Work, life and things in between – Day 72- Small is beautiful!
It was 8 am when I opened my eyes for the first time that morning. I think I had actually reached a place where my body was rested and relaxed. About time you would think. But seriously, this was big. My body had not felt this good in a long, long time. I wanted to see its inside.
I bet it was tickled pink.
As if that was not enough, Yoga was awesome that day. The teacher was great, my body rocked, I could stretch and stand better than most days and, to top it all off, we closed with chanting. I know some people are uncomfortable with that, but they should not be. It is so uplifting.
You know about yoga so I will not bore you with its purpose and benefits but I want to point something out. Some basic elements of yoga aim towards developing your strength, your balance and finding your edge. Taking you a step further.
I sure seem to be doing a lot of that lately.
I can stretch, somewhat. I have stamina. I can stand an exhausting pause for quite some time but I struggle like crazy with the balance. I find that most interesting.
I can figure out what being a tree means, how to hug my hips together and expand my spine. I can even elongate my heart and tuck in my tail bone but you think I can stand still on one leg?? Not a chance.
Sometimes the most simple things are not always the easiest ones to grasp…
On another note, I had also decided that week to try to train my body to behave differently. Why I don’t just let things be? I don’t know.
I am a morning person. This means my brain is at its sharpest from the early hours of the morning until mid afternoon. At best. Mornings are when I like to write and do my “brain” work.
Being that they had cancelled the 2 pm yoga class, my choice was then noon or 4 pm classes.
The 4 o’clock class seemed like the obvious choice but it was also a risky business. By then, my energy would have started going down a bit and I would have had plenty of opportunities to engage in other stuff, which could easily keep me from going. Motivation is not at its peak then.
I figured with the noon class I made sure I included fitness in my schedule even though it cut down quite a bit on “my brain time”. By then though, I was of the opinion that my brain had had more than its share of attention, so I voted for the body. Noon class it was.
That of course messed up my entire meal structure…a very late breakfast or an early lunch? breakfast, lunch and snack? skip lunch? if lunch is at 3 pm, will I skip dinner? who cares you think? well I can see that anyone would think that, but food is big to me. Gotta have it! You don’t just skip a meal. You reschedule!
Reminded me of the last little while when my dad was still driving and was planning his errands so that he did not have to be on the road before 10 am, making sure he returned before 2 pm and preferably avoided the lunch hour traffic. So, with any luck, he had time to go to the post office and back…
Maybe my life had become too small I thought and this was telling me it is time I get another one… life, that is! and then I remembered…small is beautiful too! To day 73
The photograph is courtesy of Philippe Trepanier.