Waking Up Me!

Joseph's death has reminded me that I want to live. I don't want to look back at my life and regret the roads not taken. I have been reading Regina Brett's God Never Blinks  and she talks about our desire to be something or do something and when we allow ourselves to be bogged down by how to get there, we never do. So instead of worrying about how I will do whatever it is I want to do, I am just going to take the next step and start to embrace the next moment for just what it is...a moment. The book also talks about how we can let a bad moment or circumstance become a bad day, a bad week or a bad season, OR we can CHOOSE to let it just be a bad moment and choose to embrace the blessings all around us. Even if all you can find is that you are alive, that there is air to breathe in, that there is a God who loves you and created you for His glory...that you have a purpose even though it may not be evident right now. You ARE loved. In this moment. In every moment. Forever and f...

Yoga is about mind, body and spirit, but it is also about breathing. When I woke today, I needed to remember to keep breathing. I saw a post from my sweet Carolyn reminding us to get to our mats today and it was all I needed to push me forward. To remember that my breath and focus on it will allow me to breathe in the good air and push out the bad. In with the good. Out with the bad. As I finished my sun salutations, I sank into corpse pose to pray, and then returned to a seated position to focus on my breathing. Keep breathing, Heather. That's what I keep reminding myself as the waves of pain and loss have crept in over and over again these last few days. As I suck air and sob and the hot, wetness of tears pour down my face tickling my neck and finally resting on my chest I just remind myself to breathe. Just breathe. Keep breathing. I think about all the songs that call out how important it is to breathe, just breathe...keep breathing: Just Breathe, by Anna Nalick; Breathe , b...