practice and all is coming

oh how true...

many things, thoughts, people can distract us from our practice and make it really hard for us to get to it on certain days. isn't it!?

there are also days we just know, that no matter how we arrange things, a full Asana practice just won't fit in. that's alright, especially when you know before and well, that's life :-)

so, how wonderful, when out of the blue, there is an hour - a beautiful gift of time - to be used in many ways...

accept it, as a gift to yourself. the one thing that was cancelled or you couldn't do, did make space for YOU...

just think of how you feel after your practice of Asanas. the moment you get out of Savasana, slowly and gently, the moment you roll up your mat and smile. either to others, if you've been to a class, or simply to yourself. there - you touched a glimpse of your true self. the true nature of pure love and joy and peace. and that's what makes you go back to it. over and over again...isn't it!?

again, embrace this gift of time, whenever it is given to you. use it fully for yourself, or at least part of it. realise that by doing yourself good, you can be there and do good to others. if you're drained what should you give? no need to feel guilty. and if it's not a yoga practice, let it be something else. something that's for YOU and makes you feel good, gives you energy. (I do believe in the Yoga powers though. simply because I didn't come across anything else that made me feel so good and gives me energy.)

so, this beautiful gift of time was given to me yesterday and a proper practice was definitely needed. only for my first round of surya namaskar the mind was still spinning and trying to take me off to all the other things that I also need to take care of. but the breath took me where I needed to be - grounded and strong - every move and every breath took me a little deeper, filled my heart with all the love and joy and peace - all I needed at that very moment.