Hi yoga friends! I've had both an exhilarating and exhausting week hanging out at the studio and inspecting the progress the Angels-in-Training are making with their Advanced Yoga Studies program (and by the way, they are doing great! They even assisted with their first class Saturday morning!). Even with all this craziness, of course, I managed to learn a lesson or two.

For the past few weeks, Advanced Yoga Studies has been in full swing. Now even though I've been through a few of these programs before and really love encouraging the Angels-in-Training and helping them out by demonstrating how a Downward Dog is really done, there is one aspect of the rigorous program of which I'm not very fond: how much of my mommy's time and attention it requires. I knew going in to the program that my mommy's attention would need to be focused on the new Angels-in-Training and not where I like it - solely on me! As you know, I'm used to being top dog around the studio, and I was pretty nervous that I wouldn't be getting the love and attention that I require. How silly of me was that! Of course there was plenty of love to go around. It all made perfect sense to me when I thought about how much I love all you students. Just because there are lots of you in class doesn't mean I love any of you any less. I realized that it's just the same for me: my mommy and, in fact, all you guys have more than enough room in your hearts to love me, regardless of the distractions of Advanced Yoga Studies or anything else.

Feeling all this love taught me that there's not a finite amount of love in the Universe; it's limitless. And the more my doggie brain pondered this fact, the more I realized that there's not a finite amount of anything else we want, either. There is limitless health, happiness, and prosperity for each of us. We just need to stop stressing out about it and allow it into our lives. Believe me, I experienced this firsthand this week - when I stopped worrying if there was enough love for me, I relaxed and could enjoy all those great belly-scratches! So this week, remember how abundant life is and take a breath or two to appreciate all that abundance - whether it's your health, your family, your career, or your favorite yoga dog!

Namaste,
Tiki