Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The Gift of Acceptance




ACCEPTING OUR EMOTIONS
We may contemplate balance and harmony and living like "our lives depended on it" , as if this moment could be our last.  Living in the present as if nothing were to come after this moment.  This does not mean living a hedonistic life: that is not in alignment with our true values.  It does not mean repressing our feelings, that could be dishonest.  What it can mean is feeling what we are feeling without the "second arrow" of negative self judgement.  It can mean feeling what ever we are feeling -- to the fullest.


Living life of being in the present is neither "good" nor "bad";  it is conscious and present.  Be who you are , right now, in this moment.  And breathe.


Not Judging our Emotions

There isn’t any such thing as a negative emotion. There are negative things that we do with our emotions, but our emotions themselves are neither negative nor positive.

- Robert Augustus Masters, "From Spiritual Bypassing"


Kyczy Hawk is the author of Yoga and the Twelve Step Path and founder of S.O.A.R.(tm) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. She offers training on line and teaches in person in Treatment Centers, and Jail. She also leads Y12SR classes at Willow Glen Yoga in the Silicon Valley area of California.


www.yogarecovery.com

Monday, December 15, 2014

Where Does Willingness Come From and Where Does It Go?


Where Does Willingness Come From and Where Does It Go?


Some days there is nothing to it: I remain open and willing; neither expecting things to do one way or the other. Other days I am devastated by the capriciousness of life - that events would unfold such as they do, that people would behave in that way.  I come back to the idea of willingness - to meet life on life’s terms.  And I know I can start my day again at anytime; if I am willing. For today I will stay in the willingness - neither force nor resist my "willingness to grow".


For Today:

“You are asking yourself, as all of us must: ‘Who
am I?’ . . . .’Where am I?’ . . . . ‘Whence do I Go?’
The process of enlightenment is usually slow.
But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding.
These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in
complete simplicity. The willingness to grow is the
essence of all spiritual development.”

As Bill Sees It, pg. 171

Friday, December 12, 2014

What is That Space Between My Will and That of My HP?


What Is That Space Between My Will And My Higher Power’s Will?


Discussions have been held in the past about the gap - stepping into the gap between old and new behavior, the gap between knowing and not knowing. We also observe the gap between reality and our own will (ego). We discern the gap between our will and how following (not resisting) the will of our HP feels. One can note the challenge and the discomfort that can occur with the widening of that gap.  Growth comes from looking again into the gap, seeing the gap and facing it. Don’t turn away. Look, listen and learn.


Where the Mischief Comes From
“When attention to the present moment falters and we drift into some version of 'I have to have it my way,' a gap is created in our awareness of reality as it is, right now. Into that gap pours all the mischief of our life. We create gap after gap after gap, all day long. The point of practice is to close those gaps, to reduce the amount of time that we spend being absent, caught in our self-centered dream.”

- Charlotte Joko Beck, "Attention Means Attention"

Kyczy Hawk is the author of "Yoga and the Twelve Step Path" and founder of S.O.A.R.(tm) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. She offers training on line and teaches in person in Treatment Centers, and Jail. She also leads Y12SR classes at Willow Glen Yoga in the Silicon Valley area of California.
www.yogarecovery.com


Thursday, December 11, 2014

Relationship with Yourself - Love Can Be Difficult

IN RELATIONSHIPS; WITH OTHERS AND WITH YOURSELF


Remember... you are in relationship with yourself - so the best you bring to ANY relationship - you also bring to yourself. Do be kind, and loving and patient, forgiving and disciplined with yourself.  With permission and with guidance - grow in the direction of your sun; your internal goodness and your higher power.





Love Can be Hard

“Love can be hard. Love requires you to be kind when you are angry, patient when you feel anxious, compassionate when you judge others, caring when you feel apathetic, trust when you've been wronged, let go when you want to hold on, know that the other person is you, take risks when you're scared, to always see the lesson and never look back once you've decided."

- Jackson Kiddard

Kyczy Hawk is the author of "Yoga and the Twelve Step Path" and founder of S.O.A.R.(tm) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. She offers training on line and teaches in person in Treatment Centers, and Jail. She also leads Y12SR classes at Willow Glen Yoga in the Silicon Valley area of California.
www.yogarecovery.com

Friday, December 5, 2014

Breathe In Your Dignity


Breathe In Your Dignity
Dignity is such a powerful word.  In our yoga practice aligning ourselves in tadasana - standing mountain- I conclude the description of finding alignment, righting our stature, with the words "balancing your head with dignity".   I use those words purposefully - to bring the ideas of the head (the mind) in alignment with our physical body and our feeling body - to bring them all together -  in a way that opens us up to our own wonderful be-ing.  
Standing tall with foundation, integration and dignity we can feel our self ESTEEM, our own self regard and self respect.  It is in finding those qualities in ourselves that we can be authentically familiar with them and offer them to others.



My own practice of lovingkindness has opened me to the power of compassion and to the fact that all beings want to be happy. Everybody wants to have their innate dignity recognized and to recognize the innate dignity of others.

- Sharon Salzberg, "Why I Support Fast Food Workers"

Kyczy Hawk is the author of "Yoga and the Twelve Step Path" and founder of S.O.A.R.(tm) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. She offers training on line and teaches in person in Treatment Centers, and Jail. She also leads Y12SR classes at Willow Glen Yoga in the Silicon Valley area of California.
www.yogarecovery.com

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

NOTHING IS WASTED - NOT EVEN OUR EXPERIENCES

NOTHING IS WASTED - NOT EVEN OUR EXPERIENCES
Yes, we will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We do, however, work hard, day after day, and year after year, to remove the sting of guilt and the heat of shame.  Those must be dropped to give room to you, and the growth of your fabulous being.


For Today:

“We did not always come closer to wisdom by
reason of our virtues; our better understanding
is often rooted in the pains of our former follies.
Because this has been the essence of our individual
experience, it is also the essence of our experience
as a fellowship.”

As Bill Sees It, pg. 31

Kyczy Hawk is the author of "Yoga and the Twelve Step Path" and founder of S.O.A.R.(tm) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. She offers training on line and teaches in person in Treatment Centers, and Jail. She also leads Y12SR classes at Willow Glen Yoga in the Silicon Valley area of California.

www.yogarecovery.com