You 'do' yoga. You have practiced for awhile - maybe years. You practiced during pregnancy and now bring the munchkin with you to class. The practice of yoga can offer relief from physical body tension and fatigue. Did you know how much motherhood would shift your physical body AFTER the baby was born? Yoga offers the chance to get to know the NEW you. It creates the opening for a shift. A shift - notice the shift. Consciously bring the breath into the body. Allow the body to accept and embrace the prana - the life force. Sometimes it happens in yoga. You can focus on you! Even if it is briefly. And when you do the most amazing things happen.
You nourish your soul through the physical practice of yoga. You take care of your SELF. You breathe life in and out as you move. You refine your efforts - Sthira. You recognize and encourage the ease - Sukha.
All the while your baby is near bathed in the energy of your Sukha and Sthira - your effort and your ease. The constant is the breath. Even through effort and we all know effort, we can find the ease with the breath. On the mat and off the mat. Creating a resonance for your child to also learn. Through your yoga practice you teach your child the balance between effort and ease. You pave the path for their future with this balance.
And then it happens in class one day. You are in tree pose and your LO comes toddling over, looks at you, glances around the room, and decides from the spot deep within of effort and ease - I CAN DO THAT TOO! You are standing next to another being creating balance between effort and ease - and you are both in tree pose. A smile crosses your face, you might feel a rush of energy. Bask in the connection, in the balance. Feed yourself and your child!
Namaste.
And then it Happens....
