Greeting 2016. Here is to a year of transformation.
With my youngest daughter Uma Kathryn. Love.
2016
Greeting 2016. Here is to a year of transformation.
Tag: yoga
Greeting 2016. Here is to a year of transformation.
New Moon Sagittarius
The archer…seeker of knowledge. God, the formless force that makes us whole, guide me to transcendence. Wield me into the women I need to be…use me as an archer and point my arrow towards the path I need to take.
As we round out the end of the year and the moon is in its last new moon phase for 2015…I feel very, VERY, very open to what lies ahead. Again, for my new moon intention I would like to transcend into a woman of grace…a woman with an open heart and an open mind…an everlasting intention….
Above is me working towards Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana. Can’t quite get onto my sitting bones and completely fold comfortably…but with time and practice, I’ll get it! Gotta work those hamstrings. 😁 #yoga #yogapractice #practiceeveryday #thewaldenmoon #findyoursanctuary #urdhvamukhapaschimottanasana
Find Your Sanctuary
Lotus.
Tonight I felt like being spontaneous. Figures…the moon is in Aires. I finally set up an instagram account for just this website where I’ll post about the moon, yoga, herbs, mother nature, and my personal spiritual journey complete with photos of my personal sanctuary…I felt like I needed a space to share just my spiritual things only…you can find me on instagram at:
and also @kellywally (where I post all kinds of things like family, meme’s, jokes, moon stuff, yoga, and all kinds of random things).
I also linked my website and new instagram to my new Twitter account:
I just have to do a couple more things to get everything linked and working together…tech nerd things. But I felt like I needed to do this next step…I started this blog this summer…and I’m SLOWLY but surely building my sanctuary.
Love & Moonlight,
Kelly
First Quarter Moon in Pisces.
The sky was just…
Heart Opened.
Love Flowing.
The sun set.
The moon rises.
Now that it’s the first quarter moon phase I can feel myself craving to come back. Back to my authentic self. Back to my intentions.
What have I intended? Where can I go from here? How can I feed this craving?
Pisces…the fishes. Flowing. Flowing. Flowing. The ocean. Vast. Expansive. My heart. Vast. Expansive. Flowing. Flowing. Flowing. Ebb. Flow. Light filling. I think back to my intention. I feel the vastness of what I intend…I am expanding. I am flowing. I am opening my heart. I’m letting the love flow freely. I am a lotus. I am open. My heart is open. I am flowing. Lotus mudra. Lotus mudra. Lotus mudra.
Love & Moonlight,
Kelly
Om Shanti.
Om. Shanti. Shanti. Shanti.
Last Quarter Moon in Leo…with my deep reflection.
Illustration by Jongmee
For the past year I have been paying attention to myself and my body a lot more than I ever have before. Just a year ago I started taking yoga classes here and there…but never really consistently. If you recently read I finally took the plunge and signed up for unlimited yoga with an auto-draft out of my account every month. It was my way of holding myself accountable to actually GO to yoga class every week…if I’m paying for it monthly…then I had better go. So far…I can feel a shift in my whole being. I’m making time for me…and I’m taking responsibility.
Which brings me to another personal goal (which I originally wasn’t going to share) ….but I HAVE TO NOW!. For the past few weeks I have been talking about making November “NO WINE NOVEMBER” in attempt to limit my indulgence (for example…if I have one glass of wine, then I’ll want two…and then sometimes three). Well…that is all good and well but…what about those extra calories…what about working and writing and creating artwork with A CLEAR HEAD? Wine started to look like more of an escape for me rather than a special occasion…AND it makes me sleepy…so on the days that I spent daydreaming at work about coming home to write a really good post or draw something spectacular, wine winked and convinced me that if I had a glass I could relax more and create better…WRONG!!! It just made me more tired and I would end up asleep with no inspired work to share. So hence my “NO WINE NOVEMBER” goal has been set and I’m sticking to it (this includes all alcohol btw)…I’m going to get that IN CHECK…and then once I’ve punished it for this whole month I’ll limit my wine to special occasions like Christmas dinners, holiday dinners, fancy dinners, and if I’m cooking with wine then I can have a glass while I’m cooking. I don’t want to be the lady who is always buying wine at the grocery store…just because she can. Well…it gets better.
So as I am sitting here expressing myself to my family and friends and inviting anyone along who wants to join the challenge with me….God was sending me the vibes. After I told everyone who I wanted to know about my challenge I checked my e-mail and got my astrology newsletter… from HERE. NOW IF THAT DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE CHILLS…I don’t know what would. IT IS IN THE STARS MAN! Stinking Saturn is about to square Neptune CHALLENGING us to “sober up” for the month of November….AAAAAH. Saturn being the disciplinary planet! Y’all. God didn’t put those stars and planets in the sky for nothing. Just LOOK UP!
Phew…sorry that was long…BUT gah…what synchronicity.
Getting on to the moon…it is now a half moon in the Last Quarter moon phase and it is in Leo. Time to reflect (which I just did above)…and give THANKS for how far you have come. Really think about what has happened in the past and learn from it…but dear please do not dwell on it. Take what you need from it and move forward. If the past hurts…honey GET UP AND DANCE IT OFF. Stretch it off…flick it off. The Leo urges you to be playful. Laugh it off. What is done is done…YOU have right NOW. So make RIGHT NOW yours. There is nothing that is holding you back. I’ll leave you with this beautiful quote:
“God.
the eternal
unchanging
formless force
beneath the ever changing forms.
