Then And Now... Disneyland

Mom, Annie, Duran


Lanycia, Annie

In & Out of Time by Maya Angelou

The sun has come.
The mist has gone.
We see in the distance...
our long way home.
I was always yours to have.
You were always mine.
We have loved each other in and out of time.
When the first stone looked up at the blazing sun
and the first tree struggled up from the forest floor
I had always loved you more.
You freed your braids...
gave your hair to the breeze.
It hummed like a hive of honey bees.
I reached in the mass for the sweet honey comb there....
Mmmm...God how I love your hair.
You saw me bludgeoned by circumstance.
Lost, injured, hurt by chance.
I screamed to the heavens....loudly screamed....
Trying to change our nightmares into dreams...
The sun has come.
The mist has gone.
We see in the distance our long way home.
I was always yours to have.
You were always mine.
We have loved each other in and out
in and out
in and out
of time.

Ive Been Converted!

I attended my FIRST yoga class today!!! It was not what I had planned on doing at the gym, but when I got there my VT Jenny was about to do the yoga class. Ive wanted to try it out but ya know... first times are always better with a friend ; ) *sorry if that sounded... hahahaha, bad....

The class started,
I was watching the others, imitating them as best I could,
laughing inside at the way the instructor was breathing,
TRYING to FEEL something or... I don't know...
RELAXED, feel like I was getting a workout,
(I know that's like an oxymoron, but, isn't that whats suppose to happen with yoga??)
As the class progressed so did the movements,
then...

THE WARRIOR,

As I stabled myself into the warrior position, I felt myself... become emancipated!
From all of my doubts,... self doubts...
I FELT SO AMAZINGLY STRONG!!!!
tears came to my eyes!!!
"Shooting" the bow and arrow... WHAT A RELEASE!!!
To take that emotion and LET IT GO!!
And then the relaxing at the end...
I was so taken away, my body feeling open, relaxed and strong,
my mind feeling calm, and happy...
I cried!!!!
I felt like this was the first time I had EVERY TRULY relaxed!!!
OH SWEET YOGA, where have you been?!
OH HOW I LOVE THEE!!
I CAN NOT WAIT TILL my next class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*In the after math of the class, my body feels strong and worked, my mind feels clam and light... I really like the way im feeling right now!!!

p.s. Jenny was amazing!! I could NOT believe some of the moves she was able to do... I wanna do that!!