Energy For Life

Happy 2012!!

As we enter this auspicious new year, I am remembering the famous quotes: “Be the change you want to see in the world,” and “Let there be peace in the world, and let it begin with me.” My intention for 2012 is to make my own personal changes (just met with a fitness coach, for example!), align with my best self and serve as a hopeful example for others. What changes do you want to see in the world and what peace/piece of this do you want to take responsibility and ownership of this year?? We are all called to something….what’s your deep desire??

Check out this inspiring ten-minute video: “Change for a Dollar”!

Please feel free to let me know your intentions for change in 2012, by email, phone (303-796-7004), in person, or in the comment section.

As predicted, this is time of great polarization and upheaval. Many of my clients, students, neighbors and extended family feel the societal downward pull into fear, fatigue, anxiety, depression, resignation, misbehavior, dishonesty, deception, illness, instability and terror. The younger generations seem so confused about what life is really about and how they can make a difference. They long for models and guidance. I call on myself daily to raise my own awareness/wakefulness, to choose my thoughts, words and actions with utmost care, and be present to participate fully in each moment. How can we serve as models for our young people and our peers? Let’s rise to the challenge!

“Be Your Best Self: Yoga for Families” is my new book, soon to be released, that I wrote with my daughter and granddaughter, as a contribution to serve the next generations. We offer some practical, healthy ways to take care of ourselves and build family closeness.

This book title reflects my spiritual longing. How can I awaken to who my “best self” is and energize the ability to manifest what is best in any moment?? Many of us are calling on ourselves to be/ do the same. The five chapters of the book share yoga practices and other methods to be flowing, be flexible, be strong, be balanced and be calm.

Hopefully, we can move through 2012 as the change we want to see and make peace with ourselves and with those in our sphere of influence.

Be well,
Ruth Sharon

I have long considered myself an observor of human nature and cultural trends. During most of my lifetime I have witnessed Americans at large being obsessed with consumption. This past decade, our nation is being consumed by consumption. Many of us cannot seem to satiate our appetites for material goods, advanced technology, travel, etc. I am not “dissing” any of these things in themselves. However, I suggest that our prominent focus on the external, including on social media, has taken us way out of balance in our daily lives.

A refrain from a popular song by “Charlene” simply, yet aptly states, “I’ve been to paradise, but I’ve never been to me.” The Greek philosopher Plato implored, “know thyself!” Indeed, we need a cultural return to developing inner wisdom, a commonly-lost art in our contemporary society. Do you crave more alone time, repose, opportunities to take stock of yourself, etc.?

I feel very privileged and fortunate (but not holier than thou) to have received a rigorous psychological and spiritual education from a number of wise teachers and guides. While such learning served to refine my basic introspective nature, I am especially grateful for being taught to discover the depths of love.

The human heart contains a portal to Divine Love, aka Truth, which is replete with beauty and free of dogma. One arrives at the threshold of that portal once s/he realizes his inner beauty and resurrects or contacts the longing to connect with The Source of All Life. At that point, one’s journey toward The Light is quickened. Then, one’s relationship with the external world shifts, essentially taking on less significance (although it’s still often enjoyable).

Thus, the heart’s sincere intention and profound desire to “come Home” is enough to invoke the grace that at least gradually illuminates one’s personal path.

“Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be small again.”
-Hazrat Inayat Khan

-Jim Sharon