Everyone who knows me, knows I LOVE ...

What do You Love?

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Be Open to Surprises

Have you ever heard friends or family tell someone else something about you and you're shaking your head.

NO ...Wrong ...Where did they get that??? 

But - what IF it's true.

Or they think that because you live there and do this you must like that as well.

You know what I mean.

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Earlier this year we started to hear a lot of reference to Fake News, and I thought that we should probably rethink things we pass on.

A new post coming in a few weeks is about sharing your story with yourself and others.

This post is to get us thinking ... and I guess it asks us to look at all the parts of us.

Sometimes our work activities are totally different than our outside and leisure activities and someone would never guess that we would do that.

Last Spring I was talking to a new friend about her upcoming vacation, a month long motorcycle trip. I would never have guessed that.

I've also chatted with friends who feel weird that some of their friends don't know more about them.

They seem to connect on what is common and they've just never talked a lot about those other things. Like this is my Yoga friend, this is my going out for lunch friend, this is my Bridge partner, this is my guitar buddy and so on.

Time to start thinking about who you are and making that list of things you Love.

We all need to remind ourselves of what matters to us and what we LOVE

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Here's a link to the later post about sharing your stories

Increase the GOOD FEELINGS in Your Day

Holiday Shopping Time

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Roots to Breath Wellness is getting ready for Christmas Shoppers

You Love wandering around the Craft Fairs looking for that Perfect Gift.

Great... this is where I'll be - Vancouver Island, BC.Canada.

Put out the do not disturb sign

Charles Dickens Christmas Craft Faire

Courtenay BC

November 10 -12

You can't come - that's OK

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Stress  impacts so many areas of our work and home lives.  

Take advantage of all the ways to help reduce stress and change unwanted thoughts into new opportunities for better health and happiness. 

Become part of the real moments in your life.

The Wellness Products shown in the photo above invite you to discover simple and easy ways to support yourself or to share with your family and others.

Find the messages that tug at and soothe you heart and soul. Experience Relaxations that provides treasures, gifts and journeys to support you moving towards your dreams.

Open up to new ways to live your best Life. 

And YES, you'll find Simple and Easy!

Gifts to last a lifetime

that deliver much more than expected. 

What Creates your Vision for Tomorrow

Open the Doors to Gratitude

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I have had this lovely Message for years and I've connected to 

each part of it so I thought I'd share it with You.  

Photo Message ~ Dona Anderson

 Dream of what you most enjoy


Go where you want to go


Be who you want to be


You have but one life.

~Author unknown~

I hope you enjoy this wonderful message and my photo from the beach.

You Get to Pick, and

Don't Believe in Shortages

Surround yourself with what you need.

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Take what you need.

Message from Simply, One Breath At a Time ~ Dona Anderson

Kindness

Compassion

Appreciation


Love

Cellular Regeneration | Denise Linn | Monday Meditation

Time to Listen

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A unique Meditation to Explore.

Relaxing and easy to follow.

I had the wonderful opportunity to see Denise at a Hay House event in San Jose California, several years ago where she took us through an incredible Meditation to discover our Spirit Name. 

TRY this one out and see what comes up for you today.

Have a Great Day!

Here's her website if you want to find out more

& check out her About Page 

What's Your Lucky Number?

Honestly, the posts have gotten a lot better.

I started this Blog back in September 2010 

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Wow. WoW. WOW.

Seven years!

Back then I had no idea what this was going to be about or its future.

It started mainly as a way to connect with the 100 Travelling Books. 

I didn't really think about how it would evolve and that 7 years later I would still be here talking to you.

Thank you so much for being here !

It's funny how on the back cover of my book Simply, One Breath At a Time I wrote Dona's first book of guided relaxations offers ... I don't know why I wrote that since I hadn't planned another book but since it was it out there in the Universe, I guess it was suppose to happen.

it's all here

I enjoyed creating all the wellness resources. Simply, One Breath At a Time was used for the Wellness cards, CD and so far most of the Photo messages.

The 105 One Rose Wellness card set idea came out of doing a book reading at the library. 

Making the CD Permission to Rest was FUN. I had customers asking for a CD, and I felt like a star for a few days at the recording studio.

And then my second book, Moving Forward from the Heart, the one the universe knew about before me was a 5 year labor of Love.  I still had a bit more to say and 73 meditations later it was completed.

Through all this, the posts I've shared have grown into something I'm proud of. 

Whether it's sharing something from my books, finding information and entertainment to share or just offering you one of my photos to look at has enabled me to be the messenger of something that inspires, informs, entertains or is just to be enjoyed.

No - I'm not lonely up here in my room.

I usually have one or both of these snoring girls to keep me company! 

Chloe & Lucy say Hi & will wake up for Cookies!

