Thursday Laughter Circles and WE

Bird Hollywood and Goddess Jean and Me

I love Thursday night Laughter Circles. Especially in the summer.

This is when I get to see those who LAUGH out LOUD no matter what.

Sweaty, hot and humid - these are hard core total discipline LAUGHers.

This is a tribute to my strong and steadfast - my 3 WSMs and the lovely Sister Goddesses who INspire their presence in our HA HA Circle.

These six HA HA peeps have been INspiring me to LAUGH out LOUD for years. Week after week, they comprise the core group of HA HA yogis/yoginis who hold sacred space for us to LAUGH out LOUD.

A great big thank you to Sister Goddess Eve and WSM David, Sister Goddess Malka and WSM George, Sister Goddess Jean and WSM Yakov.

An AbunDANCE of awesome MOMents - all on a Thursday night - woohoo.

LAUGHter & ACTion

From 2/7/11 LAUGH, LOVE LIVE Newsletter (Click HERE) - This week I cHAhahAllenged myself ...

Sometimes, my brain gets in the way. That 20% that sits in my head tries to revolt from what it knows is good for us. Starts criticizing my baby steps or what I heard, if I even heard it, hello?

It took years to stop the brain. First, I had to catch it in ACTion. Ha ha ha. Then, I had to breathe through it and do no thing. ACTion rather than reACTion. Very good, very good, Yeah. Now, I listen. And when I can't listen no more, I laugh at myself. Ha ha ha.

I am preparing for bigger ACTions. Babies grow. ha ha ha. To prepare myself, I made an INner shift. I gave myself permission to trust ME, myself and I. To LAUGH at us and WE all ways.

LAUGHing at myself (thank you Sister Goddess Monika) - HA HA HA Kiss . Knowing that I can show up with a great-full attitude and the Universe responds in kind. And a great big thank you to Sister Goddess Jackie for INspiring this video. Ha ha ha.

I am a LUCKY GIRL
I am - I am

LAUGHter and the Elements

Starting the New Year with OMazing weather patterns - FOG so heavy we can't see across the lake at TY Park and COLD, COLD, COLD and rain - beautiful glorious rain.

What an adventure - providing the opportunity to help me live my words -
"WE LAUGH RAIN OR SHINE, BECAUSE WE CAN"
When I venture out and it's pouring or 35 degrees (here in Florida) I think to myself:
did I write that? what was I thinking? ha ha ha

The soul speaks in whispers. It reMINDS me:
The GREATER GOOD and my greater good
Just like the Hokey Pokey when we shake it all about
that's what it's all about
at the end of the day - did I contribute?
did I make the world a little better than how I found it?

When we LAUGH no matter what - the hard core HA HA ambassadors pop out
Those who hold the space sacred for LAUGHter vibrations to ripple across the World

These are my favorite LAUGHter Circles.
We are few and yet so mighty
I get to experiment with new LAUGHs, healing techniques, and ways to dance.

Thank you my brave LAUGHter yogis and yoginis, WSMs and SGs you are
Showing up and doing the best you can -
LAUGHing and LOVing and BEing OMazing.

Laughter Yoga Thursday Night

It was pouring this afternoon - temperature dropping a bit - cold front coming in.
Wasn't sure if anybody would show up for Laughter Yoga tonight. We left home early and got there 45 minutes early.

Great news from Sister Goddess T whose job might have been saved by her LAUGHter muscle. She hugged WSM Noah and me and told us we were the reason she was so happy. Ha ha ha. What OMazing news.

I walked down to the ocean. Took my flip flops off and planted my feet in the cold wet sand. Staring out at the ocean and the beautiful cloud symphony playing for me. The wind blows, the waves move. We are singing a song of joy and peace.

The rain that threatens to come is still not here. I feel so blessed. It always arrives either before or after we LAUGH. We are almost always given the opportunity to LAUGH outside - in nature.

Tonight, WSM Manny shows up. One of our first LAUGHers, WSM Manny and I created the NEMO Laughter from a clip WSM Manny shared from Finding Nemo. Our hands clapping - it feels so good - we warm up and get the EnerCHI tingling. We LAUGH. We hug. WE play.

Life is very good, very good, Yay~@~

LAUGHTER & THE OCEAN

I love Tuesday mornings.

I call SG Christina at 6:00 a.m. to wish her a Ha-ha-happy Tuesday.

