I recently took a short hiatus from yoga - not because I meant to,it was an accident. I went tonight and am so happy to be in love with it again. Let me try and make this short.
I have been doing yoga with my same teacher Amy for about 4 or 5 years now. I love her. She has taught me so much, opened my eyes to a spiritual side I didn't know I had, and made my body so much stronger. Her classes got me through the death of my grandfather, my aunts, my pregnancy, and even Adelaide's birth. I don't know how many times I sat in the dark candle light of her class and cried while she spoke words that seems so amazing from ancient texts. I was able to release some of my sadness from life, from The birth of A etc. I feel like I belong there in her class. One of the problems is that I have to drive about 25 minutes to get to her classes. They couldn't really be more across town from where we live. The other thing is that I KNOW her classes, I know what poses to expect most of the time. I know the flow, I love the music she plays, I know a lot of people in the class and that is fun. I just feel like I haven't been growing as much as I had previously in her classes, not as much progression (although she still kicks my butt and makes me cry!) Anyway, I have been wanting to find a new place closer to home. My class card had run out at her studio, so instead of buying another 12 classes I have decided to try a new studio that is literally about 10 blocks from our house.
I went to a class there about 2 months ago, and liked the space, but the teacher wasn't Amy....and I just didn't feel the "flow" that I like about yoga. I know there are many other teachers at that studio, and I really feel the teacher is at least 76%of the experience, so I tried again tonight. Tonight I met Renee.
Class was good. I feel good now. I feel like I got a good work out. But the part I liked the most about tonight's class was the reading that she did. I wish I knew who's words she was speaking so I could put the name here, and be sure to quote correctly, but I really have no idea. I just know it moved me. Here are the things she talked about that I liked the best.
"Our body is our only real home in this universe". I love this because if you really think about it, you realize that you can always go "home". You can always feel like you are "home" when you really need to, if you know your body. And this is why we need to cherish our bodies, and keep them strong and healthy. We live in our bodies all of the time, that is what being 'alive' IS.
The other thing I liked is she said, instead of picturing your soul inside of your body, filling up the cracks and crevices inside, imagine it the other way around. That your soul is bigger, and it holds your body inside of it, with it's edges glowing out all around.
For some reason I really liked this idea. It makes me feel like my body is partially protected by my soul, and makes me want to take care of my soul too, to cherish it and keep it healthy and happy so that it keeps my body well.
I know I don't get very deep on this blog much, and it really is all about Adelaide, but it makes me feel good to share the things that make me feel good. I'm going to keep up my yoga practice, and am so excited about the places it will take me. I will still go see Amy on a Sunday every now and then (it's like "church" of yoga =)but I am going to let myself wander to these new places as well, and know that what ever happens, I can always find peace, happiness, and 'home' inside me, because I carry it with me as we all do, sometimes it's just kinda hard to find.
No comments:
Post a Comment