Spring

Well, its here finally. Here in the Lou we're having our second day of full sunshine in a row and supposed to move up into the 70's today, so very nice!

Taking a walk in Forest Park yesterday, things were starting to bloom and I saw some buds on some of the trees. Its that time of renewal each year,a time that I usually feel very intensily energetically. As well, yesterday was a full moon and a very powerful one at that. At least to me and a few friends who had texted me asking if I felt it. And of course I did!

Tomorrow I embark on the next phase of a tranformational process I've been going thru for the past 6 months to a year. I go to a hearing to have my name changed legally. Many of you many only know me as Sat Inder, but many others know me as Keith Mitchell.

Having taken the past 10 years to build a name for myself as a yoga teacher in the St Louis area, under the name of Keith Mitchell, this change is a biggie and an interesting one for my students. As well as for my friends. Family is another matter. I'm sure I haven't approached it right with family, not necessarily telling them ahead of time, other tan the ones who are on facebook and noticed the name change back in December, and now seeing the photos of me in a turban and the quotes I post on there. But we'll see how it goes, I was not led to have conversations with them about it,maybe other than my mom and I will with her soon.

My father found out about the name change on facebook, asked me about it and I told him about it being my spiritual name given me through the Sikh path that I'm following now. Then he was being smart during a chat one day, acting as if he didn't know who it was that was talking to him and so I told him I'm changing it legally so he should get used to it, now he knows! Don't know whom else he told but again, we'll see. I did have some friends of mine who are parents tell me how they'd feel and it made me understand where he was coming from but it will not stop me from changing it. It is something I am doing for me, to reflect my path and to embrace who I am now and has nothing to do with anyone but me.

So I'm embracing the changes and don't have to expect everyone to be so open, but the becoming more open is what I'm working on now, accepting everyone and everything as an expression of the divine and a mirror of an aspect of my own consciousness, reflected back to me for me to learn from! Isn't that a bitch, but true, when you get irritated with someone about something they are doing, look toward yourself and see where you act that way yourself and see why your irritated, not because of them at all, but because you do the same thing!!!

I didn't say it was an easy path, but a fulfilling one for sure. And the growth I experience daily through these practices and my daily sadhana is just amazing, especially now that I can observe it happening, am aware of it.

Sat Nam all, much peace and love to you and yours. May he longtime sun shine upon you, all love surround you and the pure light within you guide your way on.

Sat Inder

Transformations cont . . .

So, I filed the paperwork with the circuit court to legally change my name! I began using it more and more after my amazing experience at Winter Solstice and when my grandfather died, for some reason, made the decision that I am going to become a Sikh. The kundalini yoga path is made for me and is working for me and inspires me so much, and has led me to where I am and in the direction I am going so much so that it only makes sense to keep flowing with this river, so I did it.

I am also planning to take amrit at the Summer Solstice celebration, which is the ceremony in which one takes the vows to live the life of a Sikh. Which in this country includes kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

I've also decided to take the month long teacher training immersion in New Mexico August 7th-September 2nd and have put it out there that I need the money and have already received $840 in donations towards it. So, everything is amazing and flowing downstream, to happiness! LOL

My life is so awesome that I just can't believe I'm the same person I was, even a few months ago. I feel like a new person, which I guess is why the name change is appropriate. And everyone is being so supportive, for the most part anyway, family hasn't been dealt with yet but we'll see how that goes.

The kundalini yoga club I hold at my place every Friday is just going so well too that it makes me want to teach this and make a living sharing this thing that has began and helped facilitate this transformation. Just amazing. I know, I know, I've said that thirty times already LOL but thats how I feel right now.

So just an update, hope anyone who may read this is realizing that all that stuff is just contrast, meant to bring you to greater wanting of things that are amazing as well, and not drawing your attention to the lack of those things, but following the vane of feeling the abundance of the things you are desiring and then allowing them to enter into your life, just as I am!

I wish blessings, love and peace to you and yours and those you don't even know but may bump into during your day. Sat Nam, Sat Inder