2014 has been off to a wow of a start. My kid just turned three, I found myself sick for 5 weeks, I am working more, the house next door is being rehabbed….
I find myself sitting a lot and staring into space, also I find myself exhausted tired. So tired that I fall into my bed (after putting my kid to bed) at, like, 8:30 and sleeping there, in my clothes and shoes until 1:30 am, when my dog licks my hand. How did it get this way?
My teacher Emily said something in a class once about not being so hell bent on the destination. Of course she was talking about yoga and the path that is so much a part of my life. But, it really translates to so many things. I am a doer, a mega doer. I want results, fast and efficiently. I want loose ends tied up and things in straight lines.
Recently Yin Yoga has entered my life, that luscious practice of sitting with discomfort, using your body to facilitate meditation and allowing things to open that honestly I didn’t even realize were blocked. This morning, as I walked outside to move my car, with no shoes on in 41 degree weather, because workers were tearing up the sewer main. I took a depth breath and actually heard Emily’s voice. “No sprinting, just marathons.” I moved my car, took my kid to school, smiled at the construction workers, answered some emails, and got back on my mat.
I think I may be at mile two.
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