Happy Spring! Spring Time is one of the finest times of the year. In Boulder we have the red poppies and regal Iris flowers blossoming. Our warm days are intermixed with refreshing and cooling rains that make for abundant gardens. I just returned home from 5 days of outdoor play in Moab,Utah with my 14 year old son, Alex and his 24 class mates as we challenged ourselves physically,mentally and socially with a day of repelling, hiking and mountain biking in Arches National Park. Its hard for me to grasp that my oldest is finishing eighth grade and will be in high school next year. I missed the annual Anusara Teachers gathering a few weeks ago as I had set my eye on going on this trip with Alex nearly a year ago. Intuitively I knew that I needed to be present, however silent and absent I was from his mind, I was going to witness this time in his life. A mothers intuition is always accurate! I will treasure these five days as I stayed present to watching and reflecting on Alex and this pivotal time in his life as I know that my time with him in our home is quickly passing.
Last week, my partners interviewed me on our radio show, Own It Sister, where I was able to discuss the bodies inherent wisdom and my deep love and connection to this practice of Yoga. What does this have to do with Alex growing up and my intuition? Yoga, by definition means to yoke or to join. Traditionally we think of this as linking the human body to its Spirit. I also like to define this as growing our ability to connect, to create intimacy. Listening deeply to ones’ intuition to connect is at the heart of our yoga practice. I know now that by going deep into my feelings and inner knowing and then acting upon them in the world is creating the life I desire. To continue to make a connection, to dive deep into the inner recesses of our hearts feelings and our minds thoughts and to then offer this wisdom up is YOGA. We all know that this precious human life is truly a gift and that Yoga is our ability to choose greater intimacy and connectivity to those that are in the company of our heart. For me watching Alex interact with his friends this week was a choice I stepped into which meant saying No to many other things in my life. To endeavor Yoga is to discern day by day, moment to moment what you value and what is most meaningful to you in this journey towards greater intimacy in relationship to your inner most Self, to others and to the world.
