January 2026 Week 2

“When I bring awareness to what needs healing - bring light to it, forgive it and love it - that’s when change happens.”- Melanie Milland

I am perfectly, imperfect - this intention is just perfect lol. We are midway through the 1st month of the year and often we are focused on “turning over a new leaf”, “cleaning up act” and then we fall back into our old ways. Our intention this month honors that and gives us the grace to turn inward. I always say yoga gives us the gift of awareness, but it is awareness without judgement. Can we take the time to take a mini inventory of what we perceive as perfections and imperfections? Remember last week’s reference of the Japanese art work and highlighting the breaks in the ceramic bowls with gold lacquer? What a concept, to embrace and highlight our imperfections to make our whole selves more beautiful. The above quote can take it even a step further and move us into gratitude for the cracks in us as they teach us what needs healing.
My time with all of you is such a healing journey as I try to navigate my life. Right now my husband and I are with his family managing a true life situation and I am so thankful for my diligent work that I do in order to teach and share with you all. I am sooooo imperfect, but as Rumi says - the cracks are where the light enters and I like to envision myself as a much more beautiful ceramic bowl with gold lacquer splattered all around.
In Brene Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection she says: “As it turned out, the work I had to do was messy and deep. I slogged through it until one day, exhausted and with mud still wet and dripping off of my traveling shoes, I realized, “Oh, my God, I feel different. I feel joyful and real. I’m still afraid, but I also feel really brave. Something has changed - I can feel it in my bones.” ……most important, I felt truly comfortable in my own skin for the first time in my life.”
Here’s a secret - I wake up many days uncomfortable and many of those days there is absolutely no reason for that feeling, but I have it none the less. A friend once said to me she was an uncomfortable person trying to be comfortable. That is me and that is why I work daily on my spiritual condition - to be comfortable and to embrace the perfectly imperfect bright blue with gold lacquer ceramic bowl that I am. How about you? I love hearing from you all.