Just a day after I accused my mind of running amok while unattended at night, I woke in the wee hours to find that it was musing about a wonderful idea for a yoga practice about gratitude.
I'm teaching a couple of classes the day after Thanksgiving, subbing for a really wonderful teacher. I had thought of the general idea of a special practice on the theme of gratitude, but hadn't come up with a good idea of how to approach it.
So while I was sleeping, my brain did something useful after all, and came up with a nice idea, for an individual affirmation of gratitude, within a structure that I think is true to yoga:
I am grateful for breath,
and the energy of life it brings.
I am grateful for [something specific to me],
I am grateful for life.
I'll use this throughout a very focused practice requiring careful attention to the breath, using it to lead movement into, and alignment of, the poses.
I could use some more good ideas, so I'll hope the helpful mind shows up again tonight.
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