Similarly, when 5:30 pm came around, my kitchen would be mayhem with me hastily throwing dinner together in the shortest amount of time possible. Then I would race to the showers so I could make it back to work on time. I was almost always the first person to roll up my mat and slip out of the studio. As I lay there, attempting not to fidget, I’d impatiently count the seconds until the teacher would end class. Savasana was especially agonizing for me.
I wanted to rush through each posture so I could get on with my day, as if I was checking things off a list. I remember feeling so frustrated when teachers would ask us to remain in postures for even five breaths. When I began practicing yoga, I craved fast-paced movement. There was even a kind of calm in the way I plucked cilantro leaves from their stems, a task that I used to dislike. I stirred ingredients with steadiness and surety rather than quickly dumping them all together. I slowed my cadence while chopping vegetables so I could take in the vibrant colors. Instead of my usual clanging of pots and pans and mess piling up in the sink, there was something almost rhythmic and graceful in the way I was moving. I was moving with a sense of ease that felt vaguely familiar yet altogether new to me while cooking. As I was prepping dinner one evening, she made a surprisingly similar remark about my pace. When I chop broccoli, flecks of green florets fly like confetti.Ī few weeks after my friend shared that observation, my mother came to stay with us.
Each day, I juggle working part-time as a yoga and meditation teacher, caring for our toddler and baby, and cooking dinner every evening. Actually, I’ve always felt somewhat hasty in almost everything I do. I’ve always felt somewhat frantic when I cook. At some point while we were sipping wine and catching up, she mentioned how calmly I was moving throughout the kitchen. My best friend of 16 years recently sat at my kitchen table alongside my toddler as I was making dinner.
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
0 kommentar(er)
