Sarah Costonis, L. Ac.

Trophies to all the mamas and daddies home schooling and care taking and working and keeping us safe!

Right now there are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing o...f your happiness. Someone you haven't met yet is already dreaming of adoring you. Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life. Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God's children. A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, "nourish them." Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you. Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favorite food is, and to treat you to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable to give you for free. Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on. The next great song is being rehearsed. Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out from their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth. Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way. Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they'll be thriving like never before. From where they are, they just can't see it . Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to arrive, will get precisely what they want and even more. And because that gift will be so fantastical in its reach and sweetness, it will quite magically alter their memory of angst and longing and render it all "so worth the wait." Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche this luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you. Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest. Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are generally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties and clean drinking water. Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable. You. Me. Some. One. Now. ~ Danielle LaPorte via Mary Standing Otter ART: Caroline Maniere

Focus on what is most helpful

Art by Kat Kissick

Checking in with ourselves. How are you today?

I warmly invite you to a 20 minute vacation from doomscrolling - every week! Sunday mornings at 9:30, I livestream my socially-distanced silent meditations on Rasa Spa’s YouTube channel. It is short and sweet. We begin with a very short description of how to sit or lie down properly, reaffirm our impulse towards meditation and intentions for sitting, have a silent sit together for about 20 minutes, and then share a blessing for all beings. These have become a highlight of my... week... I look forward to Sundays like I look forward to candy! I would love to share this sweet (and sometimes challenging!) heart space with all of my loved ones who feel moved to join me. https://youtu.be/9MTAH7rcgDo

We will have a special guest tomorrow Grandmother Pershlie Ami

Happy Phase Three, Finger Lakers! I’m available again at Rasa for massage and bodywork, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays! www.rasaspa.com

I haven’t checked this material myself yet, but I love the idea of quantifying the risks we are taking with each activity, rather than just feeling like every time I leave my house, I’m exposed. Please allow your mask to be a helpful reminder to keep your hands away from your face. Be well, everyone!

I’m too sad for pants. I can relate, buddy.