We want to take a moment to express our gratitude for YOU, dear practitioner.
Whether you attend three classes a week, or came through our doors once on a whim, we are TRULY grateful that you crossed paths with our yoga home and community.
In the spirit of cultivating and living in gratitude, here are a few beautiful words from the insightful Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass:
I love to begin my mornings with a kind of gratitude inventory. I walk up to the top of the hill behind my house, or sometimes… just the tree in my backyard…
To send out my gratitude to that blue jay who is calling, for the warmth of the sun on my face, for the mushroom that’s sprouting up from the ground around that tree. It is a kind of opening to everything around me that takes me out of [myself] and into the world.
…That’s the gratitude practice that means the most to me. It’s an opportunity to remember that I’m not alone here, that we’re all connected.
And so rather than [it] being kind of a rote recitation of what I am grateful for, I try to be really alert and attentive to everybody around me so that I give my gratitude to them.
And almost always, it’s the magic of thinking, “Oh my gosh, how lucky am I? How lucky am I to live in a world that has the smell of grass in the morning.” And it creates that sense of abundance and contentment.
But even more so, I think it is that importance of cultivating… what I’m going to call a sense of humility, of recognizing that I’m not alone here, I’m not in charge of all of this. I am the grateful recipient of the gifts of the world
Which then opens up the question, what am I going to give back?
We recently enjoyed this podcast interview with Robin Wall Kimmerer – it is well worth a listen, and will expand your perspective on the interconnectivity of nature and human communities, as well as help you think deeply about how to operate compassionately in modern society.
In the spirit of the holiday, we are offering a chance to practice together on thanksgiving day, for a class that will leave you feeling at peace, grounded, and ready to meet the upcoming season with gratitude + grace. (See details in the image below + sign up here!)
As you continue to move through the season, we also have a new morning class offering beginning on Wednesdays in December: 9:15 AM hatha yoga with Cindy, as a chance to invite more mindfulness into your life mid-week.
With gratitude,
Yoga House Rx
