Bodyfulness — Seattle Nia with Dina

The Heart of the Matter, by Bernard Goodman courtesy of fineartamerica.com

“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony

and the deep power of joy

we see into the heart of things.”

William Wordsworth

Pictured here is a New Year’s display at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Valentine’s Day filled with love, and a blessed New Year!

The Chinese New Year tradition is to forget all grudges, and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone.

Ahhhhhh…….

PS- I’m back. See you at class

After class this morning, I’ll be on my way to VEGAS, baby! My Mom, her sister Maryann, and my sister, Christiane will be staying at the Mandalay Bay Hotel for 3 nights to celebrate my Mom’s 70th birthday!

Please enjoy GUEST TEACHER MOLLIA on Friday morning!

Hopefully, I’ll be blogging from the road…stay tuned!

image from completejoy.wordpress.com/2008/02/

“Sorrow prepares you for joy.

It violently sweeps everything out of your house,

so that new joy can find space to enter.

It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart,

so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place.

It pulls up the rotten roots,

so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow.

Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart,

far better things will take their place.”

–Jalaluddin Rumi

Today is the first “Double Shot Friday” of February, which means that I teach two classes today: 9am and 6:30 PM.

FYI – “Double Shots” happen the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month!

Get ready to get some dance energy, which is BY FAR better than a coffee buzz…

On February 3rd, 2010 Flourish Chiropractic Spa (1422 E Pine St.
Seattle, WA 98122) will be hosting a party inside Swoon Spa from 5:30 pm -7:30 pm. At this event, you will be able to:

Meet the Companies designed to elevate your health and lifestyle in 2010.

* Marina Smith-LAc
* Phyzz Yoga!
* NEDA-National Eating Disorder Association.
* Tannya Bernadette Wilson-wardrobe stylist
* Banana Blossom (cute & fun card company)
* Healeo
* Sam Garcia, LMP
* Dina Innominato-LMHC Healthy Mind Holistically
* Nia Underground
* Healthy Goddess
* Running Evolution
* Poco Wine Room
* Glisten Tanning Lounge
* Mode of Fitness
* Spun Clothing
* BLISS Soaps

Enjoy sampling wine, chocolate & fruit from various vendors.

Play games to earn prizes!

* Operation (yep-the buzzing game with tweezers for surgical instruments)
* Memory (remember this matching card game from when you were a kid?)
* War (not so much skill required, but darn fun)
* Jenga
* 20 Questions…about the businesses

Gift bags just for showing up and enjoying the party (limited to the first 30 arrivals)!

* Items will be various offers and products from local companies

Please RSVP if you are attending as there is limited space. You can text your name AND email address to the number listed below or email info@drkristismith.com.

For more information, contact Dr. Kristi Smith at 206-851-2242

This week we celebrate the coming of the light,
and the Celtic Goddess Brigid, pictured here.

This is one of my favorite times of year in Seattle. If you have some time, I highly recommend visiting the winter garden at the Washington Park Arboretum. It smells like Spring!

Imbolc (poem by: Neeltje & Paul Hoftijzer)

“Many gray veils, wrapped up, a old wish woman,
mother earth in winter plumage.
this is the moment…

the sun rises,
a sky in all the colors of cold and silence.
a flame of warmth breaks, cuts through fog and rags.
this is the moment…

unbreakable rare, it pokes upwards,
bud of snow and spring green: the young bride.
as for ever, endlessly nourished by the first ray of the sun.
this is the moment…

I hear in the stable the birth bleating,
weeping the feast song on mother earth…
this is the moment…”

“Concentrate, and listen not with your ears–
But with the heart.

Then, listen not with the heart–
But with the breath.

The ear is limited to ordinary listening;
The mind to the rational.

Listening with the breath, one experiences
All things in purity.”

–Chuang Tzu

Thanks to Lou Ann Street for this wonderful quote!

Today we celebrated our beloved community member and Support-Underground staff, Holly Coombs’ 24th birthday!

Happy Birthday, Holly! We love you!

Every day
I see or hear
something

that more or less
kills me
with delight,

that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.

It was what I was born for -
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world -

to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.

Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,

the very extravagant -
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.

Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help

but grow wise
with such teachings
as these -
the untrimmable light

of the world,
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?

~ Mary Oliver ~