What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Walt Emerson
There is no effort to go into silence at the shore. I listen to the sounds around me… the waves crashing against the beach in a continuous rhythm, the rhythm of the ocean, the rhythm of life and the rhythm of my heart.
The rhythm of the heart is the way of life and courage. It is to live in insecurity, love and trust. It is to move into the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be.
I reflect on my life at this moment, this time and this age. Sometimes in life we are presented with a piece of information or knowledge and we don’t accept it or don’t understand it until much later. This was for me so, as I got introduced to the Sacred Mandalas 30 years ago. I did not recognize or fathom how extremely powerful and transforming it is creating a Mandala until much later. That is the beauty of our journey, to listen, to trust, to keep working hard, and to learn, stepping forward and asking for help. This has provided me with wonder, beauty and happiness.
Starting to teach yoga and Sacred Mandalas was for me the beginning of myself developing and finding the seed first, in the darkest of moments and then building outward. It was the beginning of my journey into the unknown. I’m all about spreading the love and light to others. That to me means spreading and celebrating our lives in the form of creativity, happiness, community, sharing and expanding our special strength as woman and people. That is truly the beauty in all of this to open up and listen to our own heart.
The woman who attended the series of the Sacred Mandala Workshops at the Life Long Learning Institute blossomed with their own love, light and great energy for life as they created their Mandalas. Before we started the process of the Mandalas we each wrote down on a piece of paper what we like to let go of. Maybe we needed to get rid of old pain, fear, envy, anger, resentment or other past experiences. We all put the little papers in a bowl and set it on fire as we chanted OM’s. I was the fire marshal to make sure nothing else got burned in the process! The whole energy was changing as the white smoke slowly proceeded to make its way towards the heavens, together with the eternal sound of OM. The burning ritual gave them the possibility to let go of past events and step lighter into the present moment to find the love they so longed for and to see their own beauty and light inside.
Let the lights shine!
Namaste Sonja
