Christie Delahunt

Winter Solstice is always a special time of reflection and conscious release for me. This is the first winter solstice in a long time that I will not be leading a practice for others. I will however take the time for my own practice and prayers. It has been a wild year on so many levels and the only constant is change. It’s once again time for a shift. xocd... The Winter Solstice 2020: It's Time for us to Change the Game. https://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=2651961

#fridayfun playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4jLqfvaPNbAq5UkajgPwLb

This is one of my personal favourite playlists, great for getting on your mat, cleaning the kitchen, driving with the windows down with the sunshine on your face or dancing in your living room #fridayfun playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zzzNA8TqnyK5YDXzKE7GR

#fridayfun playlist! yoga chillin’ hip hop n jazzy beats https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7q2PlEHdZyh4HR5C4XK2yK

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So I'm a bit of a badass, heathen Yogi. I don't do everything I'm "supposed" to do and I do some things I likely "shouldn't". I do my best to live with integrity and keep a positive outlook in life. I won't blow smoke up your ass or spew peace, light and positivity when I believe in being compassionately honest, practicing and teaching radical self acceptance and saying fuck every once in awhile. I don't buy into the whole new age, fluffy philosophical enlightenment or swee...tly shaming people in a misguided effort to inspire. I choose instead to delve into the world of embodying this experience of living. Being in my skin and bones, mind,body and spirit, fully and completely, the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. Knowing that it is all part of it. Knowing that we cannot bypass the issues in our tissues to create a life of peace and joy but rather we need to move through them to get back to the good juicy stuff already in there that is being covered up by all the stress, tension, pain and pathologies we keep piling on top of our unique, beautiful and brilliant selves. Above all, I truly and absolutely believe in the interconnectedness of all things. I believe that we are all in this together. I hope that when you read my posts that you find something that you can relate to, be inspired by or simply understand perhaps from a different perspective. Because you see, you know this thing that we call "yoga" that you see so many of us out there trying to sell you on? It's about a whole lot more than just peace, light and positivity. It is more than simply flexibility, strength and balance. It's way more than basic calisthenics and stress reduction. It's about connection. A training of the mind and the body. And understanding that you cannot separate the two. It is my life. It is my practice. For over 20 years now it has helped me keep my head on straight, learn how to manage anxiety and depression, find strength and balance and flexibility in my body, it has helped me to connect with my own spiritual practice and with other like-minded souls in the world. And while it is my work, my passion and at the end of the day my bread-and-butter and what helps to pay for kids braces and the roof over my head, I will not sell out in an effort to sell you on the practice. xocd

Faith has been a very big part of my life for a long time. Most of my lifetime. I remember being 4 years old and believing Santa might have a magic invisible snowball in my wall and be able to see everything. And thinking that policemen could see through car doors to see if you didn’t have your seatbelt on. And I was pretty sure that if you thought something hard enough and right at somebody they would be able to hear it. My nana took me to church often, I knew the United C...hurch God and knew about the Catholics, but we didn’t go there. My parents found the Pentecostal God around that time, and it wasn’t a far stretch for me to believe in that too. I already had an understanding of the unseen. It was a given in my world. The connection to the God of our own understanding is a personal and intimate one. A little different for everybody. I have a very solid and yet open minded sense of faith, belief and spirituality. I also have a very malleable sense of religiosity. For me. (Seriously this is not a subject up for debate.) Of course I understand the differences. I'm not quite sure how else to put this really except that I believe that most faiths based in a God of a particular understanding are actually much closer to each other than realized. That the divide between them all, (well maybe not quite ALL, but lots of them), lies more in differences of language and understanding to describe very similar morals, values, beliefs and ways of life. For the most part of my young life I grew up in a charismatic, born-again, holy roller, Spirit filled, Pentecostal Christian church environment. I knew people who went to the United church, the Anglican church, the straight up Pentecostal church, the Catholic church, and Christian Dutch reform. And of course most who really didn't go to church at all except perhaps at Christmas and Easter. The first time I was introduced to the idea that God might be a woman my head practically spun off of its axis! And yet I didn't disbelieve it. The person who stood before me describing the feminine attributes of God was filled with faith and understanding. It made me curious. As I began to inquire into Buddhism and peripherally study other belief systems it seemed to me that they all pretty much had the same thing to say. They were all simply entrenched in very different cultures and traditions with different languages. Many faiths. Different Gods. Saying the same thing. Speak the truth. Love one another. Just do good. xocd

OK I’m back. Kind of. I’m returning to the world of work schedules at least. I’m honestly not quite sure how to step back into social media after over a month hiatus. ... It’s interesting really. Especially in these times. We need ways to connect with each other and social media can be a really powerful way to do that. It can also be a serious drain on your psychological and spiritual energy. This past month and a bit of being off of social media has allowed me the deep quiet space to really reconnect with myself in different ways. Without all of the background noise. However, I found unfortunately that I was missing key points and details of things happening in my community and even with friends. Social media is officially our ‘go to’ for connecting, these days especially, and even as I stepped back from it I could see the value in it. I’ve been posting on various social media platforms for the business and even for myself at minimum twice a day for at least a decade. And I kept my finger literally on the pulse of it all, connecting, making connections, aware and alert, engaged and interactive. It was exhausting really. Draining. There were a few times that I handed the responsibility over and I felt this wonderful relief as I didn’t have to continually check in with things and engage. Conclusion; I don’t like the pressure (as someone in business) of having to continually post things all of the time and be interactive on social media, believing somehow that it’s connected to my success. I really enjoy the quiet in my head that I get from not engaging with things that go beyond my immediate reality. I love blogging or short bursts of sharing humour and reality every once in awhile. So, I’ll continue to connect here. And to check in with you. On my own terms, with a couple of new boundaries in place to help guard my own heart and head. I’ll continue to share the things I think are important or that I think you may find interesting or helpful, inspiring or encouraging in someway. I truly believe in the power of sharing our lives, our stories, our hopes and dreams and that when we share our light and bring into the light that which has been in the dark shadows, it encourages others to do the same. We’re here to bring each other up. It’s good to be back xocd

I need some quiet time. If you know me and need me, you know how to find me...I’ll be back. Just going to take a short bit here to clear the cobwebs and reconnect with me. xocd

#tbt to a warm fall day turning my world upside down;) Remember it’s never about the pose, it’s about what we learn along the way...xocd

Yoga is so much more than calisthenics. It’s about being connected, to yourself, the god of your own understanding and the world around you. How do you live your yoga off the mat? #adifferentkindofyoga xocd

Gone are the days of ‘suck it up buttercup’, welcome to the new Age of Enlightenment where feeling your feelings is a super power. If we can feel it we can heal it. No more avoidance ‘masquerading as enlightenment’( Jeff Brown). It’s time to shine the light deeper into the dark spaces, own them, honour them, learn from them and let them be or let them go. Can you let yourself feel all the feels courageously and compassionately? ... It takes super hero strength to embrace it all and know that you are more than your feelings. Feelings shift, like the tides. Let them flow... See more