This Time in Seoul

My yoga instructor is not only inspirational but she is also a kind soul that gives me both emotional and physical relief. God bless her. I wasn’t feeling too good today and informed her that today was a little um, special. You know the deal, ladies. I asked her what the term was for the wonderful event in healthy women’s lives and she gave the Korean term as well as the more popular term which is (drumroll!) called: MAGIC DAY! I had to laugh which instantly made me feel better.

I went to change into my yoga clothes and upon returning to the waiting area, she’d pulled out a soft warm blanket and two equally comfy pillows just for me! She spread the blanket onto the floor and demonstrated how I would find relief for stomach and back ache using the two pillows. I followed her instruction and the next thing that I knew, she proceeded to give me a lovely back massage with her knee and hand.  She took me higher! The pain was gone!

It was now time to start class and man was it deep. Deep stretches, deep breathing, both slow and meaningful were welcomed by all who attended tonight’s session. We were one unit, all together learning and at the same time, teaching our Teacher. Very strange but perfect. As I lay there in the darkness she came to my side and gave me a serious hand massage, pressing in and around the fleshy area located between thumb and forefinger. Afterwards she started on my legs and although it was a little painful, I felt so light, as if she’d taken away something that was holding me down.

Mentally I was so surprised at how easy the class seemed and I only realize now that I was holding on to something that I no longer needed and am back to trusting my body, mind and soul.

Thank you, Teacher