I am learning now, more than ever, that unity is a challenge to continuously maintain. Inside of ourselves as well as with others. Yoga has been my biggest teacher of Union because it has shown me that regardless of how my body and mind feel, I must accept it. Acknowledgement is the first step to unity.

There will always be times of division, particularly externally based on un-necessary labels. Sometimes we forget that behind the person we have labeled, there is heart and soul. Which can never be broken or concealed.

Here are 9 affirmations to support unity:

1. I am whole.

2. I do my best to hear others’ opinion without vilifying them.

3. I am allowed to feel how I feel- as long as I am not hurting anyone, including myself.

4. I am allowed to think how I think. As long as I am not hurting anyone, including myself.

5. I am supported by the people in my life.

6. I support the people in my life.

7. I am the continual Observer.

8. I can be right and wrong. If I am constantly the former or latter, I need to open my mind.

9. I am a human-being in a sea of other human-beings who are united as people who live on the same earth.