There's more sharing on my Facebook Page

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Let's be Happy and make others Happy for another 7 years!

Lucky #7

I Almost Missed it.

What's your Awareness Level?

Do you see what's around you?

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On a scale of one to ten I was BAD.  

I really had never been taught to notice things.  It's a bird, a flower so what. 

Dona Anderson - message from
Simply, One Breath At a Time

I missed so much.

My husband taught me about seeing things.

We would go for a walk and he'd say look at that bird, see the flower and on and on whatever he saw he'd share it with me.

I hadn't seen any of it.  I was just walking not seeing.

Did you do this?

I hope I wasn't the only one.

He got me started and then later I started looking for things to see.

Yoga also took me to another level for mind & body awareness and now putting it all together I'm not Bad anymore. 

But still there are times like this one. 

I almost missed this small, silent creation someone lovingly made and left for others to see and enjoy.

I was looking at the big picture and hadn't seen what was right there in front of me a few feet away.

Life Lessons.

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Here's Help to Say Goodbye to STRESS

Reduce Stress

and

You don't even have to wear Yoga pants

But you can if you want.

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Would you like to experience more Presence and Awareness in your day?

Dona Anderson, Message from Simply,
One Breath at a Time

Years ago when I first experienced Guided Relaxation and Meditation at the end of my yoga classes I was puzzled, but in a good way.

I know you're going to say I'm too Busy but  trust me, you can start with just a couple of minutes.

We all have to breathe anyway.

Better NOW then later.  See this earlier post of how Stress Affects our Health.

I never knew how badly I needed this practice either.

In the beginning I said what lots of you will say ~ 

Who has time for this?

I remember my first teacher just read from a book and most of the time I didn't understand what she was saying but I was comfortable, relaxing and sometimes fell asleep. Since this was a lunchtime class at work, I enjoyed it and wanted more. ( It reminded me a bedtime story or our kindergarten nap time.)

Other teachers took me further into guided relaxation that invited me to become more aware of the breath and I learned about focusing on areas of the body to relax.

As my practice grew it offered me choices, things to do, experience and become aware of.

And, I heard words like balance, connection, imagine, experience, offer, explore, presence, flow, feel, move, invite.

In the beginning this seemed like Crazy talk.

Then Life started to change for me.

Here's How

9 ways we Benefit from Guided Relaxation & Meditation that will continue to help you nourish your body, mind and soul ... 

Awareness - The Beginning.  When I learned to pause I started to Notice things - the good & the bad in all areas of my body, life and world.  

Attitude - first impressions aren't always the right ones.  Some things just need time and for us to do the work. We all have things that come easy to us that we're good at but I think our real Gifts come from the other things that can be a lot of Work. That's where we get the most satisfaction for our success.

Communication - Life changing. Learning that we do have lots of body parts and then the Exchange between the Body, Breath & Mind.

Compassion - Kindness is Free. When we connect to & observe our own Body and all that comes with it we can have more compassion for ourselves and others.

Connection - Putting it all Together. Your body, mind & soul - it's like a puzzle with lots of bits and pieces all fitting in as one.

Experience - Improvement. Grows with the 3 p's, Practice Participation Patience and paying attention. 

Mindfulness - You start paying attention, focusing on one thing at a time. You have awareness of what you're feeling, doing, your actions & thoughts.  You get Comfortable spending time and noticing one thing at a time. 

Presence - Be here Now.  Listening, Noticing and Being in the minutes & moments in your real life leaving thoughts and worries behind.  

and I'll finish this list with 

Gratitude - Feelings of being Grateful.  Feelings affect our whole life, health and our interactions. Let's have ones of appreciation, thanks, trust, caring and peace growing in our Hearts, homes and our World. 

Are you ready to Start Living Better Today? 

Lots more Relaxation info on the Shop Page.

You can do this

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That was Great Advice

SEE WHAT You Discover

Dona Anderson

Before you get into this post I wanted to say that I hoped you enjoyed the Songs and Music I shared with you over the Summer.

Music is a wonderful gift to help us sing along, dance or just relax & enjoy.  Maybe I'll do it again next summer (?)

If you missed them please go to the archives for July and August.

Now on to this week's post. 

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Dona Anderson - message from Simply, One Breath At a Time.

This is one of my favorite photos!

It invites me to take a deep breath to fill my body, mind and spirit.

It invites me to think about supporting a healthy lifestyle and deciding who I want to be.

Each time I see this photo I think about where I want to go, what I want to learn, see, do or explore.

Sometimes I even get a thought about what may be missing in my life because we often get busy and forget what we love to do or used to love to do.

As we begin the fall season which takes us back to work, school and other activities after the summer break, let it speak to You.

Take a few moments and see what it says to you today.

Do you have trouble Relaxing - Lots of HELP on the Shop Page.

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