6/23/09
My final week at RCCH is slipping between my fingers. There is a lot of lose ends to tie up and I am preparing to say goodbye. Even though I’m very aware of my impending departure, it seems surreal. I know I will find my way back here someday. This place is too beautiful to and too refreshing to stay away for too long. I anticipate my goodbyes at RCCH to be difficult. Maybe not immediately, but I will miss them all dearly once I am home.
My final week at RCCH is slipping between my fingers. There is a lot of lose ends to tie up and I am preparing to say goodbye. Even though I’m very aware of my impending departure, it seems surreal. I know I will find my way back here someday. This place is too beautiful to and too refreshing to stay away for too long. I anticipate my goodbyes at RCCH to be difficult. Maybe not immediately, but I will miss them all dearly once I am home.
craig's drip demonstration
(part of a book I put together to prepare children getting a drip placed)
We got home super early from work today since there wasn’t much going on. I went to an early yoga class. It was a great class. I think it was my best one yet. I flowed gracefully through the poses and felt strong. It’s amazing how present I can be with Kate’s guidance. That skill has been useful during my time here in Cape Town. So much is happening here; at RCCH and among my friends. There’s a lot of future for me to dwell on: leaving cape town and the direction of my life. Maintaining a sense of presence has helped me remain calm in a chaotic environment that is constantly pushing me forward. Yoga has helped me appreciate this city and my experience so much more. Paired with the sheer beauty of the landscapes and culture, it’s almost divine. Kate’s words imbedded in my mind, I floated home.
dayna's yogi impression on lion's head
To surmise the lesson: The yoga in the studio is the easy yoga. It’s the yoga outside the studio that is difficult. Dealing with the stresses and chaos of life is where the challenge lies. When we can take our practice in the studio and apply it to real life, we are successful and life’s trials seem less daunting. Be in the moment. Be in tune with your body and respond the way it wants you to. Yoga is a paradigm: the positions are most important part of the practice, but they ultimately don’t matter. What matters is the peacefulness that comes afterwards; the recovery from the workout and the way your body responds to it. When I leave yoga, I feel solid and grounded yet light as a feather.
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