I Take A Deep Breath, And I Get Real High.

Hello Humans! Well, I guess the Month of October will start to reveal my Hippie side, quite a bit more, as I come to connect with my body's energy more through my daily Meditation and Yoga practice, and start preparing for my dread journey, and start eating better.

Before I get into why I love Yoga and Meditation, here is my story of how I came to love Yoga, and then Meditation. My Senior Year of High School started to manifest signs of how awful and lonely and a hard-knock on my soul the rest of my Senior Year, also referred to as my dark days, would be. It was during this year, in the Fall, when I decided to take my school's Yoga class as an elective. One of my heroes from my home ward had taken it the year before, and she absolutely had loved it. So I decided to give it a try. I went in with a bad attitude about it, not really wanting to get into the whole uniting you body, mind, and spirit thing. I just wanted an easy elective in which I could get a good grade in. However, as the semester passed, I realized that I had been getting more and more into Yoga, the symbolism, and of course, the uniting of the mind, body, and spirit. Our teacher was a legit Yogi, and loved it. She instilled her love for Yoga, and the peace it brought into our days. I found that I was more at peace with myself and the blows life instilled upon me when I had my Yoga class that day. I found I was eating healthier, and paying closer attention to the energy of my body and what it was telling my soul. I stopped craving things as much, and wanted wholesome foods more. Halfway through the semester, our instructor announced that we would start Meditating at the beginning of every class to prepare for part of our final exam, which would be to sit through a ten minute Meditation, without moving. Even though at this point, I loved Yoga, I still went into Meditation with a bad attitude. However, after the first few Meditations that we did, which were really short, I felt more peace instilled in my soul. It was nice to have a few minutes to not think about anything, having your mind float from one thought to the next, never lingering on one, while hopping over to the next. Focusing on your breathing, making sure you fill you lungs to maximum capacity while simultaneously feeling the oxygen and positive energy run through your blood, from your brain to your toes, and then exhaling until your lungs are completely empty, feeling the negative energy leave you. It's a beautiful feeling. Sometimes for our Meditations, we would chant Mantras. The feeling of chanting a Mantra was so cool. Your body would take over, and you wouldn't even remember what you were saying, as you focused on your breath. I firmly believe that my Yoga and Mediation class made the first half of my Senior Year twenty million times easier than the second half of the school year.

The reason why I really love Yoga, lies within the many symbols and meanings associated with it. I love being able to find peace within myself, connecting my mind, body, and spirit to be more aware of myself, and the world around me. I love being able to feel the different energy centers of the body, or chakras, and sense when something is wrong within them. I love "Om," or the sound of the Universe. It makes you feel at one with everything, as you make your own vibration to match those of the atoms that make up the Universe. I love being able to push myself in a noncompetitive setting, and only focus on me for a small portion of my day. One of the purposes of this life is to become masters of our bodies. Our thoughts, our actions, our words, deeds, and to make our spirit a part of it all. Essentially, we are making our soul. Yoga has helped me do that as I become more aware of my precious body.

My day begins with a quick 5 minute Meditation, making me feel at peace before I start my hectic day. The focus on breathing and the feelings of my body make me feel at peace, and put me in a good mood for the day. It's my daily "high." After class, I come back and do a 20-30 minute Yoga session, ending in Savasana. To end my day, I end with ten minutes of Meditation, to shut my mind down, and then lie down in Savasana, being fully conscious about my body before falling into my nightly slumber. I have loved, so far, being fully aware of my body, and it's needs. It has been very beneficial in learning what I need to do to take better care of it.

"Twenty-five years and my life is still, trying to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination. I realize quickly when I knew I should, that the world was made up of this brotherhood of man, for whatever that means. And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed, just to get it all out what's in my head. And I, I am feeling a little peculiar. And so I wake in the morning and I step outside, and I take a deep breath and I get real high, and I scream form the top of my lungs 'What's going on?' And I say, hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah. I said hey, what's going on? And I say hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah. I said hey, what's going on? And I try. Oh my gosh do I try. I try all the time, in this institution. And I pray. Oh my gosh do I pray. I pray every single day for a revolution. And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed, just to get it all out, what's in my head. And I, I am feeling a little peculiar And so I wake in the morning and I step outside, and I take a deep breath and I get real high, and I scream from the top of my lungs, 'What's going on?' And I say hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah. I said hey, what's going on? And I say hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah. I said hey, what's going on? Twenty-five years and my life is still trying to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination." -What's Up, 4 Non-Blondes.

What's your natural high? Stay wild, flower child.