An Extraordinary Breath

"An Extraordinary Breath" is what our yoga instructor called the deep inhale and extended exhale that accompanied the flowing movements during this morning's Ashtanga style class that I attended at Centered City Yoga.

I continue to explore personal boundaries by letting go of what I think my body can do when I step onto my yoga mat. My practice is much different than the other types of physical things that I do. It is about the unknown. I don't know how to move my body in this way. I don't know how to let go of those thoughts that keep swirling in my mind. With each extraordinary breath...I learn something new...I find a new place in me.

The space in my favorite yoga studio is a sacred place for me. I love seeing the smiling, flushed faces as we close our practice with "Namaste" and then slowly make our way...back out into the world, replenished, renewed, and yes a bit more "in body".