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The Family Dance
By karen | June 9, 2008
Ah, the yoga dvd is almost over. An hour of moving asana’s, a half hour of balance poses and I’m ready to wind down. I move slowly to child’s pose, take a breath, relax. Move quietly into Shavasana or corpse pose. I lay quietly, conscious of my breath, my body relaxed, my eyes closed.
Suddenly I feel a presence around my face. I barely squint my eyes open and I am startled into alertness as I look up into a pair of beautiful blue eyes and I hear the words “Mom, Can you make a mango shake? We have a mango right here” and she bounces the fruit around my face and shows me that yes, indeed we do have a mango.
Apparently my quiet time is over. My mind starts racing with the plans of the day. I glance at the clock. “I have to leave here at 10:30, it’s 9:20 now. I have to take a shower and the girls have to take a bath, and are their swimsuits ready…..will they be ready when it‘s time for daddy to take them to the pool….I wish I didn’t have to miss the first day of swimming lessons….and…will I be able to find a parking place…I hope the traffic is not too bad…and….?”
Wait. Stop. Now.
Just a few more breaths here in Shavasana. All is well. I can finish, it’s just a minute or two and then I’ll be better prepared for the day. I take my breaths, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. I move slowly into meditation pose and a few more breaths and it is over. Another breath.
Namaste.
I get up from my mat, roll it up and turn off the dvd player. 9:20 ish still.
And I’m off to make a mango shake.
Undisturbed time is a rare commodity at my house. Early in the morning, late at night are usually the only quiet times. Most of the rest of the time it’s a bit noisy, a bit chaotic, a bit crazy.
And I love it. I am so grateful.
It is clear to me that my spiritual journey does not include going to a retreat and spending time at a quiet place where I can just meditate and exercise and do yoga and do art and write and contemplate life. No, my spiritual journey and my spiritual challenge comes from finding presence within the chaos. In loving the noise and the commotion.
In finding the ways to do the things I love within the life that I lead.
Taking the breath and feeling the joy and the magic that is within every moment, regardless of the storm. Adapting to the challenges of this wonderful family dance that I am so blessed to be a part of.
Yes. All is Well!
P.S. Apparently the mango shake wasn’t sweet enough for those pretty blue eyes so I enjoyed the mango shake for breakfast. Yum, Delicious!
P.S.S. I’m still doing P90X and the yoga dvd is from that….totally awesome! I’m loving it!
I’m starting to see some great results, too! I’m very happy with the program!
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June 10th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
The cave in the mountain is always inside us, isn’t it Karen?
June 10th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Yes, it is always inside….
Thanks, Rick
June 14th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Karen, I can so relate to this and have been struggling a bit with it lately. You help put things in perspective with this post with comments like “Finding presense within the chaos” and “loving the noise and commotion.”
Thanks for the article.
P.S. I had to break open a coconut to make 2 smoothies for my litte one last night and this morning.
June 14th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Thank you Ken…
sometimes it really helps to put it all back into perspective….I remember the days when I wanted a baby so bad it was all I could think about…yes, I wanted this life, this chaos and those beautiful girls (but they are noisy at times!)