Just finished my third practice and I am feeling pretty awesome. My wife and I have Irish Twins. Liam is 10 months, Leia is 22 months and they both like to get up around 5:30am and begin playing. We also have a second grader named Jimmy. We live in West Chester which is 30 minutes from Wilmington. Wilmington is where our Plexus Central Offices and Wilmington Empowered Yoga are located and this is where I spend the majority of my work day.
Jimmy goes to Episcopal Academy located 40 minutes away from West Chester. He lives with us one week and his father the other week. Idrive Jimmy to school when he is with us. We leave the house at 7:20am and round trip it takes me around 90 minutes. My wife, Sara needs some help with the chaos the twins can create in the morning so our mornings begin pretty early. I teach several nights a week and my days are filled with operating and growing Plexus and Empowered Yoga.
I am creating a picture for you to see that my life is just as scheduled as yours. I refrain from using the word busy once I learned the Chinese meaning for busy is "broken heart". In the 21st century we are so over schedule, over caffeinated, over processed and over dramatic. The speed of life can leave us disconnected from our friends and family and most importantly from ourselves. We cannot offer what we do not have. This is why it is so important that we take care of ourselves and realize the importance of developing a practice or routine where we can rest, renew and reflect on the direction our life is taking. If we are not consciously checking in on a daily basis we can head in the wrong direction and make choices that are not authentic. For me this is where the practice of yoga steps in and guides me. To be continued.
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