(A picture of the OM which my friend painted on the wall at my studio.)

It's amazing how much I miss blogging when I take a few days off. This blog has been such an incredible tool for me to channel my thoughts/feelings/emotions through.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Holiday. Yesterday I went to the Easter Picnic in Lee Park. It was beautiful. Possibly a 1000 people or more, sitting outside on a beautiful sunny day, with their blankets and picnic baskets, enjoying food and wine with their friends, family and strangers, everyone smiling and having a wonderful time. I'd never been before, though I had heard a lot about it when I was living downtown Dallas the past few years. I'm so glad I went, it was so much fun!

I feel tremendously grateful. The incredible people I have in my life, friends, family and the awesome work I get to do everyday, are such incredible blessings...

For the first time, I think ever, I chose not to go to church on Easter Sunday. It was really hard for me to make this decision and I even felt a little guilty, (which doesn't serve me), but I decided I would take the morning and spend it alone in prayer and meditation. So, I did. It was just right and I'm so glad I chose to spend the morning this way.

Yesterday, I remembered one of the promises Jesus made to his disciples.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do."< John 14:12

This passage radically transformed my perspective of my faith and spirituality when I first read it four years ago. It said to me, unlimited potential. Within us exist no boundaries, except those we put upon ourselves.

Last week as I was teaching class I set my intention for my practice. If you are familiar with Yoga, then you are aware of the expression/vibration of OM.

"OM represents the entire manifested world and the unmanifest, and also that which lies beyond both the manifest and the unmanifest – the Brahman, (God) which is the changeless substratum for the changing objects of the world of experience." From http://www.jayarams.com/omchinmaya.html

It is said that when the Yogi becomes still enough in their Mind and Being, they are able to hear the ever-present, everywhere vibration of OM.

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 'Be still, and know that I am God;'" Psalm 46

In the 1960's two gentlemen actually won a Nobel Peace Prize for discovering the Universal vibration which exists in absolute stillness or silence. It has been said this vibration is the sound of God, or OM, this consciousness of life that exists within all things, and this vibration is the sound of It expanding infinitely.

I have heard the sound of OM a few times in my life. It is said that as much as we seek God, we call out or chant to this Power, at some point we realize God has been calling to us all along, when we become still enough to truly connect to our Source. We feel this Presence within us and all around us, not just some of the time, but with every breath we breathe. Hearing the vibration of OM, is the most peaceful experience I have ever known. It was following the first Yoga class I ever taught at my studio when I had just opened it. I could feel it in every cell of my Being and it was the most incredible feeling of peace and love. This is OM, or God, to me. Having this awarness, this feeling with us all the time must be the most incredible experience we can know, and the true experience of Yoga. Oneness, Joy, Love and Peace...Ever-Present, Everywhere.

Yoga classes usually begin with chanting OM three timess. Upon completing the third OM last week, I awakened to a new intention to envision in my practice. So, my intention is to know this Presence, this Force, within me and all around me with every breath I breathe. To be in harmony and to feel this vibration of harmony in every cell of my Being.

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