Finding Your Hero's Journey
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 Finding your bliss becomes harder when you notice very much around you that you do not like.
"Harder" means you become more creative if you are determined to own your life and make your destiny.
Like the character of Guido in Life Is Beautiful, you create the bliss. Insofar as you can create joy, it is real, it exists. It exists in the lit-up face of Guido's small son Giosuè, which we can all envision so clearly before us, even now.
It exists in the places where you light it in ways big and small, individual and organized. It keeps your hope up, because where is our creativity or productivity or power without hope? Without our faith in human creativity, and growth?
 Me, I find my joy in creating in the face of challenge through my students, colleagues, friends, family. I find it in my chosen non-profits and volunteer work. All of these meet my needs for purpose and connection, shared reality, friendship, love. These moments of beauty and care: they are real.
Every class I teach is a godsend for me, as I feel the soothing balm it is for those who come together. Do you feel that, with something you do? What if your hero's journey is finding and creating the bliss no matter what and no matter where? Is that not service, and meaning? Is that not being ready for the cycles of change that are due to come, because life will live? We are in a growth period.
 Maybe for you, bliss is found in long walks, or gardens, in dance, music, laughter.
In warm times catching up with dear ones or helping someone with a task. A connecting moment with a stranger.
Letting someone listen to you, or you listening to them. Being near trees, or near water.
Where can you make communion in your soul, laughter in your heart, spark joy in your "child" eyes?
Yes, this too, is important "action." It clears us for more heart-centered clear actions. Find bliss. Create joy. Let that be your challenge on your hero's journey. We can be here now.
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Here are my weekly classes for April:
 Email to request an Equinox guest pass for a club where you are not a member, if you need it!
Reach out directly for your next corporate class or event.
Tip: My 7-Chakra crystal bowls are ready to sing you magic!
Email for Reiki, Thai, Restorative & Coaching private rates.
 AcroYogis: Mark your calendars for NY Acrofest, July 18-20! I am teaching Thai Massage. Tickets are on the first tier now!
You will always find my classes, workshops, cleanses, retreats, and more at my website: MaryAranas.com.
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Photo thanks this issue to:
*Richard Baimbridge for Rincon, PR sunset mountain rappelling
*Ryan Martin for Rincon surfing
*Raul Aranas for Moroccan wings
*Wari Om for AcroYoga lineup
*Mark George for Morocco flight on sunset dunes with Melissa George
*Josué in DR for snorkel waters
*NYCNVC for Compassion Course
My iPhone for all other photos: Moroccan sunset and desert, tagine lunch, DR sand beach footsteps, Tibetan bowl, Meditating Yogi, singing Crystal Bowls. And Janel DuRoss for my "M" logo.
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Since 2007 these monthly ENews have connected me with fellow yogis and fellow humans across the globe. I am thankful for them and for you.
Wishing everyone a blessed Eid al-Fitr, end of Ramadan, a blessed Passover and Easter, and all other holy days and meaningful days for you, on the planet Earth, however you celebrate them, with love.
Om Shanti ~
Peace be with you ~
OMMMMMmmmmary
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Me, John Lennon, Gandhi, Rumi. Yes, Dylan aka Zimmerman. Yes MLK. Oh, and you. I know you. We. want. Peace.
 We have politics in the world, moving money and resources and rules around. We have businesses, moving the funding and the power, disproportionately, around.
 But, we have something else. We have hearts, minds, souls.
We have the technology of hearts and souls and of understanding.
Yoga is thousands of years old and brings peace inwardly first, then outwardly amongst us, as we who do it know, and practice.
Empathy, the breath of life, as taught by the late Marshall Rosenberg and his peer and protegé, Thom Bond, offers us skills for disentangling conflicts, within us and amongst us.
Join in a First Monday Intro with NYC NVC. Or join the online Compassion Course that begins June 18th, and runs 52 weeks, with lots of support options, including practice groups.
Register here, or send me any questions you have.
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Fall 2026: look to Morocco! Are you keen for either of these? Let me know ...
~ Mother Mary Restorative Yoga teacher training
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~ Yoga Flow, Fly, Frolic retreat with yogi friends
All with the amazing and aromatic beauty of Morocco, its towns and deserts, and its loving people, as a backdrop.
Send me your interests/ excitements! I'll put you on my "notifications" list as more details arise.
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