Soul Friends

A few days ago I reconnected with a great friend.  My insides felt and still feel as bubbly as a wren’s summer song. It was fantastic to reconnect, get caught up, and delve deep into inquiry. It was as if time had not passed and I longed for time to stand still.  I had missed this person so much! I loved the deep exhale into the relationship that used to be so prevalent when we were teenagers.  Although we have had many experiences since those days, from the fantastic to the darkest depths of despair, we could still see each other for who God had made us to be.  We could speak freely the truth of what we were hearing from each other and hold one other accountable to these truths, even if some of these truths found us being resistant to truly accepting and moving forward with them.  I have always joked with this friend we are destined to be together like each other’s lifelong boobie prize….stuck together for life, no matter what.  We don’t talk often at all and the last time we saw one another face-to-face was roughly seventeen years ago.  Having someone who knows you at the soul level is very comforting…even when they take you out of your comfort zone.  Being together in this life and traveling our particular journey alone and yet together at the same time is truly a gift.  

Our yoga practice is much like that. We may take time off, but when we come back to our mat we are embraced not only for the person we were the last time we met, but also of who we are now.  We can feel the support of the practice when we move outside our comfort zone in pranayama, asana, and/or meditation. The lessons we learn about ourselves are such a blessing and so is the gift of the light of awareness that is shone on things we didn’t know we didn’t know. 

My long lasting friendship and my yoga practice both are like this.  They both mirror to me that I do not have something bad inside I need to purge out, but rather I am reminded of what has always been there.  Who God created me to be has always been there and I am continually reminded, ‘Oh yeah, I forgot about that' or shown ‘Wow! I never realized that existed.’ Either way, we come home to who we were created to be and therefore can walk more confidently in the authenticity of our soul and our experience.  Once we see this within ourselves, we see it in others. It is brilliant.

Once we come home to our soul, ground ourselves and exists from that place, we can allow things to unfold and meet the crazy…the unexpected….the annoying….the devastating…the hilarious….and the fantastic with such grace. It provides freedom from the things we were attached to rather than being tethered and attached to God. It reminds us we are not alone as our Creator is forever with us, working in us and through us.

Be aware. Be present. And practice on.

Onward and upward
Trish