forty days of yoga- day 13

what i walked away with: i knew that this week was going to very, very busy… however, i think it’s getting the best of me and i am trying very hard to stay calm, stay hydrated, and successfully get everything done. however, i am running around so much that when i went up at mass this evening to receive my ashes from father tom, i put my hands up to get ‘communion’ … and in slow motion looked up to see the bowl of ashes – then i looked at his eyes and we both laughed and he said lovingly, ‘good for you!!’ – i was speechless. tim and i are meeting with him tomorrow night for marriage prep- so that should be not embarrassing at all 🙂 … *then during yoga, i went tired- well actually exhausted- but ended up having a great practice and when shavasana came at the end – the last few minutes of class, where we practice being completely still, i took it for all that it was worth. i often have a hard time being still and following the expectations of the pose, but not today. 


**as i laid there still, with the ice cold lavender towel over my forehead (so amazing), i thought about my lenten promises and the concept of the ashes on my forehead representing my sins and penitence and thought: ‘at the end of lent, i hope to leave a better person – refreshed and healthier-
 as the ashes absorbed into my towel.