Lately, I’ve enjoyed listening to a song that has meaning to me, and simultaneously creating a sequence of flowing yoga postures that relates to the theme of the music. This song, about the sacred love shared between mother and child, reminds me that wholehearted love includes having a clear heart, a full heart, a strong heart, and an open heart. It reminds me that there is nothing more sacred than the love between a mother and a child, that each of us are indeed born from a mother, or born from The Mother. And, that each of us has the potential in this human lifetime to express this love fully, and to make our lives sacred through what we choose to practice and pay attention to in our daily lives. So, here, I just begin with the curiosity of a child, open to the world with wondrous eyes, and allow myself to move in a way that is intuitive and creative. The music can often guide where my body and mind goes!

I grew up to the stories of Christ and the Mother Mary. I was born on December 25. This song celebrates another Divine Child (Baby Krishna, or Gopala) and his mother (Devaki). Or, Deva (shining god) and Ananda (joyous bliss). Can you imagine the joyous bliss of being the mother of a divine child? That is exactly the state of pure loving awareness that we are each intended to feel… and to Be. Enjoy the lullaby-like music of Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band!

This morning practice had extra significance for me today. My mother passed away 3 months ago. One of the gifts she shared with me was on my last visit. She was living in a special home where she could be assisted in her daily living as she battled with dementia. As I walked in the room and she saw me, her face, her entire being lit up in pure joy. The pure joy, the pure love, of a mother (the Divine Mother) and her child (a Divine Child) was expressed without thought, without filter. This moment will be my lasting gift from her. And it will be the energy that I will practice sharing with those around me, my relations.

An 8-Minute Wholehearted Warming-Up Sequence