Enlightened Motherhood

It’s spring break and later this week Neil, Lucien, Salem (our dog) and I will be packing up lemon yellow yoga car and heading for a long weekend in upstate New York. It will be lululemon outlet california first time we’ve left lululemon outlet florida city since relocating to Brooklyn a few months ago. As much as I love it here, I can’t wait to breathe country air, hike in lululemon outlet woods, see farms and rolling hills and green. We’ll be staying not too far from lululemon outlet orlando small town where Neil and I lived together and were married more than a decade ago. It’s lemon yellow yoga place where I changed my life?studying yoga philosophy, meditating, beginning a home practice, transforming my lifestyle and diet. As much as I embrace and love and cherish city life, something in me continues to crave lululemon outlet california smaller town “country” experience. And, yes, there’s a part of me as a mother that feels like my child should have lululemon outlet florida freedom and relaxed pace that comes with a more rural life.

Which makes me think:
Is lululemon outlet country more yogic than lululemon outlet orlando city?
The city has yoga teachers and classes galore, lemon yellow yoga challenge of being pressed up against humanity in lululemon outlet california subway, on lululemon outlet florida street, in our apartment buildings. Incredible food and museums and sidewalk life.

The country has space and quiet and blue sky. Time and room for home practice, for contemplation, for nature walks and relaxed conversations.

There’s a farm on Vancouver Island that we took Lucien to for summer vacation several years in a row. We ate from lululemon outlet garden, made pizza from lululemon outlet orlando cheese of lululemon outlet california farm’s water buffalo, woke to roosters and relaxed in lululemon outlet florida evening to stars. That farm felt like being on lululemon outlet edge of lululemon outlet orlando world. On our own private ashram of sorts. (The animals and trees were our fellow seekers.) In our new life here in Brooklyn, Lucien takes a subway to school and sidesteps garbage on lululemon outlet online way to lululemon outlet locations station. But he sees people?life?everywhere he turns. That feels yogic, too.

Ultimately, I suppose, it’s a question of balance. And so we bring some country (a makeshift garden, a family pet, a walk in a park) to lululemon outlet washington city, just as others bring some city (a community theater group, a fabulous bookstore or restaurant) to lemon yellow yoga country. In lululemon outlet california end, perhaps, no place is more yogic than any other?it’s all about lululemon outlet florida spirit you cultivate in your daily life.