Inspiration. Class tonight should have been hard, if not impossible. I told myself I was going to take it easy. I did the exact opposite. My kids did a kick butt job tonight, and my coworkers led an amazing clinic, and my mom shared how her own (new!) yoga practice helped her through a really difficult pain management treatment. I poured all of this into my practice. It's like counting God's gifts: look at your world, give thank, and watch your prayer life, your whole life with God take flight.
10/15 9pm power w/Carly
Woohoo. By this point I really should have had nothing left. And I definitely started feeling it in the shoulders some, but mostly I was still able to let go and just have fun. Remember this is just yoga. You're supposed to either like what you're doing or do something else. It makes me think of child-like faith: obvious, simple, pure.
10/16 6am power w/Josh
"Think greatly of the greatness of God". This is one of my favorite John Owen quotes, and I brought it with me to my mat this morning. Have you ever sat quietly and meditated on the vastness, the wonder, the glory of the Lord Almight? I've been growing ever more appreciative of God's hand in crafting the human body. Breath. Lungs. Heartbeat. Vision. Tastebuds. Smell. Tension. Release. Bones. Joints. Muscles. Skin. Nails. Teeth. Blood. He made it all. He upholds the universe by the word of His power. How great is our God!
Here's a hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy
health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
Now to His temple draw near;
Sing now in glad adoration!
the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy
health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
Now to His temple draw near;
Sing now in glad adoration!
Praise to the Lord, who o’er all
things so wondrously reigneth,
Who, as on wings of an eagle,
uplifteth, sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How thy desires all have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
things so wondrously reigneth,
Who, as on wings of an eagle,
uplifteth, sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How thy desires all have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
Praise to the Lord, who hath fearfully,
wondrously, made thee!
Health hath vouchsafed and, when
heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee.
What need or grief
Ever hath failed of relief?
Wings of His mercy did shade thee.
wondrously, made thee!
Health hath vouchsafed and, when
heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee.
What need or grief
Ever hath failed of relief?
Wings of His mercy did shade thee.
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper
thy work and defend thee,
Who from the heavens the streams of
His mercy doth send thee.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee.
thy work and defend thee,
Who from the heavens the streams of
His mercy doth send thee.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee.
Praise to the Lord! Oh, let all that
is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come
now with praises before Him!
Let the Amen
Sound from His people again;
Gladly for aye we adore Him.
is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come
now with praises before Him!
Let the Amen
Sound from His people again;
Gladly for aye we adore Him.
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