Namaste

I finally signed up for a yoga class after wanting to do so for eons.

It was perfect---I love that I could barely raise my arms to drive home, how the day after class walking was a chore, and the aches throughout my body as I turned in the night. It was exactly why I took the class. I have been longing to challenge my body, turn off my mind, and start something fresh. I also was able to get a few girlfriends to join along with me as they've been wanting to do so as well. Unfortunately, none of them could make it on night one.

At the end of the class when the teacher asked if we wanted to join her in an "Om*" chant to finish off the night's session I think I chanted louder than any one else. I had found a new passion. Can't wait to go back and hopefully my girlfriends will be there too! Namaste**

*Quick note regarding the Om mantra that I pulled from a Web site---Om is a primordial sound of the Divine. The entire universe is moving. Nothing is ever solid or still. Everything that exists pulsates, creating a rhythmic vibration that the ancient yogi's acknowledged was the sound Om - the sound of the universe. As we chant Om, we begin to sense a bigger connection that is uplifting and soothing.

**Also from the Internet info. on the gesture Namaste. Namaste represents the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. The gesture is an acknowledgement of the soul in one by the soul in another."Nama" means bow, "as" means I, and "te" means you. Therefore, Namaste literally means " I bow to you".