Friday, June 8, 2012

yoga as a resentment cure?


Yesterday it was cemented into my being a little more how yoga is vital to my continued sobriety and spiritual well being. I was is a funk. I had snapped at my 4 year old for emptying an entire new tube of my favorite Origins face wash down the tub while I was trying to sneak a 5 minute phone call with my sponsor—I only made it to minute 2 and really should’ve “paused when agitated.” So I had the emotional mommy hangover and was also dealing with residual effects of having a very sick newcomer in my life. I am very susceptible to soaking up the energy of people around me and the energy I had been around was very dark. Needless to say, I wanted to go home and wallow in self-pity, build my resentment towards her, and isolate. I did not want to go to yoga. I think of yoga a lot like meetings, in fact my yoga practice has replaced some of my meetings at this point. I feel it’s equally important. Just like with meetings when I was new, I went when I felt like I needed one and I went when I didn’t want to go. I always felt better after. I apply that to my yoga practice today. So yesterday I went to yoga. I rocked out to upbeat tunes the ride there, and I offered up that person with the dark energy in my practice. By savanasa, my resentment was gone and I was once again filled with love and gratitude for my sobriety and my life today.

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