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Hip + Tranquil Goal Setting

Jan. 20, 2010

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Plato

I know we’ve chatted a little bit about goals and goal setting this year already at Yogue, but the newness of this year is still with us and I’m happy to share some insights and experience from a fantastic writer, yogi, activist, eco-designer, enlightened dynamo and friend of Yogue, Kimberly Wilson, a.k.a. The Tranquil Hip Chick. Here’s what she has to say about the magic of the start of this year.  Grab a pencil, notebook, a cup of hot tea and read on for some inspiration.   Also, watch this space for a review of her books.  Thanks Kimberly.

A Fresh Start.

It’s that special time of the year where you may take a step back to evaluate where you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re heading. Each year I love to list my past year’s highlights, lessons learned and dreams for the new year. This offers an opportunity to take stock annually to ensure movement in the right direction. Pull out your journal, kick up your heels, grab a mug of tea, and let’s indulge in a dose of reflection.

What are your 2009 highlights?

Can you bring them together in visual form? Collect photos from your adventures and make a collage or desktop. Doodle the highlights, mindmap, or simply list them. A few of my 2009 highlights include learning about mindfulness-based stress reduction, spending 10 days in Paris, leading retreats in Costa Rica and New York, returning to school to pursue MSW, Tranquil Space Foundation’s film festival, celebrating Tranquil Space’s 10th year, penning Tranquilista, releasing a 4th yoga to go CD, and celebrating 5 years with my supportive beau. All in all, a productive, blessed year.

Now let’s list your lessons learned.

You know the ones – those ongoing “opportunities” disguised as “challenges.” What lessons are you taking away from your experiences this year? For me, I plan to keep working with my 2009 word of the year “spaciousness” and remember it when over-scheduling or over-committing, declutter daily, savor the simple things (lesson brought back from Parisians who you’d never catch with a to-go cup). Keep these lessons in a prominent space that you can reference often.

Now it’s time to look forward.

What do you want 2010 to hold? When you ponder what you want your life to look like December 31, 2010, what do you see? A new career, an adopted pet, a new city, a continued relationship. Take a moment to collage, draw, dream, or paint it. Cover your new planner with images that speak to your vision.

A few of my dreams include: More strategic use of time and energy. Design new e-course based on Tranquilista or living your yoga. Set up my etsy store. Daily meditation. Host monthly dinners at chez moi. Return to dance. Daily sun salutations. More you tube videos. As we cross the threshold into a brand new decade, I wish you oodles of tranquility. Raise a glass to 2009. Honor your efforts.

Choose a word to focus on in 2010 – my attachment to “spaciousness” will continue.

Relish in being uniquely, fabulously you. As Buddhist monk Pema Chodron reminds us, you are perfect just as you are. I like to think that we can simply add dashes of enhancements (like the boosts we add to our smoothies at a juice bar) through practices of reflection, intention, and action. Let your life sparkle and shine in 2010.

To learn more about Kimberly and her hip yet tranquil endeavors, please visit:  www.kimberlywilson.com

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  1. Kate says

    January 20, 2010 at 2:06 am

    A fresh way to categorize your goals, I like it!

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  2. Yogue says

    January 20, 2010 at 6:25 am

    ya, it’s a good framework and fun too.

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  3. Tanya Geisler says

    January 20, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    I ADORE the image of Parisians who’d never be caught dead with a to-go cup. I had forgotten this cultural distinction and it’s such a tangible reminder to savour what is here right now. Thank you!

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  4. Jonas says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:13 am

    I’ve added this to my bloglines

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    • admin says

      February 20, 2010 at 11:31 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  5. Erik says

    March 9, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Here here

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The sky has darkened, the mornings feel as dark as The sky has darkened, the mornings feel as dark as the evenings and it has been pouring rain the last few days. Winter is here and you can feel its insistence. 

I’ve been noticing how much the power of ritual can help us manage how we feel right now. And how beautiful it is that when you consider most rituals from around the planet, when it is dark, we focus on bringing in light…

This week, Ananda Lion and I participated in an advent spiral walk, a ritual that we know from his time at a Steiner school in Santa Cruz. It is so special and such a peaceful counterpoint to what can be such a busy time of the year. I wrote about it on my blog. Head over if you are feeling like a good read. Yogue.ça 

Other rituals we have been enjoying:
Simple home cooked meals (black bean tacos are a fav)
The ritual of travel: this was A blitz in and out of vancouver to drop off my parents who are now in hot Mumbai!!! The skyline has cccchanged so much!
- A visit to the Lamborghini dealership in vancouver for ananda since he wanted to photograph the cars (does anyone else have a car mad child? He started an ig account called @thatonecarspotter_ 😄)
- home made chai for a community of special women. We had a gift exchange last night and I am feeling so loved! Also, I made a cup of chai this morning from the blend of spices and it was amazing. I think I am on to something!!! 💖

More soon. Happy Tuesday.

