Wearing the Ruby Slippers

A little backstory about this blog…

Having just turned 50 (yesterday), I have had an epiphany. 

It is almost too cliché to have a mid-century epiphany, and my wonderful astrologer friend L will say it has something to do with my Kyron return, but the reality is that I unconsciously set this whole thing in motion gave myself an amazing 50^th birthday present—a week of intensive training in Nia, a fusion movement form that has a large spiritual component. 

After spending five days in my body, dancing for hours and experiencing joy and freedom of movement I haven’t felt since childhood, my group of trainees and I were examining the Nia principle that deals with creating a sacred livelihood and determining if we are accruing a cosmic salary that fills up our joy tank.  That stopped me cold in my tracks, and I had a “Dorothy in the Emerald City” moment. 

Not only has joy been elusive for quite some time, my day-to-day existence has actually become spiritually and emotionally painful.  I spend every day devoting all of my energy to my job, leaving little, if anything for the people I love and the activities I enjoy.  For the better part of two years, I have been running on fumes.

And I have been wearing the ruby slippers all along!!! 
 
So, I gave myself permission to change my life.  

This blog is a chronicle of that change, and I will say at the outset, I have no idea where I will end up.  I only know that I need to shift my focus and my energy to those people and activities that bring me joy and peace, and literally leave behind anything that drains my energy and sucks on my soul.  I don’t have any illusions about the heavens opening up and a chorus of angels singing, so I am strapping in, knowing that this will be a bumpy ride.

Let the journey begin…