Today in my yin yoga class as we started our class lying on our backs, the teacher said "this is your place to surrender". She then asked us to set a sankalpa/intention for the class and a thought popped into my head - "I am me".
Although I should be focused on my breath during my class, of course as usual, my mind often wonders. This evening I started thinking about how when I come to my yoga mat, it truly is a place to surrender - to surrender everything, all of my titles I get to leave at the door and I can walk onto my mat and JUST BE ME!
How often do we get to do that?
While I lay on my mat I realized just how much I get to surrender for an hour. I get to surrender being a mom, a wife, a friend, a sister, a daughter. I get to surrender being a teacher, a business owner, a fitness instructor. I get to surrender being too skinny, too sarcastic, too active or too lazy. I get to surrender all of my own judgements of myself as well as all of the expectations of other people. For that one hour I can surrender all of my failures and all of my successes and simple be me. Me - with no layers and no labels. I often hear the teacher say things like, "just surrender" but today I really felt it, and could feel the lightness take over my heart. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom and wife and sister and friend etc. but some times it is just SO important to just be you - even if it is just for one hour every few days.
As I walk into my next year and the next decade I have decided that I need to make me more of a priority in my life, and I urge you to do the same. How often do you, especially moms, put yourself as your absolute priority and fill your cup before you fill any one else's?
What could you do to be in a place where you can surrender all your labels, expectations and judgements? Go for a walk on your own? Go to an art class? Yoga class? Away for a weekend on your own where you can just be YOU? Its incredibly liberating.
Although I should be focused on my breath during my class, of course as usual, my mind often wonders. This evening I started thinking about how when I come to my yoga mat, it truly is a place to surrender - to surrender everything, all of my titles I get to leave at the door and I can walk onto my mat and JUST BE ME!
How often do we get to do that?
While I lay on my mat I realized just how much I get to surrender for an hour. I get to surrender being a mom, a wife, a friend, a sister, a daughter. I get to surrender being a teacher, a business owner, a fitness instructor. I get to surrender being too skinny, too sarcastic, too active or too lazy. I get to surrender all of my own judgements of myself as well as all of the expectations of other people. For that one hour I can surrender all of my failures and all of my successes and simple be me. Me - with no layers and no labels. I often hear the teacher say things like, "just surrender" but today I really felt it, and could feel the lightness take over my heart. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom and wife and sister and friend etc. but some times it is just SO important to just be you - even if it is just for one hour every few days.
As I walk into my next year and the next decade I have decided that I need to make me more of a priority in my life, and I urge you to do the same. How often do you, especially moms, put yourself as your absolute priority and fill your cup before you fill any one else's?
What could you do to be in a place where you can surrender all your labels, expectations and judgements? Go for a walk on your own? Go to an art class? Yoga class? Away for a weekend on your own where you can just be YOU? Its incredibly liberating.
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