Blissed Out

When we started with a round of partner yoga, I was dubious. (And also a little intimidated–my super-friendly partner was a Lululemon manager, and I was sure she’d be more flexible than Gumby). By the time the first series of poses transformed into a series of hugs, though, I was actually digging the whole thing… game on. 
I was lucky to get to attend one of Eoin Finn’s blissology yoga workshops this weekend, and two things he said have been resonating with me all day long. (p.s. the actual yoga part, at Pure West, was also deep and great.)
As he’s traveled the world, he’s found 5 Things That Make People Happy (the Happy Five, you could say): connection with others, appreciation for nature, yoga, food awareness, meditation, and gratitude. (I might be paraphrasing a bit here.)
It was the first time I’ve ever heard someone say that nature appreciation is part of being happy–but it’s something I feel, so deeply, and have tried many times to verbalize. Whether it’s an everyday run in Central park, with the sun changing hues with the season, or driving into a postcard of snow-covered mountains in Utah, every bit of nature makes me go, “Wow.” I’m that person who’s constantly pointing out that random tree, that streak in the sky. So today, as my friend Mariko and I walked through the park, I got even more excited than normal.

North Central Park

Then, he made a point about connecting with people–not just people we know, but everyone. Embracing, not avoiding, eye contact. Apparently in medieval Europe, one of the biggest punishments someone could receive was the absence of eye contact–everyone in the town would avoid their eyes. It was worse than being banished, because it made them feel like they weren’t part of the community. And yet, here in New York, especially, we avoid eye contact all day long. Walking down the sidewalk, I act like no one else is even there. So today, I started looking everyone in the eye. And when you do that, you have to smile, at least a little. It was harder than I thought it’d be, but it also made my walk home more interesting, and enjoyable.
Last fall, I stopped walking around New York with my iPod in all the time, and it’s gradually become a habit. I feel more immersed in the city, and not like I’m on a treadmill with moving scenery. I’m going to try the eye contact thing more this week–I feel like it’s a similar practice, of being more present.

Living Blissed

Over the past ten years yoga has had a profound effect on my life but what has changed my life has not been the quality of Warrior II (though my hamstrings have certainly benefited) or whether or not I can hold a forearm balance for three minutes, but my ability to now look inside and find exactly what I need.

What does that even mean?

Every single answer to every single question lives inside of you. They’re not in a book. They’re not in a seminar.

They’re certainly not from me.

Yoga teaches us how to listen to ourselves – to pause, to be present through our breath, and then to allow our truth to unfold.

When that truth unfolds, if you have the strength to listen to it, what you’ll find is joy.

That joy fits different people in different ways – for some it might mean getting up at 5:30 every morning to meditate and practice; for others it might mean taking an hour-long walk at sunset with your pup a few times a week. or you know that one “friend” who just drains the life out of you? It may be time to say goodbye. And that other one who inspires you to see the world, write every day, learn to cook? See that one a lot more often.

True happiness requires work. It requires consistency and inner and outer awareness. And we’re not talking about swinging-from-the-rafters kinda happy. We’re talking about true, sustainable joy that is not determined by what is going on around you but by your beautiful inner world.

We each have a responsibility to our inner joy, and to furthering our development as bright beings. And that development can be a whole lot fun. Take the time to dream, to envision, even to write it down or paint in on your wall. Make declarations that are bold, scary and liberating. And then watch the universe delight in your happiness.

blissed out

bliss, a trance-like happiness, euphoric almost can be sexual, overwhelmed with stimulation leading this trance-like state of being so aroused and blissful I'm so blissed out after spending time with Michael, I can't stop grinning!

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