what do you want?

your are the Creator

*Photo above by Preston Schlebusch, wearing Ohm K, happily sipping a smoothie I created.

Clearly what I currently want is to concoct the healthiest and most delicious food to share with you, because I have been having a blast in my kitchen lately [click here to see for yourself]. Other times, however, all I want to do is sit on my couch, eat ice cream out of the carton and peruse Netflix.

What do you want?

Kind of a loaded question, but seriously, what is it that your heart [not your ego] truly desires in this moment, in this life?

Too often we give the power to what someone else wants, whether it's our partner, boss or coworker, sibling or parent. Yes, what they want is valid and it is natural for us to want to please them if we care about them. This only becomes a problem when we continually prioritize what someone else wants over what our own heart wants.

What we want may also shift throughout our life, or take shape in unexpected ways. I didn't grow up thinking I would one day teach yoga or coach clients on lifestyle and wellness in Brooklyn - I didn't even want to live in Brooklyn when I first got to NYC. My heart was, however, very connected to the wellbeing of people and the planet at a young age. I stuck with my childhood intentions, and watching it manifest has been overwhelmingly fulfilling [sometimes challenging and confusing, but mostly amazing].

I love the quote above from Autobiography of a Yogi because it inspires us to stop believing that we are bound by fate or other physical/mental limitations. Does your horoscope 100% confirm that you're doomed to have a terrible month? How can you spin it, think about what you DO want, see it in a new light, and create something you want instead?

Click here to read the full post, including my simple philosophy of how this process works based on ways in which it has played out in my own life.

In what ways have the things you wanted in your life manifested into reality?

How can you continue to listen to your heart and create what you want?

Read on for the things I personally want: to share delicious healthy recipes with you, inspire you via yoga classes and yoga in Cayman Islands, get you pumped up with great music, and of course to encourage you all to spread the health.