{"id":2642,"date":"2014-08-15T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T06:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/katjakokkocom\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2015-01-22T15:26:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T13:26:16","slug":"cleaning-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/en\/cleaning-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning from The Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37411.jpg\" alt=\"_04A3741\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37411.jpg 950w, https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37411-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/en\/life-lab-experiment\">My lab experiment on life<\/a> is progressing slowly but, I feel safe in saying, surely. I\u2019ve got a gut feeling about this, a good one.<\/p>\n<p>Every day someone asks me what I\u2019m going to do next, and most aren\u2019t satisfied when I quip, tongue-in-cheek, \u201cI don\u2019t know!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What I want most of all, is to cherish my connection to myself and to my power. I\u2019ve lost that connection several times in the course of my life, compromising my intuition, and there is nothing as awful as the state of being that follows. It\u2019s very much like being stuck between a rock and a hard place \u2013 my inner voice commanding me to focus on feeling from within, causing moments of uncertainty over future plans that have barely graduated from emotion to thought.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37701.jpg\" alt=\"_04A3770\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37701.jpg 950w, https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A37701-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Never before has my intuition told me to take things so easy, to stay so still and constantly listen to my heart. Actually, it\u2019s staying still that\u2019s allowing me to move forward. I told my friend at the start of the month that the first half of August is clearly a time to be idle and scent the air. I have a strong feeling that by September, I might be swimming along at much greater pace. I\u2019ve got the pieces of the puzzle laid out in front of me, but I can\u2019t quite see how they combine. Get one in its place, and the others will follow \u2013 that\u2019s my theory.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38641.jpg\" alt=\"_04A3864\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38641.jpg 950w, https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38641-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The universe has had a lot to give me this year. It has stubbornly and patiently pointed me in the right direction, to the things I need to face and deal with. And it would have me do it all at once, of course. It\u2019s not enough that I am reshaping the very structure of my life \u2013 seeing myself mirrored in someone new has made a lot of my trust issues from past relationships resurface, as well. It\u2019s scary as hell, to be honest.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357\" src=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38261.jpg\" alt=\"_04A3826\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38261.jpg 950w, https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04A38261-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I have grown into a person who meets new adventures with open arms \u2013 as frightening as those adventures may sometimes be. My energy is high and dynamic, and, although I might have a fall or two, I\u2019m quick to dust off my clothes, patch up my wounds, and get back on the road with an open heart. In fact, there might be a lesson to be learned from high energy: to rebuild by life, and to begin a new relationship, I must have the patience to stand still.<\/p>\n<p>I promised myself not to do anything for money alone, I\u2019ve kept my promise: yesterday I took on the position of the cleaner at our yoga studio \u2013 not for money, but simply because it felt so damned good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/padmasana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/padmasana.jpg\" alt=\"padmasana\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/padmasana.jpg 667w, https:\/\/katjakokko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/padmasana-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Yoga tops gifted by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellicious.com\"><em>Wellicious<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.doritsalutskij.fi\"><em> Dorit Salutskij<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Translation Katja Nikula<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My lab experiment on life is progressing slowly but, I feel safe in saying, surely. 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