Another amazing practice this
morning. It did not start off that way though. It started off more like
"Do I gotta? I'm so soreeeeee" insert whiney voice. After about the
3rd Sun Salutation A, it went to more of
"OMG, Imma die if I do one more!", however, I kept pushing on.
Took a few extra breaths, cleared my mind of that nagging voice of pain, and
continued on queue with Kino's commands playing on my DVD. Talk about muscle
memory because at this point I wasn't even thinking anymore, more like just
flowing through the motions. It wasn't until the last S.S B, that I took
downward dog and briefly looked away from the tip of my nose. To my amazement, I
saw my heels on the floor. I was so taken back by this, that I lost all control
and literally came crashing down on my face. After a few moments of laughing at
myself for such a graceful exit to the posture. I was thrilled to note this
small change. So like any other woman, I grabbed my cell phone and immediately
sent a text to my friend, knowing she would be just as excited. She is the only
other person I know personally who practices yoga and often gives me the
encouragement when I don't think I can go any further. At this point, between
the laughter and noise from me jumping around like a school girl, my kids come
rushing in the room to see what was going on. I'm pretty sure they thought of
me as a raving lunatic because they just stood there and watched like a pair of
deer in head lights. After settling
down, my oldest son asks "what are you doing?" and out of my mouth
comes "my feet were on the floor!". Without missing a beat, he
replies, "well duh, your standing aren't you?" and walks out the
door. My youngest is completely confused by all of this and simply says "I
love you" in a concerned voice as he gently pats my back. Even though my
kids think I have gone mad, I quickly shoo my youngest out the door and took my
dvd back to the start menu. I couldn't help myself, I HAD to do it all over
again. After finishing the series and working my hardest, I find myself still
all smiles. Today truly gave the term "having my feet on the ground"
a new meaning.
I
wanted to end today with something cute I found online.......
"You
know you're a yogi mom,
when your toddler runs around chanting
"Om"
and you find
yourself calling out
"Down-dog!"
when you
need to wipe
his tushie
after he has used the potty."
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