“Ask and you shall receive…”

It is true. It is written…
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.John 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.Philippians 4:6 Be careful [NKJV: anxious] for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:19 But [NKJV: And] my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.James 4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.his sight.1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

I asked for guidance, for MY path to unfold before me because I’m lazy like that (hey if given the chance to ask might as well right?) and also because the daily surprise factor has got me hooked. Hooked into the NOW and a calm I surround myself in, it’s a personal kind of calm, it’s cool and it can hang, like a good enjoyable friend who never lets you down. I’ve achieved Cool Calm in hot and sticky Miami!

I asked for yoga one Friday morning, several quick clicks on the Mac and I was registered for a 200 hour teacher training course which started the next day hhhmmmm, at a studio about .25 miles from my house I had never been to hhhmmmm. When I got there a warm and sincere smiley faced woman greeted me and come to find out the style of yoga the studio practices is exactly the kind I like. Hhhmmm
It’s a 10-week Saturday/Sunday course that frees up my week hhhmmmm when one of my daughters found out I would be taking the course she wanted to join. Not wanting to dish out more big bucks and testing the depth of her true desire to practice yoga. I gave her information on a special program at a different yoga studio. She made the call hhhmmmm turns out MY yoga studio will be working with the SPECIAL program studio later on in the course so lets just in a few months say my daughter and I can possibly be working together through yoga with the same special program studio hhhmmmm hhhmmmm hhhmmmm

Do you see it? You let go and follow a whim, your hearts desire, an idea..mine was to do yoga. The desire to build a disciplined yoga practice is my goal and how better than to learn to teach yoga as you work on your goal and get in shape- is what I thought to myself.
Classes are free you are expected to attend and observe and eventually critique, I can be there every day, 5 minutes from my door….I must be on the right path this is so simple, right? Or is it how it should be how when we carry ourselves on a higher plane and work to bring those around us to a place where their vibration level is raised? I NOW feel free, helpful and as if I have a purpose: to share knowledge and heal.

How do I know? I don’t know. I’m just guessing, playing what can happen from here like games in my head. And then reality hits: day 2. “Oh, yeah right I can do that pose! And teach it? (next year, maybe)…what have I gotten myself into? I wonder and aloud as I watch the “sequence video” my body can’t do that! So as if I would be diverting anyones attention away from my lack of yoga practice my evil former tv producer head comes out (why, why, why?!)
“Ashley we’re making you a new video” and in a tone which was as if I had all the answers and yet can I hold a solid tree stand? Answer: NO. Hello? Yeah I’m in deep but the teacher is great, real (she curses), extremely knowledgeable and caring- I can see why her class is full on a Sunday morning and how you get that kind of body
…you work at it, everyday, step by step, asana by asana…. Namaste.

*May the by product of this course be an awaking of the hot chick with the flat belly and tight hamstrings who lives inside, that she may not be too obnoxious in her flaunting off all the of hours of sweat put in and if she is; even better!..oh boy if you didn’t like me then, wait till you see me… 10-weeks from now...lol!
** May the by product of this course truly be an awaking of a steady self-disciplined yoga practice.