Wandering Mind

So I'm in NYC and it's the day before the Pattabhi thing. It's been a good day. I've had some fun revelations about finding peace in the commotion of our daily lives and how necessary it is. When we hide from the world to find peace, we only find it externally. We need to be able to find that peace in traffic, with car alarms and babies crying. It's easier to find it in savasana than parivritta trikonasana or navasana or utkatasana and where do we really need it the most. We focus on the pain and the straining (or just try to ignore it) but don't incorporate that into our peace. We need to make these moments the peaceful ones.


That was my theme of the morning in my Ashtanga I class. It was a really great class and people worked really hard. I'm always impressed when students are willing to go outside their comfort zone, especially when it increases the possibility of landing on their head. And after such a great class I was on this emotional high, driving home with my yoga buzz, seeing the good and beauty in everything when this bird flies right into the grill of my truck. THAT was a buzz kill (probably worse for the bird). However, I did pull over and check and couldn't find any feathers or blood so I think I actually missed it (or it missed me) but I wasn't quite able to get the whole buzz back.

So I'm off to the grocery in sunny Jamaica, Queens to get some food for this lovely week.