~ Gravity : Power : Yoga ~

This isn’t going to be one of those “check out my new playlist” types of posts… This is something far greater!

As each of us goes thru life and evolves in our practice we all make adjustments, moving the yoga room to a different room of the house, practicing at home or away from home.   My big change these days is the constant background noise, it seems the soundtrack of the entire house has changed.   My practice times have become more about when I can fit them in between baby naps, and thus have changed to the soundtrack of the sleeping baby.  In many cases this has become the soundtrack of the white noise machine, or the rhythmic clicking of the swing (the only place she really LIKES to sleep).

I’ve noticed that it is a hard adjustment to focus on my breath and my practice while I pay attention to the sound from the other rooms.  ”Was that a squeak?”  ”Do I need to go do something”….  At first it was a major distraction, but as I become more familiar with the sounds they become a part of my moving meditation and therefore become a part of my daily practice.    This isn’t to say that my practice is no longer disrupted by the shriek of those little lungs, but it has definately added to the sounds of my playlist.

How has your practice changed over the years, and do you welcome those changes with open arms or resist change, wishing instead for the past that you knew and loved?

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