12/02/2025
As I lay in bed unable to sleep last night on the eve of December 1, I couldn’t help but feel so much energy pulse through my body. Coming off the high of winning a gold medal at the 3.5 mixed doubles pickleball tournament, I reflected on this past year.
I feel opportunities strike like lightening in the sky.
So much of this past year has been about saying “yes.”
Growth does not happen in our comfort zones. It happens outside. It’s saying yes to that which scares us. I remember a quote I read on the board during my yoga training. It read: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
I will die and everything I have accumulated will be left in this world- but the journey of the soul- the transformation- this is eternal.
The outer reflects the inner, and as I transform within myself- everything changes.
So many highlights from this year of great transformation- these highlights show what emerged on the physical realm but these only reflect what I underwent through turning within.
We are but patterns of energy being expressed and as we allow ourselves to be stretched and broke, we emerge reborn. I can liken this to a bud bursting from a seed or like a Pheonix rising from the ashes.
Perhaps the biggest mental shift came during my time living with the monks in the north of Thailand- the cycle ends when I realize there is nothing to do. As the monk so eloquently taught “Happiness is inside. When you realize this you stop chasing.”
If you look through these photos- know that everything that transpired was painted by a hand much greater than mine. I am but a vessel through which the divine energy flows. For me I am the servant - the abd- my only job is to say yes when it’s a yes and no when it’s a no and to be able to discern the difference by attuning to the inner whispers that guide when you take the time to listen.
So many glorious opportunities of yes but also yes to the mundane- the gym - the healthy foods - the discipline.
Every Monday I teach - my desire is to pay anything good I have learned forward. If you desire to be part of the classes I offer for free, please dm me.
Lots of love always, Asiya
