“Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage and,
prudence – these are the qualities we shall need when we take step 9.” – Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions
Ahh, how I missed the sweet spaciousness of one of my
favorite Spiritual Practices in the world – yoga. It’s been a few weeks since I have practiced and yesterday I
promised myself I would go.
Despite all of my ego’s efforts to procrastinate and leave this practice
for another day, I showed up. I am
so grateful that my higher self One and yesterday I got to remember what it
feels like to be in my body again.
At one point I was cradling my entire leg in my arm and rocking it like
a baby (ok – so it wasn’t just me – it was the entire class ) I found myself
giggling out loud in class at the sweetness of this posture. It dawned on me that I was using
strength in one area of my body to improve the flexibility in another – how
beautiful. Ok – so admittedly I am
feeling naturally high this morning after my morning meditation.
Meditation is that time where I focus on turning my
attention so far inward that it is higher than my thoughts, feelings and
emotions. Meditation is
consciously turning toward that changeless, untouchable stuff within me and
beginning by having a conversation with that. Eventually that conversation becomes a Union and I begin to
operate from that place – the High Self and Boy am I a Divine Center of Power
and Vision when I operate from a total Union and Connection with Source. I love meditation and I love feeling
the natural high that I looked for in drugs and alcohol for so long.
On another note – I took the first steps of my 9th
step – “made amends to those people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or other.” Per
my sponsor and God’s mysterious ways – I am starting with my doozies. Well I emailed both of these people
yesterday simply stating that I am at the place in my sobriety where it is time
to make an amends. Ok – the amends
hasn’t even come yet but HOLY SMOKES does it feel good to have taken an honest
step here. I already feel a
momentum building and get a funny feeling that I have a new fervor for making
these amends and feeling the freedom that I sense is born from this
process. Yay – this morning
I am especially diggin’ sobriety, yoga and life. I hope you are too!
With a little patience you can learn a technique that can be helpful even if you are a beginner. This technique will help you concentrate on the part of your body you wish to be in tune with. At first it might be difficult because you were never taught to concentrate on yourself. But eventually with practice you will be able to succeed at meditating for your health.
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