Packet 4 Cover Letter

March 14, 2012

To my Dearest Teachers,

In is with much gratitude that I write today.  My journey through Level 3 has come to completion.  I’m filled with deep heart-felt gratitude, self-love, integrity, and joy.  Hands down this has been the most difficult and transformative two and half years of my life.  I have gained skills as a practitioner, yes, but the real treasure is the improved skills of self inquiry, self witnessing, and self love.  I have learned the art of being generous and compassionate with myself, and how to then express that outward to friends, family, clients, and the world at large.  I have learned how to recognize my own resistance and to discern when to apply playfulness and when to get down and dirty and do the work.  I have learned that I am perfect as I am, and there’s room for improvement.

I am deeply happy and satisfied with the opportunity to serve others as guide and witness, to be an intimate part of someone else’s healing journey, self-exploration, and divine expression of experience.  I could not ask for more in this lifetime.  It is an honor for me to be certified to carry on this amazing work and walk in the footsteps of my incredible teachers.  I thank you deeply for the room you gave me to grow, and for the unconditional positive regard shown to me by teachers and staff, practitioners, peers.

I am equally happy and satisfied with my own efforts, my ability to stay with it, keeping my commitment to myself in the face of and sometimes in spite of and sometimes because of all the stuff life threw my way.  Life continues to roll along and I’m excited to see what happens next.

Much Love,

Malinda Romine

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner