Exploring Acceptance

The time I'm spending on my mat is giving me much needed mental relief. More than anything, I find I am accepting my body and my mental state in a way I couldn't before I returned to yoga. With the help of gentle, guiding instructors, I feel a sense of calm that has come over me. It's difficult to face your reality when you give up drugs or alcohol. People often wake up to a nightmare of destruction: social life, work life, finances. But, on your mat, you can be free to accept the very place you are at, right there in that moment. With all the angst, regret, and the memory of how you may have failed, you can still step onto that mat and know you are a being that belongs to the multicolored tapestry of humanity. Do you feel unlovable? Unloved? You are not. Take a breath, deep into your lungs. Turn inward and remind yourself that this moment is your life. Love it and forgive yourself.

A Healing Time

photo by Thy Mournia

Hello, followers. 
Most of you have noticed that my blog disappeared. Perhaps you assumed I relapsed? Well, yes and no. First, I stopped drinking. Immediately thereafter, I stopped doing yoga. It was painful to stay sober. I suffered intensely because of circumstances in my life. Eventually, the relapse came upon me, 1.5 years after I quit. Since then, I've been struggling once again with depression and alcoholism. I have recently returned to sobriety and this time I returned to my mat, and I hope to achieve some kind of recovery from my severe depression. I decided to come back to the blog again, since the greatest mental relief I get comes from returning to my mat and cleansing my aching body, heart, and soul. I will continue to keep you all updated, and hopefully I can help provide some comfort to those who might be hurting.