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Yoga
Perspective: Emerging New World
In the 1980s I was deeply involved in the study of
metaphysics and the dawning of New Age consciousness.
During that time there was a growing discussion of how
the Mayan calendar prophesied a time of profound transformation
in the year 2012. This
time was foretold to be a period in which one world would end
and a new world of consciousness and harmony would emerge.
Now, more than twenty five years later, I can see the
signs of accelerated transformation unfolding before us.
I can see more and more people recognizing the speed in
which change is occurring and the diversity of ways it is
unfolding. In
addition to an increase in seeking a quality of life over
accumulating more material wealth there is also a technological
shift advancing our
communication and connection to one another.
We are redefining who we are and how we choose to live
with more intention and transparency; quality of life is
becoming an inside-out shift in perception of who we are and
what is important to us. These
shifts give me great hope for our future and our ability to
cultivate the required strength for steadfastness during the
shifting winds of change.
Darwin wrote about the evolution of species not so much
as a constant steady change but as a force of punctuated
equilibrium, or quantum leaps causing profound
transformations in a short period of time.
As we take note of the events unfolding around us on so
many levels I believe we can see a world shift emerging.
It has the
potential to spiral us up into a new order of being in which we
can experience radiant health, abundance, expanded creativity
and freedom from fear. Forces
are at play that are bring us closer together and sensitizing us
to our interconnected needs.
This shift not only points out the weaknesses in our
current systems, but also it is a profound impetus that compels
us to overcome our challenges through a deeper understanding of
what is concurrently unfolding on the individual and social
levels.
There is a growing force for transformation and
empowerment that is kicking our spiritual identity into high
gear. This is a
non-dogma oriented shift of perception that is creating more
union-consciousness and sensitivity towards our place in the
world as spiritual beings undergoing a human experience.
The negative aspects of our predominant pattern of living
as material beings is the very force that is compelling us to
radically change our point of view about our true nature and our
relationship to the world in which we live. It is out of
necessity that we are shifting from a material emphasis to one
of quality of life, health, vibrancy and awareness of our
interdependency with the natural world upon which we are
intricately connected.
The state of crisis we can observe so abundantly on so
many levels indicates that the time for creating and expressing
a higher reality is upon us, now.
We are starting to see that cooperation and collaboration
are critical qualities for uplifting our social and economic
systems. Collective
cooperation leads to collective consciousness, and as author
Barbara Marx Hubbard states, we must create a new coherence
in a sea of chaos. In the spiritual journal Light
of Consciousness (Winter, 2012 issue) she writes that we are
experiencing an evolution into a co-creative life that wants to
partner with Spirit and be aligned with nature. She refers to
this as “the shift of identity from ego to Essence” in which
our evolution is taking us into a deepening sense of
responsibility and sensitivity to a holistic systems approach to
living. I can see
this unfolding around us in many ways in an ever-accelerated
pace.
There is a force at play that is reshaping our world view
from an ego-centered material view towards a perception that we
are all in this together. Technology
is expanding our capacities to communicate and share ideas in a
way that is creating a new critical mass for evolution; we are
forming new extended families and going more directly to the
source for information not processed through a tightly
controlled media. The Internet is transforming our ability to
express ideas, seek collaboration, explore concepts and develop
new systems from a grassroots level.
Web sites such as TED.com (Technology,
Education and Design) reveal that there are incredible minds at
work bringing new concepts and ideas to the forefront of
humanity at large. Through
technology there is a burgeoning transparency of information and
a collaborative effort to share in an open-source level of
consciousness. Indeed,
the number of intelligent and creative people working on a
vastly diverse level of thought is evolving our consciousness
into its next highest rung on the evolutionary ladder and the
change is staggering in its breadth.
Science and Spirit are merging into a re-visioning of our
world and our place in it. We
are deepening our awareness of fields of energy and how we, the
individual, as well as a collective people, can bring about
changes and manifest in co-creative ways.
Quantum mechanics theory points out how the power of our
mind affects reality, how matter is much more fluid and
malleable than what we had previously thought.
As we explore this new empowerment we are discovering
that we are not outside of nature and do not have to conquer it
as such. On the
spiritual level we are coming back to the ancient Indian
teachings espoused in the Upanishads.
They point to our evolution into a state of awareness
in which we see ourselves as aspects of the higher Self, or
unified field of Consciousness: we are part of the divine
collective whole. The sages called this our true identity, one
that reveals to us our intrinsic goodness.
This unfolding soul force is moving us into a deeper
understanding of our interconnectivity with each other and our
environment. We are
learning that we are capable of transforming our reality into
something more akin to a golden age, and that there is a sense
of urgency in doing so.
Self discovery is intimately connected to a sensitivity
to the vibration of energy pulsing in us, through us and around
us. It is an
unfolding awareness that fosters intuitive knowledge and a
deepening connection with feelings and empathetic connections to
others. The power of
mind also is being recognized as a potent co-creative force that
creates and expands the energetic field that shapes our biology.
