T minus 3 and counting. The long awaited, meticulously planned trip to India draws ever near. And I am excited. Which is an understatement. For a week now I have had a flare up of the asthma that has plagued me since I was 4 years old. It is a minor asthma that I have managed with yoga for 15 years. Literally as soon as I started yoga I was able to give up the inhaler. That’s a story for a different day…
Back to my ‘excitement’ which you might think is a really good thing. But just like with EVERY PHENOMENA IN THE UNIVERSE there is an innate quotient of balance that goes along with it. I am in a state of ‘over excitement’. It is the same quality of smiling wayyyy too big for a picture. Or being completely stressed out on the night of a party that you are hosting. Not so pretty.
Thank goodness for daily yoga and meditation practice. As soon as I go there and turn inward toward my heart, my still point, my essence…my breath bridges the ‘gap’ of the imbalance. Inhale and exhale smoothe out into their nourishing, even ebb and flow and calmness re-emerges bringing the excitement into balance. Thanks again yoga, for helping me enjoy life more fully. I owe you one!