As It Should Be

I didn't go yesterday. I don't feel bad about it though. I wrote on Tuesday about the need to listen to my body, and even though I woke up at 5:30 Wednesday morning, and actually got dressed for class, I looked in the mirror and admitted to myself that both my head and my body were not in it. I decided in that moment, that going to a 7:00 a.m. class that I was destined to not enjoy was worse than not going at all. I decided to give my body a day to heal and to process the changes happening. I will endure a different challenge when I make up this missed class. The challenge is thirty classes in thirty days, so I'll need to do two classes in one day this weekend. I've never done two in a day, so let's get it done!

I have no regrets about not going to class yesterday. I was unable to go last night because I was volunteering at a Domestic Violence Event. What began as an obligation turned out to be one of the best events I've been to in a long time. I sat there and I listened to women discuss their experiences. I heard a panel of women provide victims and friends of victims with empowering knowledge and resources. I saw first hand that domestic violence does not discriminate. It is a problem at every socioeconomic level, regardless of race, sex, age, creed or religion. On my way home, a woman got on the train to beg for money, her story started like this "I didn't give this black eye to myself..." She ran away from the man that hit her with the clothes on her back and she needed to get somewhere safe. She was really angry and really abrasive, but I knew that this was my challenge for the day. Not Yoga. I didn't have small bills on me to help her with money, but I had a purse full of pamphlets. I pulled her aside handed them all to her and told her to stay safe tonight but to go to the address I gave her in the morning. I helped her the only way I could in the short time we had together on the train. I hope she went to Family Justice this morning. I hope she gets a plan to get home.

I'll go back to class tonight. Pick up my challenge where I left off and, I eagerly await Saturday and my double class.... eeek.

Namaste