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Hello friends!!! Felt inspired this morning to sha Hello friends!!! Felt inspired this morning to share some of my thoughts from the past six weeks. It feels like I am at a turning point now and I really want to share what recovering and moving forward can look like. I hope this offers some inspiration and support to any of you going through a hard time.

Happy December - can you believe it is already here?

With love and the potency of presence.

Insiya :) 

Ps. With love to my friend @stephaniesnyderyoga for reminding me of the potency of our ability to “begin again.” 

Pss! Also checking that this video runs to the end!!! It’s over the 90 second reel timeline!!! 😀
#namaste #yogalife #yogalessons #cancerrecovery #positivemindset #presence #growth #healinsiya
My internal world has been full of questioning lat My internal world has been full of questioning lately… the ones that keep coming up are: who am I? What do I want to do - with this re-birth into life? Where am I going? What is my purpose? What do I want to create? The questions that emerge when everything under our feet seems like quicksand, when life has seemed contracting and you finally begin to see new openings and light.

I’m allowing space for those answers to emerge, supporting myself w a mindful art course with @bccancer and a weekly women’s circle. BecUse I need to. The emotional whorl is here and real; and while I know it has been a lot I don’t actually realize it until things come up and I feel all the feels.

The body I am in feels different, it is and it will take time to regain my strength and movement ability. And yet life continues and I feel its press: the pull of many roles I bear as a woman, a mother, a daughter, a wife, a teacher, an entrepreneur… and it can feel like a lot!!! 

But then, there is a walk w the sunshine or moonlight on the horizon a meal that celebrates our senses and I remember that I have to stay on my path and begin again…

Photo sprinkles L to R:
1, 2: holiday sparkles w mum and dad 
3. The most delicious lunch ever @belovevictoria 
4. Turmeric, ginger, coriander and fennel: what I made to help me move through a sticky cold this last week.
5. Making herbal salves w @andreapenagos.wellness and @iye.herstories 💖🌱
6. This branch was so beautiful 
7. Lion made a tiramisu (I halved the sugar it was still v sweet)!
8. An appt at BC cancer - I’ll have check ups every 3 months. Each time I see my oncologist I remember how far I have come
9. Today: a walk in the sunshine w my little guy. 

Always counting my roses every day. Have not been writing much recently and need to commit to writing everything down about this last 15 months before I forget… still receiving messages from others encountering cancer and so happy that my story can help give inspiration and hope. Thanks for being here. 
💖💫🙏🏼

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The roots of where I come from ie. India have alwa The roots of where I come from ie. India have always been an integral part of my practice and study of yoga and Ayurveda, even though my family is Muslim - yoga has always been both and integral and secular practice for me - yet connected deeply to Hindu philosophy - as is Ayurveda. Also so much of what I have learned I also owe to committed teachers and lineage in the west. As someone who has experienced this sort of transnational identity - of space, place, race and more - from living and moving and being in so many countries - i cherish and hold the threads that connect me to meaning and illumination. And I am committed to sharing those threads with lightness of heart and depth of experience.

Super honored to announce that I will be sharing Ayurveda and more @sedonayogafestival this March 2024. If you are considering it say yes. It will be a weekend to cherish. @theblissologist will also be there bringing his incredible Blissology yoga teachings.

And a host of amazing teachers.

Hope to see you there. Ticket prices on a super sale until tonight. Head over to @sedonayogafestival for more. 💖🙏🏼💫

#yogafestivals #yogateacher #growth #ayurveda #modernayurveda #healing #health #india 

Happy Saturday!!!
It’s cold and I awoke this morning feeling like It’s cold and I awoke this morning feeling like I was coming down w a flu. But going outside is always my medicine and the sunshine put on its A game tonight…

One thing I am focusing on right now is how to heal myself by tuning into the rhythms of nature / to our circadian rhythms… this is at the heart of Ayurveda. Happily a lovely yogi sent me a book called “the rhythms of wellness” by Alberta teacher Jaki Daniels, which offers a Chinese medicine perspective on bio rhythms. 🙌

Here’s what is helping me these days:
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🌞Getting sunshine when it’s strongest - these days I walk our dog at around 3:30 or 4 pm and soak up whatever light I can.
🥣making lunch my main meal and dinner lighter - this helps our digestive fire to work harder when it can (ie during the afternoon) 
Winding down before 10 pm (trying)!!! But I notice how much better I sleep before getting that second wind of energy.

Lots more about this on my blog if you are interested. Look up « Dinacharya » @ yogue.ça and it will honestly transform your days. 

Saw my surgeon today which was a reminder again of where I was a year ago and where I am today. 

Grateful for a little space of light and sending out as much peace and love as I possibly can. The world needs it. We all do! 💫🙏🏼💖
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