Medicine, quantum physics and spirituality are becoming
bedfellows in a way that is reshaping medicine and our state of
health. I take
delight in seeing how the concept of holism,
which states that every part is involved in a connected system,
is being recognized for its timely relevance for it has long
been the underlying precept of the exponentially-expanding
practice of Yoga. We are craving an understanding of how
everything is tied together, both on the individual as well as
universal level. Through
Yoga we experience the physical body, the subtle energetic body,
mental vibrancy, and spiritual levels all integrated into one.
The art of Yoga gives us a vehicle for moving into what
the physicist call a singularity,
or what the yogis call unity consciousness.
This gives me great hope for humanity for as more
individuals take up the responsibility for creating healthy
bodies and minds it also opens our perception to the need to
strengthen all our systems across the human playing field. This,
I believe, is having a great affect on the growing awareness
that our thoughts and perceptions of unity consciousness can
guide our actions and transform the individual and society as a
whole. As an
evolving field of love and mutual concern grows so too will our
awareness for the need to care for one another and deepen a
sense of connectivity to a higher order of being.
The ancient teachings hold that harmony is inevitable
because it is our true nature.
It is inevitable that as the growing number of
individuals become more conscious of our interconnection we will
act more responsibly towards each other. I can see that more and
more of us are choosing to be mindful of our higher calling to
evolve as spiritual beings. We
are forging more intimate relationships with the presence of
Spirit and the creative forces of nature, within and around us. This
gives me great hope and optimism for a world being shaped by
forces of accelerated positive change brought about by an
expanding awareness of the powerful we possess as a collective
whole. Even with the
current state of heightened political awareness and global
changes in weather I can see that there is an amazing unfolding
of intelligence and creativity.
I encourage you to go out of your way to explore what is
happening below the surface.
Don’t just rely on what
is reported in the general media, go deeper.
Take note of the language we are using and the shifts
towards collaboration and interdependence.
Recognize the way that spirituality is emerging as a
natural expression of our humanity. You’ll see that we are
rapidly evolving even though the shadow side of our earthly
condition is precariously perched on the edge of an evolutionary
cliff. Hold onto the
light and bring it forth wherever you can! Collectively we are
co-creating an emerging new and positive future that will herald
many changes that is uplifting us as a whole.
Be brave, do your part.
Center yourself in the heart and make every-day living an
aspect of this unfolding bold new world.
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Yoga
and Mexican Cooking Retreat
~ April 15 to 19, 2013
Come
join me next Spring in a Yogic exploration of delights in
Sayulita, Mexico. Staying
right on the beach we will weave a practice of play,
learning to cook delights from a wonderful Mexican chef,
and enjoy opening into a yoga practice of play, meditation
and centering into our highest Self, all bathed in the
temperate tropical heat of Mexico!
Find
more information at my website
www.TheYogaCoach.com
and take advantage of a 10% early registration discount. Prices
start at $895 and include room, board, cooking classes and
yoga.
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Class
Schedule and Services
Sunday:
11:15
am – 12:30 pm at Olympic Athletic Club in Ballard
6:30
pm – 7: 45 pm at Olympic
Athletic Club in Ballard
Monday:
12:00
noon to 1:15 pm at Olympic
Athletic Club in Ballard
Thursday:
7:30 pm to 8:45 pm in my home yoga studio – Space now available
$12
drop-in fee, mats and blocks provided. This is a class for
students looking for an
intimate and personalized community
class exploring the playful joy
of a strong practice.
Friday:
12:00
noon to 1:15 pm at Olympic
Athletic Club
Saturday:
10
am to 11:15 morning class at the Phinney
Neighborhood Center.
$10
drop-in class fee. Mats
and blocks provided.
Inquire about these other services I provide:
~ Private
Yoga Instruction and/or therapy
~ Special
group classes at your location
~ Wedding
ceremony officiating
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Life
Coaching / Personalized Support
I
am a certified Personal Life Coach and can help you transform
your life, work and personal relationships. I
work on a deeply personal individual level to help you achieve
goals, make profound changes and cultivate the wisdom to carry
you into a delightful unfolding of your greatest and highest
good. Give me a call
(206 861-2775) or check out the details at www.TheYogaCoach.com.
First trial
session is FREE!
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Suggested
Resources
Books:
Birth
2012 and Beyond, Humanity’s Great Shift to the Age of
Conscious Evolution, by
Barbara Max Hubbard.
Great
Swan, Meetings with Ramakrishna, by Lex Hixon.
This beautiful story of the life of one of India’s most
beloved contemporary sages reveals how powerful the cultivation
of an intimate relationship with Divine Mother can transform a
life and community.
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Namaste,
Will
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