Life Gets Messy - So try to Practice Gratitude without the Attitude

Sometimes that is my biggest challenge.  Be thankful for what I've got.  The people in my life....  Especially the people in my life. 

This morning was a little bit of a struggle for me. Yet I am still drawn to my mat....  So, off to Prana I go....  Lot's of people came, and they all had their own personal struggles, too.  We share a lot before class.  In fact, one might be surprised at how alive we really are at 6:30 in the morning :)) 

Again, I am reminded how thankful, no grateful for all of the challenges I experience and how I experience them.  Sometimes with reason, at times with wisdom, and yes at times, like a crazy person. 

So, I began my practice with a tiny meditation or reminder that when you approach your practice from a place where there is nothing to prove, nothing to improve, we open ourselves to the simple gratitude of being alive...

Once class has finished and the last student has left the studio, I changed the laundry and sat down quietly against the wall.  I sat there on my meditation pillow and imagined a bright light surrounding me and came back to my breath.  I expanded the light around me as I inhaled and sent that light deep within me as I exhaled. 

Yes life gets messy, but I know that I am grateful for being able to make the space for these struggles and more importantly creating the space to allow them to leave....

See you on your mat soon!!!