Shine Your Light Brighter Than Ever Before: Yoga with Michele, Flow Yoga, Ashburn, VA: June 16, 2016

Michele opened with a beautiful meditation that included the instruction "shine your light even brighter than ever before". She was referencing the tragedy in Orlando but it also made me realize, why not all the time?

I've gotten a few yoga classes in the past few weeks and it always helps me shine brighter. The play, of course is to shine bright whether I'm in yoga class or not, especially in the not places, and especially when its hard.

I've been practicing the shine for a few years now, coupled with "try to hate it a little less" and it has changed my road life considerably. I might even admit I like it a lot.

That's a pretty dramatic shift from where I was only a short few years ago.

It's like holding that instruction in gomukasana this morning. Shining bright in the moons of the arms and hips was a new experience in navigating tight spots.

I also remembered "go" in gomukasasana not only means "cow" but also  'light". It feels like the bigger practice, especially in these days of so much controversy and hate flying around, is to shine bright.

Brighter than ever before.

Namaste