Glimmers

This week has been beautiful so far...I have captured here a few of the moments:

The other day in practice I was folding forward into Prasarita Padottanasana C, and reaching my smallest fingers to the floor. They can just barely touch now... And I felt this gentle hand guiding my hands down to the earth. My friend, who was practicing next to me, reached over from Downward Dog to give me a little help. It was awesome and sweet.

Yesterday, when I went to pick up my daughter at school, her teacher told me, "I think she's just fooling with us. I think she can walk and just chooses not to." "Yes," I said. "I think so,too...when we hold her hands, she practically runs across the floor." I love this child.

A couple of days ago I got stuck in a political, negative, frustrating moment, and I struggled to let go of my ego, and I almost acted out of it. But I thought of one of the things my teacher suggested in our immersion a few weeks back: have the negative emotion (don't negate it), but also be willing to acknowledge its opposite. And in that pondering I found the middle space. I think it's called grace.

This morning practice was lighter, cleaner, and less painful than it has been in a long time. It was also softer than it has ever been. And Kapotasana brought me less panic. And this all made room for a new kind of calm. I think there may be more room for it.