I'm Thinking Most Of You Are At Home Today

I felt the sadness the other day when I received an email that my yoga studio was closing as a result of the pandemic.

I love my yoga, and I love my community. I have benefitted so much in my health over the years. It has been an integral part of my life.

The conditions we are seeing now are nothing like most of us have seen before. There is uncertainty in all our lives now. We were so conditioned to live with certainty. There are sad stories to tell in these turbulent times, as well as stories of creativity and innovation.

When significant change happens, people like me who are attached to their habits are rocked out of their comfort zone. We have an attachment to our habits. It is how we have lived our lives. Now we have two choices.

We are living in a situation where love and fear are facing each other from opposite sides.

If you choose fear, which by the looks of the empty shelves at my local grocery store, many have, then there is little room for creative approaches to what can be new again. Fear leaves you in a state of despair.

 The other choice is to choose love and see what is possible out of the chaos.

You get to learn again how much you can love yourself and love your neighbour.

It requires an attitude of possibility.

I remember the 1988 Olympics. My daughter, who was fifteen at the time, wanted to attend the closing ceremonies. 

I said that was impossible. We didn’t have tickets, and the prospect of getting any was nil, in my adult opinion. 

I had forgotten the creativity and passion children could bring.

She convinced me to go down to the Olympic venue before the closing ceremonies with the mantra she had, that someone would sell us tickets.

As was walked towards the gate, a man walked up and asked us if we wanted to buy tickets! At a price, we could pay.

Yes, miracles happen when we open to our connection to the universe. That’s what my daughter did, and that what she always does. I take my inspiration from her today. 

 In my yoga class, I felt like I belonged to a community with a common purpose.

It is sad because we need a community at times like this. 

We need each other.

We are so used to going at it alone, this situation is calling us out of our fox holes and into connection.

I am ramping up my connections, more about that next week.

 All my best