She picks me up at 7:30 a.m. and we do the course at TY Park.
2 1/2 miles of fabulous trees and birds and dogs.

We walk and talk and LAUGH. Ha ha ha.

Today's LAUGHter Circle was AWEsome.
16 people show up to LAUGH with WSM Noah and I and the trees.
Ho ho Ha ha ha - hokey pokey - we shake it all around
What OMazing enerCHI we create together

From there SG Christina and I go to the ocean
Even though the waters are cold (73 degrees today)
that does not deter us from jumping in head first
(only way to do it when it's cold)

we swim out to the reef and there we float on our backs and
OM - life is good - and then we HA HA HA while going with the flow
We ha ha ha as we look up at the clouds - feeling the sounds
reverberate in our ears and in the water.

7 minutes later we are racing for shore
We sit and dry off in the yummy sun
I love Tuesdays~@~

LAUGHter & Draguation

It's 10:15 p.m., Sunday, October 3, 2010. The music is blaring. It's way past my bedtime. I am standing on the 2nd floor balcony, overlooking the dance floor and stage.

My feet ache from the high heels. My face is itchy from the makeup. I am hot and sweaty from this wig. I am way out of my comfort zone. There are still seven OMazing performers before me. I am tired, am losing my hearing and not sure what I am going to do up on that stage. In fact, I am scared silly. Ha ha ha.

The voices start to take over - louder than the music and the ruckus vibrating around me - the naysayers in my head. What's Going On?

I take a deep breath and look across to the balcony on the other side of the bar. In the dark and flashing light chaos, I think I see Sister Goddess Christina. I wish, I pray. I think she sees me. There is no recognition for a moment. Her right hand goes up and she does a HA HA HA party in her hand.

At that moment, a lump in my throat shifts and a tightly held back tear falls out of my eye. Amidst the din and confusion, both my hands go up reflexively to HA HA HA right back at her. A smile shines from deep within and just takes over my face. I take a deep breath and I relax into the HA HA zone.

I shake the tension off my back and into the ground. My fears forgotten. I AM the Goddess of HA HA. BEing a Queen for one night - I can do this.

I breathe again - deep into the moment - the air is electric - the love vibe in the building is pulsing, thumping, beating - like a Mama's heartbeat. I am so excited - dancing and singing to a crowd of loving supporters - what an opportunity to grow. Tee hee~@~

Sister Goddess Christina (a/k/a Joy In Motion) and I - we shared this special moment - a secret HA HA HA - in the midst of the hurricane. The HA HA HA - in my BODY and out of my HEAD. The ego became my amigo as BODY WISDOM took over. Just BE the best ME I can BE. Muscle memory & connection to something greater than Me took over. Very good, very good - yay~@~

Thank you Sister Goddess Christina for the HA HA to A-ha moment we shared. Thank you for BEing my angel in the wings. And the fabulous roses you had for me waiting in the wings. Ha ha ha. I am grateful for our SISTERHood and this Omazing muscle we are growing - together - in COmmUNITY..

Feeling the fear and doing it anyways.

Full Moon Drumming

It rained all day today.

Great big sunshowers and downpours.

I wasn't sure if we would be drumming on the beach in celebration of the Full Moon.

I prayed for a PHENOMENON.
I tapped on my heart - HA HA HA - to create & hold space.
I tapped on my third eye - HA HA HA - to remind myself how I KNOW when I connect within.
I tapped on my drum - HA HA HA - it sang its song to me.

Ha HA ha to A-HA.

I opened my email and there it was. Sister Goddess Christine Steven's UPBEAT Drum Circle Newsletter. The RDA - Recommended Daily Allowance - for this month was the rhythm of LAUGHter. Ha ha ha.

(Click HERE to see her with Laughter Goddess Cristiana Carter)

So we drummed. With the winds blowing and the ocean churning - we banged our drums and HA-HA HA-HA HO-HO HA-HA... We LAUGHed and drummed until our bellies ached and our fingers tingled. We let the winds carry our "feel great" vibrations over the ocean. We allowed our bodies to move to the ancient rhythms reMEMBERed. The clouds performed a symphony of shades as we banged our appreciation and LAUGHed.

T-HA-nk you for all those who braved the elements and showed up. No coincidences, my friends. WE are the people we've been waiting for.