Since I didn't work out Wednesday or Friday, I decided to tackle both yoga and Body Pump this morning, and I will admit it went well. My afternoon reading tied these workouts together is a strange manner.
First I read my Oprah magazine. There is always a page (Live your Best Life: Instant Inspiration) with a wonderful saying and a beautiful picture. Today's quote was from Carol Ann Duffy from "Prayer."
"Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift."
Although I'm not sure what minims sung by a tree means, I found the quote fitting. In yoga there are short opportunities of meditation. I tend to use these as little prayer times after all prayer is focused meditation. More often than not "a prayer utters itself." As I sat to wait for Body Pump to start, I was alone in the gym sitting on the floor. Prayer came to me as I was waiting. It wasn't intentional; it merely came to me.
I am also still reading Kabbalah for Dummies. One chapter is entitled, "Our Bodies Don't Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies." As I part of this chapter, I chuckled at the conversation about "no pain, no gain." It even talked about our muscles: "When people go to the gym, they usually come out with sore muscles. The sore muscles are actually broken down muscle tissue, but the breaking down of muscle tissue during exercise leads to rebuilding of that tissue to be even stronger than it was before." This is compared with the soul, so it is actually fitting for the chapter. It was appropriate because the instructor asked me how sore I was after Tuesday's workout. "It didn't keep me from coming back today," I replied. No pain, no gain, right?
First I read my Oprah magazine. There is always a page (Live your Best Life: Instant Inspiration) with a wonderful saying and a beautiful picture. Today's quote was from Carol Ann Duffy from "Prayer."
"Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift."
Although I'm not sure what minims sung by a tree means, I found the quote fitting. In yoga there are short opportunities of meditation. I tend to use these as little prayer times after all prayer is focused meditation. More often than not "a prayer utters itself." As I sat to wait for Body Pump to start, I was alone in the gym sitting on the floor. Prayer came to me as I was waiting. It wasn't intentional; it merely came to me.
I am also still reading Kabbalah for Dummies. One chapter is entitled, "Our Bodies Don't Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies." As I part of this chapter, I chuckled at the conversation about "no pain, no gain." It even talked about our muscles: "When people go to the gym, they usually come out with sore muscles. The sore muscles are actually broken down muscle tissue, but the breaking down of muscle tissue during exercise leads to rebuilding of that tissue to be even stronger than it was before." This is compared with the soul, so it is actually fitting for the chapter. It was appropriate because the instructor asked me how sore I was after Tuesday's workout. "It didn't keep me from coming back today," I replied. No pain, no gain, right?
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