Every night while in bed before I doze off to sleep, I live in a few moments of gratitude to everyone and the Universe for everything in my life. I thank the Universe and all of my teachers and special people in my life. I am extremely grateful for being in the space where I am now - having the knowledge and experience of consciousness awareness and the raw food lifestyle. I live in gratitude for this amazing life.
This morning when I woke up, I was filled with an especially high intense feeling of gratitude for the people in my life who have helped me along my journey to a life of blissful being, really. In less than three weeks, I am about to completely change my lifestyle and my environment and live the magical life of my dreams. I will be moving from being a math teacher in Connecticut to being in Cape Cod to open a yoga studio and be a Raw Food Coach. I have lived in a whirlwind of evolution during the past year, and the people who I have met or whose words I have read or whose classes I have taken have guided me to where I am now. And NOW creates the magical life of the future.
It is with deepest gratitude that I thank the following people for impacting my life significantly, especially within the past year.
- Rama Berch, the founder of Svaroopa Yoga, whose direct and powerful teachings in workshops, retreats and teacher trainings over the past 6 years have opened my heart, removed all bitterness from my being, healed and opened my body and my mind, and awakened my inner energy and true Self through yoga and meditation.
- Gabriel Cousens, the director of the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, AZ. I spent 3 weeks at the Tree of Life summer 2007. Gabriel's brilliant and detailed teachings on Spiritual Nutrition and Fasting, Conscious Eating, and eating a low glycemic living food lifestyle have given me the knowledge of freedom from candida and blood sugar issues as well as a deeper connection to my Self. His Spiritual Fasting retreat gave me the experience of green juice fasting (which easily prepared me for green juice feasting) as well as deep meditation experiences, and his profound words and teachings are with me daily.
- Karen Knowler, The Raw Food Coach, who is the most generous, creative, brilliant teacher and coach that I could have ever wished for. Karen's direct and enlightening words and teachings in her Raw Coach Training and Business Building workbooks and classes/sessions have empowered me make the jump to live the life that I want to live and to be who I really am - my authentic self.
It is also with deepest appreciation that I thank these people whose words or teachings are with me daily and thus have helped and inspired me to transform my being and share with others: Shekhina Sabrina, David Wolfe, Nick Good, David Rainoshek, Anastasia, and Matt Monarch.
I also thank all of my yoga teachers, especially Elizabeth McKenty, Cathy Folkers and Seemorg, Bombay, and Karobe.
I want to thank Eckhart Tolle and Oprah for bringing A New World to me and to the main stream. Their ecourse has given me the confidence to share my spirituality experiences.
I especially want to thank all of my new raw friends and fellow Raw Coaches that I've met in the past year. Before July last year, I didn't know any other raw foodists. Support truly makes a difference.
I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that I've had to teach at the wonderful Hotchkiss School and for all of my friends, my special math students this year, and for my yoga students who gave me the security of yoga blankets to start my journey.
And, finally I want to thank every person in my family, and the Universe. I am just so grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in the world. And for "the magic of life's eternal love with every breath" SUNPOP.
I've never had so much fun in my whole life. Thank YOU!
"© Erik Reis | Dreamstime.com"
The Green Yogi says:
Make a list of the people who you are grateful for in your life today. You will feel amazing!
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