Yoga

January 17, 2011
I have been doing yoga for about 3 years.  During the first part of the class we take time to get centered in our breadth and set our intention for practice.  There were 3 men and 9 women in the class.  I don't think anybody was under 40.  Linda Ries is a wonderful, inspiring and nonjudgemental teacher.  Even though I am not particularly flexible which I attribute to never stretching when I used to run track and cross country, genetics and getting older.  I am almost 50.  Yoga helps me put the day down for awhile and come inside my body and let go of stress, expectations and my mind.  The last couple of months have been kind of hard for me.  Being single during the holidays was hard.  I want a partner but don't really have the time to devote to one so coming to terms with this is not the right time but I don't always want to accept that.  I am working on finding balance in my life - I am a libra which is signified by the scales.  The tree pose is a nice pose for balance because you bend one leg and place it on the other while you are standing up.  There was a beautiful pink sky this evening which then disappeared after the moon came out and said hello.