Yesterday I had my eyes checked. It had been a year and a half since my last exam. The doctor strengthened my prescription… by a lot! In the words of Emeril, she said, “we’re going to take it up a notch”. I stepped outside with my new vision and my world was magnified! The leaves on the trees were defined and clear, the signs on the road popped out right in front of me. The clouds seemed so close that I felt I could touch them.
I enjoyed my drive home and drank in these new sharper images. I felt awake and alive.
This feeling of clarity reminded me of how I often feel after a yoga or meditation practice. Often times when I step out of the doors of Verge Power Yoga my world seems clear and sharp. Everything around me seems closer and more accessible to my touch. After practice, I feel a sense of connectedness with everything. I feel awake and alive.
What I recognized yesterday was that our practice sharpens our vision on a daily basis. It is as if we receive a new set of eyes every time we step on our yoga mat or our meditation cushion. Every time we are able to stabilize thought and settle the nervous system, we wake up just a little bit more. We connect with our world just a bit more. Essentially, after every practice, we “take it up a notch”. We sharpen our vision. We become clearer. We become more awake and more alive.
My revelation from yesterday is that to practice yoga and meditation is to receive a new prescription for life… every day. What a blessing.
Peace.
Friday, August 8, 2008
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