Last night on my way home from work (9:30 PM), I got a flat tire on the PA turnpike. All I wanted to do was get home and get in bed early. My back was killing me all day and I had been running around trying to get my home and life organized before I leave town for the funeral. It was a rather harrowing experience for me, not so much because I was alone in the dark (I used my cell phone to take advantage of my AAA membership), but because I was forced to wait on an abysmally small shoulder of the road as 18-wheelers went whizzing past me rocking my car like a little row boat in an ocean during the perfect storm. All I could do was close my eyes, practice my pranayama breathing and pray.
Fortunately, today was a new day indeed. My car dealer squeezed me in to get me a new tire today before I have to leave town and gave me a loaner for the day to get back and forth to work. My back seems to have taken a turn for the better and my practice seemed somewhat easier than the day before. I even did a few sit-ups. As I’m leaving the studio, I talk with Anita about how I will make the classes up. I know doing the two classes in one day on a day that I also have to work will be challenging but would doing two classes back to back on a Sat morning be even worse? Is it crazy to do an 8 AM and then a 10 AM class? Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Anita says that if I decide to do the two Saturday classes back to back that she will do them with me. How cute is she!?! She is an extraordinary woman--both sensitive and strong and it is a beautiful offer and all I need to commit to doing it. I know now that I can and I will. It may not be this Saturday, depending on how my travels go, but I will do it. My life has been challenging of late but this yoga continues to teach me. What did I write a few days ago: “What a fine line “our edge” is. It’s unquestionably worth trying--when you think you are at your edge, when you think that ‘s all the further you can bend, when you think you can’t hold a posture any more--just try a little bit more, 5 more seconds, or one more breath. You will amaze yourself. You are capable of so much more.” Having someone like Anita to encourage you is also highly recommended. If we all did, I’m certain the world would be a better place. Thank you Anita. You are a gem!
