11/01/2025
November Monthly Theme: Renewed Resilience: Finding Peace in Tumultuous Times
How do we Yoginis and Yogis maintain our peace and equanimity through tumultuous times? What tools bolster our harmony and strength that create lighthouses of hope for ourselves and others? It is by utilizing our disciplined practice and the support of our community that we harness emotional endurance. Super-Power Resilience is activated by: Embracing the Oneness of All Creation, Trusting our Connection to Spirit, and Cultivating Practices of Gratitude, Empowerment, and Serenity. Anointed by these transformative practices, our inner reservoir is replenished with the flow of divine love. In that space of pure love, layers of ego that separate and limit us drop awa,y and we behold the stark beauty of our soul's light and the sweet kiss of life, even when shadows and struggles appear. Therein lies our renewed resilience! As individuals and as a community, we breathe in and breathe out. Basking in awareness of surrounding support, we can tap wells of inner equilibrium, strength, and inspiration. We experience a heightened awareness of deep connection to Self and to Gaia. Such shared awareness within our sangha propels our steady, intentional path towards the highest well-being and the greatest universal good, regardless of anything that transpires around us.
This excerpt from a song entitled “A Benediction” by The Arcadian Wild speaks to the process of renewed resilience:
When it seems you're all but drowning
May the water quench your thirsting.
When the sun is nearly blinding,
May you, by it, see everything.
When your worry leaves you weary,
May your sleep be sound and healing.
When the burden's beyond bearing,
May you know it's not yours only.
By J Ram Krishnan
https://yoga4alltucson.org/