YOGA!

YOGA: means to unite, or to yoke together.

Whatever it is, it's freaking awesome!

For thousands of years it was only meditation, the art of finding ones self while being still. Or even better put the art of being still. Till about two thousand years ago they introduced movement into stillness, because they found that when one could master such things like their breath and body they could master their thoughts and mind. It's not about contorting yourself into crazy poses, it's about being able to stop dealing with the world and normal stress long enough to learn how to deal with yourself. To figure out how to listen to your body and learn how to control and find your own strength. It's about relaxing, loosing up and letting go. It's about letting your body stretch and move because that is what it is designed to do, that's what it wants to do. It's about breathing! It's about changing and finding your personal edge.

basically i love it.

Today was my first day of yoga, i was a little apprehensive, not because i was scared i couldn't do it, but because learning to practice yoga is to me like going to Paris is for some people. I've always wanted to do it but for whatever reason I've just never done it. so it's been a dream of mine, but this year i want to complete some of those dreams that I've always wanted to do. like go to college, learn to really take care of myself, road trips and so many other odds and ends. I'll keep you all up dated. but for now i will report on the yoga... it's all that i ever dreamed it would be! i felt challenged but not over pushed, i felt accomplishment when even though i was the biggest in the class i was the only one that could do a back bend, (or really the pose was called "the reversed table") and really at the end of it i felt... the only word i can think of really is... GOOD! free and clean ready for the day! i felt like dynamite! or i feel like dynamite better put. so i got myself a yoga mat and i am so stoked to practice at home. why? because it feels good for me, and it feels good to live a dream. i really like the pose that i have as a picture here, i know it's not about contorting your body, but man that would be freaking sweet if i could pull that one off! :o) I'll give it some time though... :o)