to me, love me
magic is happening on my yoga mat.
while flowing through the asanas with my eyes closed, i've been experimenting with visualization. i imagine my inhales as energy rising up and bursting through my heart center and my exhales as energy flowing back down into my solar plexus. like a present: to me, love me. half way through my recent practice, i felt a tingling sensation in my heart area with each inhalation. even if i opened my eyes for a moment or stopped for water, i was able to come right back to this sweet energy. the energy isn't heat, as i had felt before in my solar plexus, but more like the butterflies we get from the anticipation of seeing someone we're falling in love with. all this work i've been doing and blogging about is for personal growth, to breakdown the barriers within, to cultivate compassion and patience for myself and others, to find out what i'm truly capable of, and to create my own sacred lifeline. and in this practice, i literally felt alive.
there's a first time for everything and learning how to give myself love along this journey is a first... a true blessing and a gift.