The Seeker

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Bliss Class with Angela

I have a new found appreciation for this wonder called Yin Yoga. We seek out the help that we need. I sought out Angela's studio because I couldn't breathe. Too much stress, devastation, whatever...the crap of daily life weighed so heavily that I couldn't get enough air into my lungs to sleep, to eat, to function. I knew there was strength inside of me. I had just lost my ability to tap into it. I was seeking healing from the inside out.

Listening to Angela explain Yin Yoga, I heard things like 'replenishing sinovial fluid' and 'massaging the joints'. I'm 28 years old. I've had this form of rheumatoid arthritis for 8 years. Statistics show that something like 60% of people with the disease are disabled after 10 years. So, the thought of having a tool at my disposal that can put back sinovial fluid where it has been lost is beautiful. Nothing short of miraculous to my mind. We seek the help we need. And we never know how our interests/passions are going to manifest and influence someone else. Angela's passion for Yin will directly affect my own desire to be in the 40%.

I carry with me a bag of tools: good nutrition, fitness, good friends, laughter. Yoga has been in this bag since 2002, since my first Yoga class at Virginia Wesleyan. But I always treated it like more of a sideline tool such as a planer, shaving off the rough edges when necessary. But now, Yoga is the Dewalt Combination Drill/Electric Screw Driver. It's packing power these days: digging into the places that need digging and locking in. It's the tool that supports all other tools. It's the drive. It was in the bag all the time. I just hadn't charged the battery.