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"Enlightenment becomes real when we allow ourselves to be guided by the soft pulse of inner love — meeting the high mind, the open heart, and the body’s subtle sensations as one integrated field of wisdom."

This week's offerings:

▪	Sun 7/19 Yoga 10:00 - 11:30 AM MST

▪	Mon 7/20 Yoga 10:00 - 11:30 AM MST

▪	Wed 7/22 Yoga 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Thurs 7/23 Yoga 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST

▪	Fri 7/24 Empowered Living Chat - Expanding 10-Noon MST

More details below and on the CYWY Website Calendar...

This is my practice...how about you?

What is Enlightenment?

Enlightenment, in its most human and lived sense, isn’t a destination or a mystical prize — it’s a shift in how we experience reality. It deepens our participation in life.

Enlightenment is the quiet, steady recognition of our deeper nature — where the mind, heart, and body participate as one.

It includes practicing moment‑to‑moment clarity, to keep coming back to seeing things as they are, without the distortions of fear, ego urgency, or old narratives. A spacious, intuitive intelligence that isn’t reactive. It’s the part of us that sees patterns, understands truth, and responds rather than reacts. It’s not about perfection — it’s about presence.

It requires self-healing that allows natural warmth toward ourselves and others. Not sentimental, not forced — simply the heart unarmored (vulnerability), able to meet life with tenderness and courage.

It is supported when we practice connection with the subtle sensations, impulses, and somatic signals that our body is always sharing. Enlightenment is never just cognitive — it’s felt in the seconds when we align all three centers of intelligence and show up awake, aware, and alive.

It is not a destination; it is an invitation we share with ourselves. It is the soft but unmistakable recognition that our essence is already whole — and that living from this wholeness is both our birthright and our practice.

CYWY offers opportunities to remember your wholeness, cultivate clarity and understanding, with a sense of connection to your high heart (love) and the inner guidance that comes from the subtle sensations of your body.

Which event will you choose this week?

Have you tried yoga with me?

Intentional Yoga

▪	Sun 7/19 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Mon 7/20 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Wed 7/22 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Thurs 7/23 4:30-6 PM MST

(no yoga on Friday)

Guided in a multi-level style by Nancy Markow

In Yoga we explore somatic practices that build neuropathways to connect high mind and heart with the subtle sensations of the body.

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FYI: As we move into the fall (October) the Yoga schedule will shift to a 3-day, M-W-F schedule, with occasional offerings on Sun-Thursday-Fri.

Recorded classes are available on our CYWY YouTube channel when our schedules don't line up.

Be sure to leave a comment so I know you are out there watching.

Namaste

More cover options, more to come...

Empowered Living Chat

Empowered Living Chats offer an opportunity to pause, connect, experience, and process with others what is shared in the new book by Nancy Markow, titled Empowered Living.

Whether you are new to the Enneagram system or seasoned, this chat offers a place to go deeper.

July 24th - 10:00 - Noon MST

Topic: Expanding out of the box of personality

To prepare, read Chapter 14 in the Empowered Living book

Get a free PDF of Empowered Living (Draft) at www.connectingyouwithyourself.com

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Intentional Living Circle

Title: Fear and Reward: The Chemistry Behind Your Personality

Tues, 7/28th, 7-9 PM MST

Sophia Carmien, Essential Wholeness

Explore the roles of cortisol, adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin through the lens of personality. Reflect on how these chemicals interact with each type's desires, fears, and self-image, and how greater awareness can support healthier patterns and more skillful responses to life.

The Good Grief Group

Guided by Melody West,
Grief and End of Life Coach

Many types of loss cause grief. Grief is a heavy burden to bear alone, but it can become more manageable when shared. Whether
you’re navigating the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or even a phase of life, our Grief Group offers a space where you can begin to heal. Anyone experiencing any kind of loss is welcome.

Saturday, August 1st, 10:00 AM MST

Simple Self-Care Tip:
When grief feels too big, give it space. Take a walk. Go for a drive. Get outside.

Taking a few minutes with your hand on your heart can help your body begin to hold what your mind can’t yet make sense of.

Alignment Circles resume in August.

Alignment Circle

Hosted by Anca Kuhns, Beyond Orion

My attention and curiosity this past week have been really immersed in the concept of support - how support is changing and what it means for us at the nervous system level ... especially if validation is no longer the primary need. (I think out loud about it in this video: https://youtu.be/fwsB25AUYU4

What made me giggle this morning, as I sat with this week's emerging energy, was how quickly the conversation had shifted. From:

When do I need support and in which way? to What do I need to keep cultivating?

It feels like a very different nervous system. A lot more centered, a lot more self-responsible and a little less concerned with finding the right answer…

...and more interested in developing a rhythm of tending.

It makes sense. By now, we know quite well that coherence is something we keep having to cultivate (I really like that word!). We figured over and over again that we can't simply set "it" once, and it keeps...

So this week, sift through your own practices:

▪	Which one do you naturally come back to because it genuinely helps you stay coherent?

▪	Which one used to support you but may need to evolve?

▪	Which practice belongs in your daily rhythm?

▪	Which one is weekly? Which one serves you every month?

This morning's image reminded me of all the things we already accept as routine maintenance: teeth cleaning, haircuts, work-outs, massages, and even laundry, house, and car maintenance... We don't - generally - wait for those types of things to break, or collapse, or something to go wrong ... we think of them as something that needs tending to. Or better said, they're part of something we value.

And seems like coherence is asking to become just as routine and ordinary.

So as this week rolls, observe within yourself: What, of what I truly value, do I want to keep cultivating?

Trust it. Choose it. Then tend to it. Routinely.

Field questions video for this week.