I am. you are. we are.
that.”
-Jes Allen
Just read that over and over and take a look around.
Love & Moonlight,
Kelly
Change is in Pursuit.
This was given to me by my mom as part of our Autumnal Equinox gift exchange this past September… I love it! This is a reminder to myself that TODAY marks the day that I signed up for monthly UNLIMITED yoga…I’ve taken classes here and there and in my home…but never signed up for an auto monthly subscription… Change is in pursuit. Excuses can fall by the wayside.
Warm it up Kelly…
To hold myself accountable and to express myself in the greatest way I know…here are the rest of my answers to the personal manifesto prompt/warm up questions from HERE!!!
2. I absolutely love that I am…
- Intuitive
- Creative
- Compassionate
- Ambitious
- Free spirited
3. The things I want to work on…
- Exercise…I’ve been doing yoga here and there, but never really on a consistent basis. So I’ve started a 30 days of yoga challenge in hopes to MAKE myself take the time to do it…when the 30 days is up, I may sign up for unlimited monthly yoga…or just keep googling youtube videos…either way I WANT TO DO YOGA ERRRYDAY! Not just because it’s “cool”…but because it makes me feel really really really good. (minus the chanting stuff…that part doesn’t really resonate with me…but I like the movement, breaths, and meditation…and I like mantras)…okay okay…moving along
- Writing…I want to write everyday. I like the idea of writing in a journal…and I do that occasionally…I’d like to do it everyday….just something small everyday…handwritten. But I also like to type…because typing keeps up with my brain and it doesn’t cramp up my hand.
- Blogging…Dude, I wish I could blog everyday…and I try hard most days to get something out…but then I get caught up at home…or at work…and then just get lazy and tired…I want to stop that and post meaningful and personal things more!
- Freedom…that’s a HARD one. A continuous struggle…this summer I’ve been trying to write more about my intentions in life…I’ll be in Iceland in August for a bit where I hope to SIT. RELAX. AND CLEAR MY HEAD…to allow my inner truth on what freedom means to me…
- Guts…I need them…Listening to my heart sounds like a great idea!
4. Top 5 Heroes…in no particular order…
- Anne of Green Gables…because who wouldn’t want a scope of the imagination? Dreamy and thoughtful.
- Beatrix Potter…because she painted and wrote children’s books AND busted her butt to get them published without an agent…plus she lived a magical life with a garden, on her own…for a very long time…before she married late in life.
- Ida Rentoul Outhwaite…because she is my favorite Australian artist.
- Jes Allen…current yogi crush…her style is funky fresh.
- The “Authorities”…My Mom and Dad…God…and my Boss. My parents for giving me everything I need and shaping me into the woman I am today…God for bringing me into this world and giving me a grand life…and my boss who is a constant inspiration on building empires ON YOUR OWN, from ground up, and giving me the everyday opportunity to serve the population.
5. Qualities…compassionate, caring, loving, receptive, ambitious, perseverance, adaptability, hard working, free spirited, dependable, trustworthy, creative, open.
6. The person I want to be right now…I want to be my own person. I want to listen to my deepest life pulls…I want to answer to life on my own. I want to be the best mom. I want to be loving and compassionate…and I want to do yoga everyday…I want to paint and draw and write whenever I feel like it…without worrying about spending some solitude. I want to learn how to surf…and go to the beach more…I want to make whatever I want to eat…and eat it…at whatever time I want to…I WANT TO BE MY OWN ALCHEMIST.
7. I want to be remembered as…Loving. Number one! Loving…I want my girls to remember me as a loving, caring, and compassionate mom who is strong willed. I want them to think of me as their go to…there shoulder to cry on…their advice giver…a listener. I want to be remembered as a boost of confidence in other peoples lives…I want them to know that I really DO CARE…it’s easy to see that in the world we live in that everyone really doesn’t care what the other is doing or their story…but I am interested. I’m interested in what you have to say…what you are feeling…and if I can help. I honest to God feel that way…everyone is walking their own path…and everyone has something unique to offer this world….and I’m interested. I like listening…
8. List the things you are waiting for...freedom. I haven’t quite figured that out yet….but I do feel held down…and it doesn’t feel good. I’m going to hold this one in if you don’t mind. This is ginormous.
9. My doubts…that I’m not good enough, I should remind myself everyday THAT I AM GOOD ENOUGH…because I am. Resentment…I don’t want anyone (ahem, husband) to resent me or me resenting anyone else, that never feels good.
10. Write….”I am the sea…and nobody owns me.” -Pippi Longstocking ten times..
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
I am the sea…and nobody owns me.
🙂 – Kelly
End of the New moon phase..
If you haven’t begun writing your personal manifesto…then start now! Pull inspiration from your warm up questions and start writing what you are about and who you want to be!
On mine…yoga daily is a goal.
I’ll post my answers to the rest of the warm up questions tomorrow! Been busy with work and being on call this week! Will post about the moon too tomorrow!
HONOR YOURSELF!
30 min workout in 15 seconds!
The Walden Moon 