I'm Late I'm Late...

Time is an issue for me. I currently run by the minute. It takes me 7 minutes to drive to my daughter's gymnastics, I have 10 minutes until I need to leave, 5 minutes to pick up the kids, 13 minutes to get to work. And so on.... I hate running late and I definitely hate being late. I think I have an internal clock that tells me when time is up. My heart rate increases, my breathing gets faster, and my mind can't focus. I think it might be a disorder. Can yoga help me with this? 

Well, I hope so! As I have been working on my personal yoga practice I have found that what I think should take me an hour turns out to only take me 40 minutes. I think I am spending a good amount of time moving through poses only to find out I have rushed it every time. Why do I rush everything? Do I just not know how to be in the moment? 

Here is what I have found from pondering over this dilemma: 

• We live in a fast paced world- no duh- and this has made me feel like slowing down means I am going to miss something.
• I have tied strength with moving faster than others
• I like to move fast. 
• Rushing is preventing me from really connecting with my practice.
• I am missing out on the power of breathing through asanas. 
• I have a harried mind that won't just focus on what is happening.
• Time is irrelevant

So my goal is to study out the movement and permit myself to move slow. I do mini tests while driving. Can I drive behind this slow car instead of changing lanes to get around them? Truthfully, I only make it about 10 minutes. It's progress. Maybe next week I will make it to 15 minutes.  Daily yoga is helping. I am starting in my Savasana. Really being in the present moment. Allowing my mind to relax and not stress about what is coming next. It's getting easier, but I am still telling myself to stop watching the clock. One day....one day I will live in the moment. For now, I just want to make it though one class without rushing!

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Breath in, Breath out

This is the start of a new chapter in my life. I have always loved the process of yoga. I love being connected to something that is bigger than me. So my family took a vote and now I am becoming certified to teach yoga.

                                           

In just my first few weeks I have realized there is much about yoga I didn't know- no duh right? I have been focusing mostly on breath and what that does to my body. When I began, I had just returned from a trip on a boat. I was feeling very dizzy. The rocking and swaying was about to drive me crazy. The only reprieve came in the form of yoga and specifically the breathing of yoga. Deep breath in, deep breath out. Surprisingly, it is the exhale that allowed my body to stop moving and relax.

So as I continue this journey I am going to try to breath more. Not just when I am dizzy, but when I am driving in traffic, when I am trying to go to bed, when I watch my kids do something hard, when someone disappoints me, when something bad happens, when I see something funny. Just breath. Just feel. Just be.



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