When I look at what is here in this moment....sometimes.....I look for something more appealing, something more balanced, more beautiful. As I am continuing to learn the art of living with Yoga as my guide on the side, I begin to soften and allow. This is amazing for me. In the past I have been the one who moves quickly, with great speed and sharpness.
At this moment though, I have placed myself on pause with a willingness to be....I am willing to just be....and I am noticing..my eyes getting brighter, a small turn up around the outside edges of my lips and my chest lifting up with the swelling of a deeper breath, a small sigh...of relief that I don't have to be soooooooooo perrrfect!
One of my inner stories of how things need to be for me to be...is that I have to get it right, all the time!!
As I sing the yoga chants, focus on the tip of my nose when in the meditation posture, I notice how much I want to get up and run. It is ok. This is my natural tendency, to run to fidget. And I am willing to practice the practice of meditation on my breath or on the mantra or use the chant. I am beginning again.
Each day, each moment, I feel this softness of joy, joy, JOY for you and me. This non-local expression of mind/matter is lifting me up. And I know that it is for anyone who wants to be out of their habitual thought pattern and behavior tendencies. I am grateful for all my teachers, those who I love and admire and those that I am not easily fond of. I am willing to accept joy.
The mist in the air is creating a favorable condition for meditation for me on this overcast Sunday afternoon. After meditation, soup in the kitchen warms up the house with unspoken joy! Quiet rain falls into my heart with joy! Joy JOY! for you and me!
