The Quest....

The Quest is an ideal. A Pie in the Sky notion, really. A simple life. The kind you read about in Buddhist magazines or the kind of "lifestyle" for wealthy people who have the time and money to be "-less".  The Quest for less, to me, is finding a way to meld those simplistic ideals with a life. A real one. With cars, and bills, and jobs - how do you Feng Shui your life? 

My Quest began some time ago. A serious illness. A major surgery. A vow. It really started with the realization that I had been sick for some time, years really, and didn't even know it. In my drive to become a psychologist, to help people become more self aware, healthy, I had lost touch with..well, me.

Facing surgery was scary. Facing the fact that I needed to make some "MAJOR LIFE CHANGES" was terrifying. So, I had the surgery. Recovered. And decided that I had always wanted to take a yoga class. April of 2008. First yoga class. Healing Yoga in Douglassville. Dorian. Ahhh... It was truly "love at first Ohm".  I had done my research, my father's daughter all the way, and discovered that a gentle and healing class would be for me, post-surgery. In addition, Dorian has a counseling background, so I felt that it would be a class with greater focus on the principles of yoga, instead of a vigorous class that just tried to twist you into a pretzel. 

For the first class, Dorian said she could see that I really connected with Yoga, and I do. I have studied yoga over the last two years, and continue to learn.  But the real experiment will begin tomorrow - we have decided to "downsize".  We have three families' worth of "stuff", and with the possibility of a move looming, the thought of moving it all is overwhelming to say the very least. Tomorrow, we begin the Quest for Less.....

Stay tuned.