Driving day is the day I always return to the cape from NY. Today the weather was extra warm and I think I passed maybe three cars on the Mass Pike. I sailed right along and pulled into my driveway ahead of schedule. I ate a light lunch, relaxed and went to 6 pm yoga.
Yoga was hot, humid, and hard tonight. (Actually the room and instructor were perfect – it was me that was all off). Three poses into it and I knew this was not a night for pushing. Surprisingly I had no breathing trouble. I was just physically tired from sitting in the car all day. I just simply remembered what the instructor said last week. She said not to push and work so hard. Ease into each pose. Find ten seconds in it to be still. Hold quiet. Release. So that’s exactly what I did tonight and instead of a hard muscle workout, I had a slow stretching class…easing and leaning in and going to a new place.
Sometimes instead of pushing, it’s nice to just relax and see what takes shape. I think I just set the tone for my week. Instead of piling on all the Xmas prep, tomorrow I’ll break out the decorations, probably find things I forgot I had, and just relax and see what takes shape.
And so, as another day goes by, the hardest classes teach the best lessons, and …I have written.
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