Vein people.

I was sitting in class pondering how much I care for the opinions of other people. Then I began to think that I care so much about the opinions of others that I care to hear the opinion of people that I don't even care for. So today I just rested in downward facing dog for a while to energize my body, and allow my mind to feel the breath and oxygen following to my head. Not just know the energy was rushing but to FEEL the energy rushing to my head. Sometimes you just want to feel someone real, and no that without a fraction of a doubt it is real.

Today I sit and think.

Yesterday was rainy. Not only with the weather, but with my mood. So I sat, in easy pose( the typical crossed legged, buddha looking position) and began to ponder things. I pondered life, but more importantly I contemplated death. Lately, I have realized how skewed of a view most americans have of death. Everyone thinks of death as the end of everything, or the last goodbye. But, over the course of my journey with yoga, I am battling and wrestling around with the fact that maybe in facing death, you can find life. A life that you never really knew existed. I heard in one of my favorite rap songs( yes, i love rap music) "Everyone dies, but not everyone lives." And, I find that very true. Very few people actually live. Even though we think that just breathing and going through our routine of life is living. Really that is anything but living. I find real living is full of intense, immeasurable pleasure and happiness, that honestly most of us feel guilty about if we do ever experience that in life. However, as the older I get I see- Life is so short. So, I will not feel bad about having moments or days, of intense pleasure and happiness because in the end- as cliche as it sounds- "its not the years in your life that counts, its the life in your years."

Wehaa!! My first post as a bloggie.

Maybe the term "bloggie" doesn't exist, but maybe it does. I am not too snazzy when it comes to knowing about blogs. But, starting today I have my very first blog. A blog that will allow me to tell my experiences with my passion in life, yoga. Over the course of the next 365 I will share with you how the practice of  t has changed my life forever. By sharing these inner thoughts and practices with you, I hope that maybe, just maybe,  one person will hear my excitement that I get from this wonderful practice, and will pick it up for themselves. And maybe, even if that one person doesn't pick it up, at least I know I am attempting to share something I love with the world.

As they say at the close of any good yoga practice, "Namaste." Meaning- may the light within me, be the light within you.