I was lying on my mat in reclining pigeon pose thinking how bloody much my hips hurt. I had a little pity party remembering a time a few years ago when I had finally got to the point that while I wasn’t exactly where I wanted to be, my body didn’t carry pain with it. Then things happened in my life and I walked away from my yoga mat. Fast forward to a year and half ago when I unrolled my mat again and I started over again as a stiff, cramped up ball of stress.

Today I moved from one asana to another and gradually felt some of the muscles start to give a little. When it was time to put my mat away for the morning I stood up and gave myself one good body stretch. It felt oh so good. I stopped and thought to myself how lucky I am to be able to do yoga every morning and how it has brought so much to my life. It not only is slowly but surely rebalancing and relaxing my body, but it also is rebalancing and relaxing my mind and soul. Along with my meditation practice it really has helped change my life. I am so grateful that I found this and have carved out the time for my daily bit of bliss.