Non-Lying, Non- Hiding

I do pretty well on telling the truth - you ask me a question and I tell you no lies sort of thing. I am good with that. I even have brought truth into my ability to set limits in my life- I am practicing the art of non-over-extension. I don't make up stories anymore about why I prefer not to do something, join in, or volunteer.

Just because there is nothing written next to a certain time on my calendar does not mean that I have to fill it - to say yes. I need to have commas in my day, moments of non doing.

The problem is that I still lie to myself; I don't need this rest, I must do this thing, I am not worthy, I look too (fill in the blank). I hide the truth from myself and I hide behind a lie. This lie is often based on special rules I have for myself that I would not have for any other being.  The "you should, you must, everyone else is and you should too" sort of thing. Can I, today, avoid these lies and perhaps let my love and self respect come out of hiding? 

First I must avoid fighting it, perhaps make friends with this character defect. Then work on taming it. :-)

Non-Lying 

Fully facing, getting to know, and actually welcoming the various kinds of liar that I am gives me a taste of not excluding anything; a taste of no inside, no outside. The more I can do this with no outcome or gaining idea in mind, the more truth-speaking and selflessness can naturally arise.

Roshi Nancy Mujo Baker, "Non-Lying"

Kyczy Hawk RYT E-500

Author “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” and “Life in Bite-Sized Morsels” and “From Burnout to Balance” among others. She is the founder of S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse

You can join Kyczy and a host of other people in recovery every Sunday morning at 7am PT (10 am ET) on In The Rooms for the Yoga Recovery meeting.

Kyczy has been teaching recovery focused yoga classes since 2008.  Taking the foundation of a traditional yoga training she received from the Lotus Yoga Teacher Association (of the Himalayan Yoga Institute), she has combined the wisdom and inspiration from other teachers along the way.  

Publishing “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” was the happy conclusion to years of study and research into the inter-relationship between the philosophy of yoga and the principles of 12 Step recovery.  

A leader of Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) classes for nearly five years and a devoted teacher to people in treatment centers and in jail- Kyczy created a teacher training program for others who wish to work in this field.  Trauma sensitivity and the somatics of moving home into your body are some of the basics taught in S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse

With deep bows she thanks her teachers; Sarla Walters, Durga Leela, Annalisa Cunningham and Nikki Myers.

More about her work can be found at www.yogarecovery.com.

Sustaining ability with universal intentions

What keeps me going when things are difficult? What allows me to stand firm when speaking my truth? What gives me steadfast allegiance to a compassionate heart when I DO speak my truth?
Harm and sharpness and criticism often come from the place of fear. When I come from fear, insecurity, or pain I am often unskilled, "unlovely" in my thoughts, speech or actions.
When I have faith, when I have reaffirmed my good intentions (not the intentions that come from self will or a controlling spirit), when I have realigned realigned my efforts in companionship with my higher power I can find the courage to be my best, and to do what is right.

For Today: “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” Step By Step, pg. 97Step Nine

Kyczy Hawk RYT E-500

Author “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” and “Life in Bite-Sized Morsels” and “From Burnout to Balance” among others. She is the founder of S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse

You can join Kyczy and a host of other people in recovery every Sunday morning at 7am PT (10 am ET) on In The Rooms for the Yoga Recovery meeting.

Kyczy has been teaching recovery focused yoga classes since 2008.  A leader of Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) classes for nearly five years and a devoted teacher to people in treatment centers and in jail- Kyczy created a teacher training program for others who wish to work in this field.  Trauma sensitivity and the somatics of moving home into your body are some of the basics taught in S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse

More about her work can be found at www.yogarecovery.com. 

The moment, like recovery ; simple buy not easy

With kindness, even now, this day this morning- in a few minutes I will sit. I will sit and practice coming back to the moment. Time and time again I know my mind will wander - she does- it is her way. And even though I know this fact, I will deal with the disspointment, the frustration and sometimes being cross. WHY CAN'T I JUST STAY HERE NOW! I cry inside my mind. And then I remember, it is her way to wander. And with kindness I come back. Come back to now to the breath and be. 

Just as I veer into emotional intoxiation of one type or another - the longing for a waist line, the desire for a car, the outcome of a certain action- I practice letting go and coming back to what is.  I come back to sobriety; I return to the practice. So simple; so very difficult.

So Simple, So Very Difficult

I have no doubt about the teachings. To live right here now, moment after moment. So simple, and so very difficult. - Peter Matthiessen, "Emptying the Bell" You can join Kyczy and a host of other people in recovery every Sunday morning at 7am PT (10 am ET) on In The Rooms for the Yoga Recovery meeting. Author “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” and “Life in Bite-Sized Morsels” and “From Burnout to Balance” among others. She is the founder of S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. Publishing “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” was the happy conclusion to years of study and research into the inter-relationship between the philosophy of yoga and the principles of 12 Step recovery.   A leader of Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) classes for five years and a devoted teacher to people in treatment centers and in jail- Kyczy created a teacher training program for others who wish to work in this field.  Trauma sensitivity and the somatics of moving home into your body are some of the basics taught in S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse With deep bows she thanks her teachers; Sarla Walters, Durga Leela, Annalisa Cunningham and Nikki Myers. More about her work can be found at www.yogarecovery.com.