Yesterday I skipped class; not to avoid practice but to make space. Although yoga classes are one hour and fifteen minutes where I practice, it honestly takes about 3 hours of my day in order to go to class. There is no doubt in my mind that it is time well spent.......I do it daily.
AND.....
....... there are other arenas that need attention. There was one particular task waiting on my "to do" list that wasn't getting done and as I evaluated my week so far as it had gone, I had the thought that I could make time on thursday morning if I didn't go to class (a radical thought). As I got up and started working on chores instead of dressing for class a couple of my kids asked me what was up----- my routine didn't look right. I responded that I just decided to take the morning and get some things done and one of them said, like a sincere compliment (not sarcastically at all) "good for you mom"
It was a very productive morning and I arrived home around noon having set up a new floor installation.
My yoga practice has been a lifesaver......and if I cling to it, to the exclusion of my actual life, there will be a shift......like the rebellion leader that becomes a dictator.......
One of my favorite teachings of the Buddha is that if we use a boat to cross a river, we would then get out of the boat and walk on without it. The boat did it's job and now we are on land again. If we cling tightly to each thing we learn we are not free to learn more.......
Yoga brought me to a place where I could slow down and make space in my body and my mind to find expansion. Each time I get on my mat and feel it I am grateful........ bringing all that off the mat into my life is the real beauty.
AND.....
....... there are other arenas that need attention. There was one particular task waiting on my "to do" list that wasn't getting done and as I evaluated my week so far as it had gone, I had the thought that I could make time on thursday morning if I didn't go to class (a radical thought). As I got up and started working on chores instead of dressing for class a couple of my kids asked me what was up----- my routine didn't look right. I responded that I just decided to take the morning and get some things done and one of them said, like a sincere compliment (not sarcastically at all) "good for you mom"
It was a very productive morning and I arrived home around noon having set up a new floor installation.
My yoga practice has been a lifesaver......and if I cling to it, to the exclusion of my actual life, there will be a shift......like the rebellion leader that becomes a dictator.......
One of my favorite teachings of the Buddha is that if we use a boat to cross a river, we would then get out of the boat and walk on without it. The boat did it's job and now we are on land again. If we cling tightly to each thing we learn we are not free to learn more.......
Yoga brought me to a place where I could slow down and make space in my body and my mind to find expansion. Each time I get on my mat and feel it I am grateful........ bringing all that off the mat into my life is the real beauty.
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