Sacred Space
One thing that makes me immediately suspicious of the intentions of a yoga studio is a large retail section. There is no dream catcher or bumper sticker or healing crystal that is going to improve or even affect your yoga practice. All you need is a mat, a little bit of time and the willpower to show up for yourself. A yoga mat is about 2’x6’, 12 square feet of sacred personal space. It doesn’t matter if you got it at the Job Lot or if it was handwoven by an indigenous woman from upcycled ocean trash, it’s your sacred space and it represents a commitment to caring for your physical, mental, and emotional health. When you unroll your mat imagine that it casts a little spell on the floor claiming not just this space but this time as sacred and personal.
In this place, we are mindful of our thoughts and actions. We don’t beat ourselves up or compare ourselves to others. In this place, we allow our body to reconnect not just with the mind and breath but with the Earth, the seasons, the moon phases, and ultimately each other. If you don’t have a mat of your own reach out and I can get you on from PSY, also we will be keeping a few at Greenlock to borrow.