Sunday Savasana Series
A few nights ago, Nico and I were talking on the phone while he drove home in a snow storm. Well, let’s be honest, we were arguing.
I had just switched into my self-righteous emotional over-reaction mode, hurling accusations, when he shouted “Scheisse! Scheisse! Scheisse!” as he lost control of the car. Sliding on the ice, he scraped into a metal guard rail.
First of all, thank God, and the Austrian road crews, for that guard rail.
But what if it had been worse? In a flash I imagined, no I felt in my body, a gut wrenching feeling of regret. And shame.
In my yoga and meditation practice I often touch a mysterious state of tranquil connectedness. I feel grounded and generous with myself and others. And then I get busy and stressed and the feeling dissolves.
How can we keep that feeling throughout the day? Why does it desert us when we leave the mat? How can we, as Mama says, “create a life that is more of a seamless river, flowing from yoga mat, to work, to family, to friends, and back to our yoga mat?”
That’s the focus of an upcoming two-part live event called Practical Mysticism: Staying Rooted in the Present, On and Off the Mat. I’ll be student number one. Join us.
I’m also offering a free Savasana Class on January 27th. Recording going out here the following week.
Until next Sunday,
Lizzie
PS. Photo from my girl Daniela Gruber.