A woman came into The Lotus Centre last week and asked me something like this: “Is it too much to ask to want to get up and do yoga and eat and then do more yoga and then eat some more?”
After she left, I dreamed about her question. I wanted her question to become my reality. I love eating and doing yoga and would like to do it all day long. Of course, there are several practical limitations to this dream-life, like working for example. Working gets in the way of my eating/yoga schedule. So… I thought this dream would have to wait until retirement.
BUT…This morning I remembered an experience I had where work felt like yoga.
I was doing my yoga teacher training at the time and working at a café. I made the special coffee drinks at an often busy, lined-up place. One morning as I was steaming the milk I felt as though every thing stopped. I was totally absorbed in the milk, watching it slowly froth and warm. I noticed my breath. I was in the moment in a full and complete way. I wasn’t thinking of the next latte. I was steaming the milk and breathing and my mind was clear. I was in a state of yoga where all parts of myself were joined together in steaming the milk.
If my mind could be directed to the present moment all day, in work and at rest, then I could achieve my eating/yoga dream. Nothing external needs to change; I don’t need to wait for retirement. I just need to change my mind.
Laura
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