FINDING YOUR "BE" PLACE AT 35 WEEKS

"LET YOU'RE BODY "BE" IN THE POSE... DON'T FORCE IT OR RESIST, JUST "BE" AND ACCEPT WHERE YOU ARE."

(Paraphrased from last Monday nights Yin Yoga instructor)

If I haven't hinted to the fabulousness of my weekly yoga practice, then I've failed you. My monday night yoga trips are something that gets me through the entire week and it feels oh so good on my body. I look like a fool and can't accomplish the majority of the depth in the poses. Yoga brings me a place of peace and meditation and a place for quiet self reflection and mental health. 

I'm an all or nothin kind of girl, so Yin Yoga is a great mental challenge for me. It's a fine balance between pushing your body and knowing when to allow yourself to relax into the pose and find a deeper stretch. If you push too hard your body will resist and tense up and before you know it your breathing has stopped and your muscles are have tightened instead of released and lengthened. 

All too often in my life I try to push, push, push and force an outcome. With my pregnancy weight and looming worries of labor and delivery as well as our future housing situation... my gut instinct is to MAKE IT HAPPEN just the way I want it. Heaven knows I've lost all control over my weight and there's nothing that can be done until after this baby arrives. Making a birth plan is just that, a plan... but anyone who's a realist will know that the plan goes right out the window when we get to the hospital because baby's health is most important and we mother's will do anything to get our children here safely no matter what the end means are. And as for houses and our future living location... It's a wild shot in the dark to guess where, when and what home we'll end up in. So my focus is on just "BEING" where I am right now. BE in my body, be in my 9th month of this gift I've waited so long to receive. BE in the moment during my delivery and soak in every inch of the experience... no matter what it may bring. And BE here, enjoying the blessing of living with my mom in a beautiful home and so near my loved ones. 

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and it's going faster than I'd like.... but I'll BE here for every moment until the end. Where will you BE for the rest of 2011?