POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES LIVING
thoughts that would hold me back. I still repeat this three C mantra to this day when I need a little extra boost. The process of finding courage is one that I have been working on, and one that continues to grow. Singing is my “way in”, the way I feel closest to Source, most connected to the divine, most alive. As such, it is also where I feel the most raw and vulnerable. But I need to go there, because it keeps me real, honest and true. I feel connected through music. It gives my life meaning. I think that is the way it is with our joy. We can get caught up in things that seem easy, but in fact they end up being harder, because they can squelch the voice of our soul. When we align with our soul, life starts to flow with lightness and possibility. At first it may seem harder, but eventually it is easier. Like the person who asked me this question, I have several skills and could have had a solid career in a variety of paths other than music. I studied architecture and was part of the co-op program at the University of Waterloo. I was good at it, too. I excelled at school and in the workplace. People thought I would have a great career as an architect. took immeasurable effort to even simply get out of bed. I was depressed. I was listless. I was unhappy. I could not go on this way. So I had to change. Rather than doing a Masters in Architecture, which I was generally expected to do, I told my family and friends that I was going to India and to not expect me back for five years. A year later (not five, providing my family with much relief), I returned. But I had changed. I had begun the process of letting go of living for other people’s dreams and listening to my own soul voice, which continues to flower and guide my way. So I ask you, whose voices are driving your life? Take a moment today to ask yourself sincerely, “what drives my life?” If you feel it is not the voice of your soul, perhaps it is time to do some inner housecleaning and start living the life you were born to live.
When we align with our soul, life starts to flow with lightness and possibility.
But morning would come and I was expected to be at my desk at the office. I needed to get up, get dressed and get to work, except a weight that felt like a million-pound truck was lying on top of me. It
Parvati Devi is the editor-in-chief of Parvati Magazine. In addition to being an internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter, producer and performer, she is a yoga teacher and holistic educator. Having studied yoga and meditation since 1987, Parvati developed her own yoga teaching style called YEMTM Yoga as Energy Medicine. Her current shows, “YIN: Yoga In the Nightclub” and “Natamba” bring forward a conscious energy into the pop mainstream. Her book “Confessions of a Former Yoga Junkie” shares a candid, compassionate and inspiring story of a near death experience and the life of a spiritual aspirant. For more information on Parvati, please visit www.parvati.tv.