and Nobel!

I needed a new evening meditation books since I finished The Cup of Our Life a couple of weeks back. While wondering around aimlessly on the second floor I saw the table for Christian books, I perused it over and one book caught my eye instantly Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a I cannot wait to jump into this book and share in my venture with it! On the table next to this I found the Goldfinch, which is on my list and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and from my experience books who are awarded this prize are very good books that are well written! The next two books I found on the book annex table and both were on list and on sale, so of course I had to get them. The first The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember and the second Wit & Wisdom From the Yoga Mat. Both filled with positive and good things to remember and to help you get through the day. The Wit & Wisdom book includes peaceful yoga poses, mindful musings and simple tricks for leading a Zen Life – according to the cover of the book <grin> But I now begin my days with my daily devotional reading, a blurb from Mister Rogers and a page out of Wit & Wisdom. Not a bad way to start the day! These are all reminders to me that nothing is impossible, nothing is too bad to overcome, and if we just take time to listen and just be we can live a much calmer and peaceful life!


The notebook is from Kiki's Delivery Service, that I have never seen but am very interested in seeing, but I couldn't resist a notebook with a cute girl witch and her black cat on the cover!



That’s all for now, still enjoying life at home and working on a few projects. This is the last week of my herbal course, which I will be sharing with you soon. And I will continue on with my foraging course for a few more months.

Head on over to IG to see my story highlight from my recent trip to Baltimore!

Have a lovely week, my friends!

~ Namaste

P.S. Here is a picture of my cat being all cute! She clearly missed me while I was gone 😁😍😘🐱



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