sunday morning ramblings
on my desk sits my very first passport. i've spent the last hour examining it's clean pages, turning it over and over in my hand, feeling all sort of things. mostly itchy fingers that i am holding back from googling the first flight available to thailand or greece or spain. which is funny, because if you know me at all, you know that i require lists of lists of plans in order to facilitate that sort of trip.
but i can't help feeling like this is my ticket to happiness. something inside of me suddenly feels that the world has so much to offer me after all. it's my turn.
yesterday at yoga, we were doing cobra pose and it's a hard one, requiring little sips of air that make your whole rib cage feel like it's going to burst out your throat while you entire lower spine is contracting. while it is an uncomfortable pose, it makes me feel strong and in control. our teacher said, "you are doing this pose for your lungs! your beautiful lungs that give you the very breath of life." and in my head i was screaming out, "yes! my lungs! i love my lungs! how could i ever have been so cruel to the very thing that affords me to live?!"
that seems to be the question of the day, week, month...year.
i love the appreciation that yoga gives me for my body. it is totally fascinating to me that the one thing on this earth that is ours and always in our possession, no matter what, is something that so many of us abuse, over and over again.
your body is a temple.
i ran all of the hills on mt. tam yesterday, i didn't stop to hike up once. it felt so good. and i explored a new part of the trail. the views were amazing. it was so warm and clear and clean up there. i can't wait until this fog burns off so i can head up there again this afternoon with the dog.
off to the farmer's market for some veggies and fruit and maybe a little breaky. enjoy your sunday.
xo.