Wandering Mind

It was a truly amazing experience. It went a little something like this. I walk out the door into a beautiful day with clear skies and sunshine. I walk across the yard and though the field of wild flowers to the little lane that takes me to the pond. The cicadas are singing, the butterflies are dancing, and the grasshoppers are doing their thing. As I come up to the pond a breeze picks up and all these purple flowers are swaying around the pond and the wind ripples the surface. I walk to the dock and roll out my mat, step to the front, bring my hands to prayer, and close my eyes. The cicadas stopped their song and the only sound was the wind through the trees and in my ears. I begin the invocation and as I chant even the wind quiets down. As I finish the OM the cicadas and the wind start up again and this time the crickets add a little harmony. I open my heart and reach up to the clear blue sky above and I begin my flow. As I move through my practice dragonflies and butterflies visit me. I have eagles and crows swirling overhead and at one point in my Surya B’s I looked up across the pond and saw a doe watching me. Practice was smooth and easy and suddenly I was done with the primary so I began the second series stopping after Laghuvajrasana. As I started the finishing series I went up into my first Urdhva Dhanurasana I noticed there was a little hill next to the pond. Well, I knew the hill was there, I have to walk on it to get to the pond… but I realized I could use the hill to maybe stand up out of Urdhva Dhanurasana… So after my third I moved over onto the hill and pressed into the earth and lifted up into the pose. My hands were higher than my feet on the hill, I walked them as close to my feet as possible, pressed my feet down, straightened my legs, inhaled, and stood up! I was so exited by this I did it 4 more times as I wanted to give my body the muscle memory of what it feels like to stand up without an assist or the wall. I did my inversions and after Uth Pluthi I started to prepare myself for Savasana but I was hot and slimy and that lovely pond was right in front of me so I took a quick dip and then laid down in Savasana. After Savasana I get up and roll up my mat as the cicadas continue to sing this time being harmonized with by some songbirds. The walk back seems brighter, the colors are more vibrant, the earth breathes, and I feel a deep sense of peace. This is where I practiced today.