The picture to the left is from the Ecstasy: In and Out of Altered States exhibit at the Geffen Contemporary Museum in Little Tokyo, here in Los Angeles. Considering my ongoing fight agaist gravity, I thought it was an apt graphic.
My birthday this year corresponded with the full moon! No big fanfare this year, no big social gathering, instead I went to the museum with my two cousins Danielle and Rochelle, and also the ever-vescent Heathervescent. Had a lovely sushi lunch and wander around Little Tokyo. Then I took off on my own to the Natura Spa in Koreatown, where the herbal baths and steam renewed me, and I literally had all the dead skin scoured off of me!
In the spa I meditated and visualized what I wanted from the year to come, put away any remaining limiting beliefs or fears that I sensed were still holding me back, and emerged feeling lighter, newer, fresher and purer! From there it was a short ride to meet with my mother, sister and cousins for some bulgogi and galbi at Chosun Galbi! A delicious night.
I drove home alone, with the full moon shining down upon me, and used that time to continue to focus my intent, generating ideas for this lunar new year, trying to get a sense and shape of my grander purpose and how to present my integrated self as a gift to the world.
With regard to my newly installed "Wake up, Roll to the Side, Get Up" habit, I'm happy to report that my eyes fly open each day between 7 and 7.30 a.m., regardless of the day, regardless of how much sleep I had, and even when I'm groggy and bleary eyed I fight gravity and try to wake into a power state.
I will be honest, on the weekends, when I have no appointments in the morning or anything specific to do, I'll get up and do my thing, have some water, then crawl back under the covers. But it's a CHOICE, people!
Thank you to all my friends, family and clients who remembered my birthday with phone calls, cards, text messages and emails! Certainly is lovely to feel remembered.
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