Concentration. There was a moment in class today when we took a pause, and Thang commented on the strength of the toom's concentration. I hadn't even realized it, but I really hadn't been thinking of anything besides what we were doing. That type of flow doesn't often happen for me, not for any extended time, but it's welcome. There are so many things that want our attention. What will we give them to?
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4:25
10/28 9pm yin w/Devyn
Lay it down. Now yin is a lot of laying down anyway, but tonight I probably spent a third of the class in savasana - belly down or on my back. I skipped poses and changed others. I honestly just wanted to lay down, so I did. This is the invitation we always have in Christ
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for you alone O Lord make me to dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8
10/2910am Bikram 60 w/Whitney at District
Life. For these last days of the challenge, each day will have an intention directly from the series. Today is life. Today was my first more traditional Bikram class - with the full dialogue and whatnot. It surprised me how hard it was. Backbends with your head back are weird and uncomfortable. Actually that pretty much describes all of bikram for me at this point. It almost goes without saying that our lives are not always comfortable, expected, or what we would plan for ourselves. Sometimes it's all we can really do to struggle, to breathe, to fight for and find joy in the Lord.
“Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 16:1-11
No comments:
Post a Comment