6.8.11

I have blogged before about how some yoga classes I walk away from saying, "Well, maybe next time." And that's okay--somedays there is a disconnect.

But classes like tonight made me so glad that I took the journey that led me to this yoga teaching adventure. 

There were only seven yogis that showed up for hot vinyasa tonight--to practice in a room that was actually set to a cooler temperature than what it was outside. 

Their breath and their energy and their flow...I'm just a guide, but they truly led. 

I read this passage at the end of class; they just filled me up, plain and simple. Gratitude.

From In and In: Poems from the Heart of Yoga by Danna Faulds

Who you are is so much more

than what you do. The essence,

shining through heart, soul, and

center, the bare and bold truth

of you does not lie in your

to-do list. You are not just

at the surface of your skin,

not just the impulse to arrange the

muscles of your face into a smile

or a frown, not just boundless

energy, or bone wearying fatigue.

Delve deeper.  You are divinity;

the vast and open sky of Spirit.

It's the light of God, the ember

at your core, the passion and the

presence, the timeless, deathless

essence of you that reaches out

and touches me. Who you are 

transcends fear and turns

suffering into liberation.

Who you are is love.