Darlings,

In Lady Yoga fashion, it is my goal to look back in history to see where we have come from, find the yoga in the moments past to keep us rooted in the present and passionate about where we are going in the future.

On May 14, 1804, one year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition left St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The goal, to explore the territory – it’s life, geography and how we could grow from it economically.

Lewis and Clark explored the landscape. Let’s use the practice of yoga to explore our inner landscape. What’s new? What needs attention? What can we search for and learn from to grow beyond? Our collective intention is to explore, uncover and discover, the deepest parts of ourselves to celebrate, strengthen and renew. Maybe look into and onto like an old photo album, look into and onto fondly with love and repose. Try something new! (run in the sand without shoes!)

“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time.” T.S. Eliot

We are all one. In the human form we are pioneers embarked on a wonderful journey, exploring and experiencing the physical world.” Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Helen Keller

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.” W. E. B. Du Bois

“In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.” Frasier Krane

The free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. John Steinbeck

Friendship, love, health, energy, enthusiasm and joy are the things that make life worth living and exploring. Denise Austin

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. Albert Camus

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy. Imagination decides everything. Blaise Pascal

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. Maya Angelou

Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase - that's what wild geese are for. Unknown

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Pablo Picasso

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. Cynthia Heimel

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. Frederick B. Wilcox

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? Frank Scully

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Wayne Gretzky

A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for. John A. Shedd

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978

Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. Unknown

Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. Samuel Johnson

This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. Brooks Atkinson

The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. Unknown

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? Robert H. Schuller

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. Unknown

Dare to be naive. Buckminster Fuller

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. André Gide

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything. Luc de Clapiers (clapyaer), Marquis de Vauvenargues

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. Ralph Waldo Emerson

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. André Gide

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant

We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. David Grayson

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury

Yours,

~Lady

It's mother's day. I love my mom. She's my superhero. In honor of mom's everywhere, practice on the mat or read this blog and tap in to your inner mom intuition. You need nothing more than the idea of unconditional love for yourself, nurturing your needs and being proud of your progress whether you stand or fall.

"The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness." -- Kahlil Gibran

1. A little "birdy" told me!

2. A little soap & water never killed anybody.

3. Always wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident.

4. Am I talking to a brick wall?

5. Answer me when I ask you a question!

6. Are you going out dressed like that?

7. As long as you live under my roof, you'll do as I say.

8. Call me when you get there, just so I know you're okay.

9. Clean up after yourself!

10. Did you brush your teeth?

11. Clean your room?

12. If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat

13. Do as I say, not as I do.

14. I'm not made of money?

15. Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way.

16. Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold.

17. Don't make me come in there!

18. You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. But, you can’t pick your friends nose.

19. Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been.

20. Don't sit too close to the television, it'll ruin your eyes.

21. Don't talk with your mouth full!

22. Eat your vegetables and you can have dessert.

23. Enough is enough

24. How many times do I have to tell you.

25. How do you know if you don’t try

26. I brought you into this world, and I can take you right back out!

27. I don't care what "everyone" is doing. I care what YOU are doing!

28. I don’t care who started it.

29. I just want what’s best for you.

30. Better out than a poor man’s eye

31. If I’ve told you once…I’ve told you a thousand times.

32. If it were a snake, it would have bitten you.

33. I’m doing this for your own good

34. I'm going to give you until the count of three... 1.. 2.. 2 and a half... 2 and three quarters

35. It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust everyone else.

36. I've had it up to here

37. Look at me when I'm talking to you.

38. Money does NOT grow on trees.

39. Over my dead body

40. If everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?

41. When I was your age...

42. Because I SAID so!

43. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover

44. You'll understand when you're older.

45. If you can’t think of anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

Unconditional love,

Lady

On May 10th, 1869, in the United States of America, transcontinental railroads were completed creating a nation-wide transportation network that united the country. This network replaced the wagon trains of previous decades which became useless. It allowed for the transportation of larger quantities of goods over longer distances. This was especially helpful for the industrial development in some countries at the time.

Today as we down dog, set the intention to connect...the lines of communication within and the energy of those around us. Using the words from these wise non-yogis, let their yoga shed some light and perspective on our practive.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately. – Thomas Paine

The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together – William Shakespeare

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together – Charles Dickens

Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success. – Henry Ford

We can work together for a better world with men and women of good will, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of human kind. –Wangari Maathai

Yo, the sun don’t shine forever, but as long as it’s here, then we might as well shine together, better now then never. –P Diddy, Puff Daddy

Sayin’ lets get together and feel alright – Bob Marley

United we stand, divided we fall. – Aesop

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking. – Mahatma Gandhi

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. - Baha’u’llah

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength. - Pat Riley

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength”

Let there be space in your togetherness – Kahlil Gibran

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. –Hans urs von Bathasar

"Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It make us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside To the source of peace and inspiration When we are faced with problems and challenges." Deepak Chopra

In essentials, unity: in differences, liberty; in all things, charity – Anne Baxter

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.” – Ram Das

Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony. – Gandi

Not in achievement, but in endurance of the human soul does it show its divine grandeur and it’s alliance with the infinite. – Edwin Hobbel Chapin

Peace comes from within, do not seek it without – Buddha

Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. – Helen Keller

Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. –Albert Camus

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity; and where there is no continuity there is no growth. - C.S. Lewis

With an eye made quiet by the power of many, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. – William Wordsworth

By uniting we stand, divided we fall; in so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed, for heaven approves of each generous deed. -The Liberty Song - John Dickinson

Connecting,

Lady