My Spiritual Journey

2010-02-20T03:17:00.000-08:00

At times, life dawns as something like this: you are living an ordinary life in your comfort zone, and it seems like all of a sudden, you wake up with deep dissatisfaction. Nothing seems to be working right and there is a feeling of being in limbo. I’ve had my real bout of problems and challenges (both physical & emotional). I juggled work and personal responsibilities which are tougher than what you can imagine. My job, as head of a very dynamic team in a Japanese global company, attending to internal and external issues and correspondence with equally fast-paced and busy business minds, demanded much more of my time, that I ended up feeling exhausted. Last year also was really pretty rough, as I was plagued (and even hospitalized) with an unnamed anxiety and went into medications. I had no energy and would always think of reason to do away with things that I normally do. I hate getting into my existential moods wherein I start searching for meaning in my life because I only end up feeling like I haven't lived or done enough.

Then I realized that it was happening for a season and for a reason, and the only way out is to decide, get up and be a better person. Despite the difficulty, I consider it as a blessing and a special opportunity which forced me to search deeper within myself

So being an information junkie, I renewed my natural yearning for new things to learn and discover. I made a commitment to exert extra effort to live a healthier lifestyle and so I started searching for information specifically about yoga. From the start, I knew that yoga practice is what I wanted to do and that it can give me a certain kind of appreciation, to see even ordinary things, with wonder.

“When you want something bad enough, the universe conspires to help you get it” - Paulo Coelho

Very true.

As soon as I made the resolution, the universe heard me and presented me with opportunities to realize my goal - searching on the internet and after clicking on several links, I’ve found out about Shakti Yoga & Wellness Center in Laguna and its interesting and inspiring yoga instructor, Imee. I immediately contacted her and expressed my intention to join her class. Later on, I talked with Olive, a colleague/friend and confided about my exhaustion from work and she eagerly invited me to join the yoga class which she recently enrolled in (she's been doing so many interesting things, and yoga is now one of them). It turned out that it is the same class that I planned on attending, so the more it heightened my intention to pursue and learn it.

The yoga sessions which I have attended so far are very interesting, humbling and rewarding. Interesting, because the asanas and the goal to push your limits are very challenging. It also helped that our instructor is helpful in motivating us to put meaning in what we do. Humbling, because through meditation, it made me realized that we are not our jobs, our moods or our feelings. We have our true identifty and divinity abides within us all equally. Rewarding, because the exchange of “Namaste” greeting after each session doesn’t just mean an end to holding the body position longer than any of us would have liked, but an opportunity to acknowledge myself and the other members of the class as equally worthy of giving thanks and respect. Overall, it is the way my mind clears up when I do yoga. .

Immediately after the initial sessions, I stopped taking medications and started to feel more energized and happier. It inspired me to lead a healthier lifestyle and gave me a healthy dose of clearer positive insights which are beautiful enough to free me from stressful situations.

I always believe that inside of us lives a spark of the divine and it is said that “yoga is an effort to experience one’s divinity personally”. Every practice makes me simply forget brooding over the past, worrying about the future, and just feel the present moment.

I feel as if I’m on a spiritual backpacking trip in this time of my life.

(Readers may also view this post in the Newsletter February 2010 edition of Shakti Yoga & Wellness Center)

über busy! ....What's up?

2009-04-21T06:54:00.000-07:00

- I fail to blog nowadays (sad..)

- My online social network status is outdated (!)

- I'm still recuperating....(aah, I love my HMO card)

- I enjoy doing new things....(online games, huh!)

- I enjoy cuddling and playing with kids

- I'm still doing work @ home (naah...too bad)

- I avoid drinking this ....bad for MY health (daw)

- But usually down .....good for MY mind while reminiscin' :p

- I've encountered this unusual love story of two people I know:

girl (my HS classmate; location: Phils) + boy (my grade school classmate; location: USA) + friendster "Who Viewed Me" feature" = A beautiful love "'though-long-distance" relationship

- I really am so clumsy (imagine, while walking, pati pader nababangga ko. non-moving structure na un ah-"pader"- kaya eto meron akong malaking pasa/hematoma sa right arm ko...no need to post pics :p )

- My friends hate me for having a confusing active CP number (haha...)

- Actually I lost my "online" status.....because of this....

my "sponge-bob-amused" girl....invading my nook

OK lang...

Coz I spend my late night hour...

at napupuyat ako..

dahil sa cute na to

Dylan

Weekend trip @ Sonya's Garden

2009-03-29T06:38:00.000-07:00

I love weekend!

A great way to escape the summer heat is to just lounge around, joyride, listen to music, and have your comfort food. I am lucky to be living in the South, coz' I'm nearer the famous summer getaway, and even luckier to have the company of good friends who share the same get-up-and-go vibe!

snippets of life

My Spiritual Journey

über busy! ....What's up?

Weekend trip @ Sonya's Garden