Mindful Kim Blogs!

Yoga is a creativity. It's personal. To have others ask you to change it or criticize is unthinkable. When you see a sculpture you could say..."wow, I know that the piece came from your soul but you should have done it differently." OR you could say, "Wow, your soul shines through that piece." When people ask me why I no longer teach yoga, that is why. My yoga style is moving meditation. Focusing on breath and spirit.  It COMES FROM my soul.  It's my soul guiding me.  Most of the time my eyes were closed or partially, while I taught. No, the area in which I live and used to teach isn't very meditation-friendly, or yoga or holistic health for that matter, or spiritual. OR, maybe it's that I haven't found those people. OR, who knows, maybe it's that people don't really get me or my style. Who knows. :-)

#LeadByExample and #AspireToInspire are two of my favourite hashtags. They also really follow the Law of Attraction theory as well.  If you want people to repect you then you have to respect yourself. Model that to others. Of course, that doesn't mean people will like you, as a matter of fact, anyone who is used to disrepecting you will resent you for the change. Any change. People who admire you wil often be jealous of you, even for respecting yourself enough to not accept less from others. But still, lead by example and those who are in your life (or stay in your life after the change), those who matter, will be respectful of you. If you want your partner to pay attention to you then first pay attention to yourself with self-love and then to him/her.  Model that. Self-love and giving love and that's what you will attract. If you want your kids to have a tidy room, with bed made, then have a tidy, clutter-free house with YOUR bed made and a clean vehicle.  Focus on Y...

I listened to a podcast today. A life-changing podcast. It was called, "How to Succeed When You Fail" (link will be found at the end) so I almost didn't listen to it since I don't believe there's such a thing as failure, unless you make no attempts at all.  Or so I thought. Let me tell you what I was doing to myself.... I had a holistic health centre for about 2.5 years and it was such a joy.  I had tons of new friends and people coming and going and using the centre. I did yoga (taught) a few times a week there so saw pregnant mammas and young babies and new moms and everyone in between.  I rented the space out to a dance instructor and enroled my own dauhter and saw how busy and loved the place was by others as well.  Success for YOU is your OWN definition. Nobody else's. BUT all that didn't bring in much income and when Summer hit I was down to NO income so decided to close the doors. I was devistated.  And lost. That was about 3 years ago and ...

If one were to see my home he or she might not guess that I'm a minimalist, by most's standards.  But, I see myself that way.  Minimalism isn't someone else's view it's your own.  I have a minimalist mindset about different aspects of minimalism. Such as, my rule of one in one or more out. But, not just posessions, also, effort. If it's not pretty cut and dry I don't bother. I know it's not right for me or not the right time. Even with my thoughts I have a minimalistic goal. I try to make time to meditate, daily.  I think it all starts with a cluttered mind.  I believe that is why we go looking for minimalism in the first place. And then there is diet. Diet is HUGE to me. I don't cook or generally eat cooked food.  I am vegan but even for a vegan person it doesn't mean a minimalistic diet. I eat mostly fruit and it is definitely a minimalistic way to live. For me, anyway.  Some go all out with a dehydrator and with elaborate recipes. Not me. ...