Dear Friends,

Sit a little straighter, use your inhale to lighten up and your exhale to activate warmth - thinking of something that makes you smile. Expand your personal space to fill the room and beyond. Right now is the perfect moment to enjoy Center and connect to your big picture self  - your kind, wise, more expansive self. We all have a centered self and it is resilient, adaptive and devoted to skillful, compassionate action.
  

Here in the northern hemisphere these long summer days encourage fruit and vegetables to ripen. The plants sometimes droop in the heat of midday and then resume their upright posture in the evening when the temperature has cooled - they are displaying their resilience. A resilient material has a physical property that can resume its shape after being stretched or stressed.  We are also resilient  - physically, psychologically and emotionally, we too can recover our posture, our optimism and our inspiration.

In the wonderful documentary movie, Buck, his foster mother said, "Blessed are those who are flexible for they never get bent out of shape." I believe she is talking about resilience. We can use an uplifted posture, a gentle breath and an expanded personal space to recover our positive energy, to open to the support and the resources around us.

 We can unhook from the habits of addictive thinking and feelings. Yes, we are resilient and can recover our Center. We can bounce back, lighten up, connect to wisdom, appreciate support and discover possibilities. 

 Let's continue to embrace our commitment to integrity, authenticity and service. We are in this together.

Blessings, 

Wendy