Summer 2009

In Anusara Yoga®, we often hear the phrase "melt your heart". This passive action in yoga refers to a softening quality--an ability to take a step back or a step in. I caught a glimpse of this quality off the mat when I was driving with my mom and my two kids. We'd just had our first sunny, summer all day beach day and we were tired and in the car and the kids were quiet when my mom, to fill the silence, was asking me what we should do next. I mumbled something about having some quiet. I realized I am often similar to mom in that I like to plan or project or head full steam into the next moment as a way to keep going, to control what might be coming next, to fill the silence. I am becoming more wise to the fact that this often creates more disconnection and unhappiness. I am more fulfulled when I melt first or in formal language, "Open to Grace", because I allow for an emptying to occur, a sinking in, a finding a place in the world so that I have room in me to feel the world, the deeper qualities of my kids, the love between my mom and myself. To approach moments with softening, allowing, melting, in order to live life more fully.
See you at the beach. Love, Sarah