Yoga Best

It's time to accept the fact that there is not going to be a time where the prospect of going to yoga at 6am will appeal to me. Especially in winter.

But I'm always glad I have gone.

Our instructor always has us dedicate our time to someone, which feels weird.
It shouldn't, though. since I spend most of the "mindfulness" time praying anyway.
Dedicating the time is more akin to intercession.

Usually, I don't plan who to pray for. When we start the whateverit'scalled breathing (ujjayi breathing) and starting stretches, a lot of times someone just shows up in my mind. It's not work at all to pray for them, it just kind of happens.

Yoga and prayer are a funny couple, as yoga a lot of times involves a lot of pain and struggle and "almost", almost getting that pose right, almost getting that anxiety out of my muscles, almost about to break my wrists and, consequently, my neck.

There are so many times when I pray that I feel a space of contentment, of speaking the words I know.
It's not until some event comes along that I push in to my heart to speak, meaning the words more intently, much like a yoga instructor pushing you deeper (horribly) into a certain pose. Tell you what, there's nothing like the feeling of poisoned needles into your lower spine to wake you up to talk to Jesus. HEYO

Nothing like God doing something similar to push you in like direction toward him.

Sometimes I wonder if that's all right, though.

I have been told before and have come to think of myself as a good woman for a crisis.
Stress and I handle one another pretty well actually. I'm extraordinarily productive and focused, if not a bit edgy.
When given a challenge or serious opposition, some fire licks inside and I kick it into ninth gear.
It's the straight shots, the easy doors, the mundane office work that gets me dumps water on me, however.

How do you learn to serve God in the shavasana as well as the mandukasana?