It has been one year since I applied for my permanent residence visa in Turkiye. I have been rejected twice and have concluded that it’s time to deconstruct the home I created.

I am grieving this event in my bones. I feel fractured and confused.

I trusted my gut instinct, followed my heart, listened to the tremble of my soul, and placed myself in Istanbul.

So why was I rejected? Why has it been so challenging for me to engage in this location?

When I go out to the woods and walk until my body is bursting with beads of sweat and scented by wildflowers, I feel that leaving is the correct choice.

I have a new appreciation for the phrase beyond the looking glass.

I’ve embodied it as a statement of faith.

There is so much I cannot see, comprehend, or anticipate - I must trust in the ongoing unfoldment of events, no matter what I think, feel, or want.

For now, I am reflecting on the gifts, lessons, precious moments, and other treasures I’ve amassed in the last year. I experienced some terrific upheavals that showed me different angles into my self.

This pain will inspire new poems and move through me like prisms of light. I already feel brighter from expressing my truth.

It is not a choice: my actions are eventual. I already know what I will do, and to act in any other way would be a lie, for it would not be congruent with my soul.

I have faith in what lies beyond the looking glass: the identity I shaped has blossomed like the flowers in my herbal tea.

Those hard little buds opened with the warm water. I watched the yellow petals spread, and as I drank the last drop, the leaves turned to mush at the bottom of my glass cup.

And so, it’s time to add to the compost: to empty and release.

Sending you well wishes and perhaps a peek beyond your image in the mirror. …
Seraphina

PS - Your Zoom yoga class links are below!

 

JULY YOGA SCHEDULE
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VINYASA - TUESDAY, JUlY 23
7am pst | 10am est | 4pm cet | 5pm trt

CORPORATE YOGA CLASS

PILATES - THURSDAY, JULY 25
7am pst | 10am est | 4pm cet | 5pm trt

THIRTY MINUTE STRENGTH CLASS WITH (OPTIONAL) MEDITATION

KUNDALINI - SATURDAY, JULY 27
8am pst | 11am est | 5pm cet | 6pm trt

SIXTY MINUTE KUNDALINI CLASS WITH MY FLOURISHES

New Videos On My YouTube Channel:

Kidney Cleanse - Kundalini

Strengthen the Energy Body - Pilates

Mudra for Protection - Meditation

Quote of the Week:

“It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

Lewis Caroll

 

4 questions to brew on:

• What does ‘beyond the looking glass’ mean to you?

• When did you last listen to your heart, and what happened?

• What lessons have surfaced in your last year?

• Are you in a tea-sipping phase or a compost phase?