Necessity Meditation

What a delightful day was yesterday! Took blankets from the Yogatorium to the laundromat and got them washed. Jim and I did a Rodney Yee yoga session together in the morning and then in the afternoon another session when Mary, a new student, came for her second session. What a joy it is to have new ones show up! It gives me a chance to spread the word of yoga and all its benefits to someone else. As a teacher, new students always inspire! Thanks to Martha for letting Mary know about our classes here. This afternoon at 3:00 we'll do another session of breathing work and a guided meditation - the walking one another time. It's strange how necessary meditation has become for me. Necessary may seem a strange desciptive word, but that's how I feel this morning. I began my morning listening to the monks in New Mexico chanting as I meditated here in the cottage. I turned on the heat in the Yogatorium a couple hours ago in anticipation of spending a lot of time there this morning. I just feel the necessity for more sitting and listening. Something good is going on, for sure. Always when I dedicate a day to going inward, a shift occurs. I'll certainly walk the labyrinth again (for the third day in succession) - since the weather is warmer, I'm eager to spend more time doing that. I can feel it in my bones - today is a winner! Thanks be to God!