Savasana with Alexandra: Uptown Yoga, Dallas, Texas: January 30, 2016

I hung out in savasana pose before class started.  Its interesting to practice death in the city of one’s birth.

In Uptown’s upbeat twenty something style class today I didn’t feel like playing along with the intensity. I hung back a lot and moved slower. At first I wondered if it was fatigue..my usual late “go to” excuse, but with closer examination I found rather it was the delight of feeling rooted and connected. The Yoga was right there so there was little use for the yoga techniques.

I’ve died a million deaths since my birth in 1961,  only a stone’s throw from my yoga mat today. And therefore I’ve experienced just as many rebirths. I’ve been admiring the births and deaths of the City of Dallas, her architecture, cultural centers, and old neighborhoods that no longer exist.

What remains important and grounding are my roots. Like yoga, my friends are living, breathing, nourishing prana that keep me aware of the ever present connection to Love. Childhood friends are particularly potent.

Many are still alive and well on this planet, right here in Big D where we met. Several have already departed.

I’m still in love with them all.

Namaste.