Before I share a few words, I wanted to give you all the quick links to my online offerings (click on links to sign up!):

Monday Night Meditation, 7:15-8pm - by donation

UPDATED TIME! Yoga is now back to it's original time - 9:30-10:30am!
Tuesday Mindful Flow Yoga, 9:30-10:30am - REGISTER HERE - if you need to pay a sliding scale rate please use Venmo @EllieBurkeLife - $10-$20

  Wore it out to pick up some necessities at @ellwoodsrva this morning. As I walked into the store, I got a warm greeting by one of their awesome staff. My natural response was a big smile.

I immediately realized that it couldn’t be seen or received. It struck me pretty deeply, actually. I didn’t realize how MUCH I gained from a such an automatic, simple facial expression - how much I received by someone else, even (maybe even especially?) a total stranger, receiving my smile as I received theirs.

Brought me to tears. Tears for what we’ve temporarily lost: connection, closeness, shared moments of Love.

I have so much hope for what can transform and where we all have the potential to be as we find ourselves on the other side of this hopefully very, very flattened curve. And I have such deep sadness. Holding both is really f-ing intense.

After an isle or two of crying, I also realized something else: that I COULD, in fact, see someone’s smile, as they could see mine: in the eyes!

Never before did the expression, “the eyes are the window to the soul” feel more legit. •
Thank god for smiling eyes.

And for our deep desire as human beings to express that which we are made of: Love.

Smile with your eyes, friends. Be safe. Stay well. Stay home, Stay Conscious.


, Ellie