Let's Forget Sunday......

First though, Saturday....or better yet Friday night. I was supposed to deal a party (Poker) on Friday night at a house in Grayhawk. When I arrived, they did not have me on the list to deal. The owner of the company had made as mistake.... I was fine with going home....My wife was having a "girls night" at the house with three of her friends, so I made myself scarce.... They were loud and funny, and were drinking wine and eating pizza. They were in and out of the hot tub. I stayed up in the bedroom and read and watched some tv. Women drinking wine do get loud though, and I could hear the laughing and carrying on. It was about 11pm when the last friend left..

Now to Saturday. Taught my regular Troon class. I had a nice talk after class with the girl who frequently sub for me there. I will refer to here as "Flexi". She is a wonderful Yogini and person. Flexi is good name for her because she exhibits hyper flexibility. She has a wonderfully calm disposition, and although she is a vatta, she has a strong, almost pitta style practice. Her energy has a very calming and nurturing effect... I mentionedto her that the daughter and I were going to a seminar on Sanskrit given by Sanskrit Scholar, and she was excited to attend as well.
I popped home for a quick shower, and then off to the Starbucks of Yoga Studios (SOYS) for 3 hrs of Sanskrit instruction.. Sanskrit Scholar is a wonderful instructor. It does not matter what subject that she is teaching. She is thoughtful and humble, yet knowledgeable and direct. Many of the things covered I was already familiar with, but I always learn something new from her seminars. Towards the end of the seminar, VB guy came in. I had not seen him in a few months, not since I chose to stop doing Mysore in the morning in a group setting. He was the same with the exception of him letting his hair go grey. White would be a more accurate description. It looked good on him.... I was asked where I had been, and if and when I would return to mysore practice.... "When I feel that I am ready" was my reply. I am just not feeling it right now.....

Let's forget Sunday....
Sunday morning, up at 6am. Get the Oldest daughter up at 6am. We are going down to a Yoga shala in downtown Scottsdale to try out a mysore practice there. It is from 7am - 9am. I am figuring, new instructor, new place, new energy....We stop at the Mac machine for $$$ on the way. My card will not work...No $$$. Ok, maybe this is a sign.....Ignore it of course.... Put on the cd player in the car so that we can listen to the cd of Manju Jois chanting the Vande, and the Radio dies. Dead. No apparent reason. A sign perhaps. Pay no attention... We arrive at the place 15 min. early. It is dark, no one there. We park and wait. We chant the Yoga Sutras. I reach for my Ipod to listen to the yoga sutras while we chant them. My Ipod will not turn on. It is frozen.... 10 min go by. Another person pulls up and parks to wait. 10 more min. go by. No one arrives at the studio. The other person waiting leaves. We pull around the back to see if there is a secret entrance to this mystical practice. Nope nothing. Disappointed, we head for home....It has been a rather strange morning, to say the least. No $$$$, No music, or Sutra, No practice..
We risk stopping at the food store on the way home to pick up a few groceries, and some things for breakfast. I was praying that there was not a problem with my credit card as well. As it turned out. That was fine...... Out of the food store, turn on the car, radio is working fine. Get home and plug the Ipod into the computer, and it works fine..... Go to get $$$ from the mac machine Sunday afternoon, money miraculously appears......

Soo, being a person who does not believe in coincidences, I can only surmise, that for some reason or other, We were not meant to practice yoga in that place on that morning. All the signs were there. I am good with that. I strive to never allow small setbacks in my day to effect my life in a negative way. Life is this wonderful adventure. Boy would it be boring if it played out exactly as we planned it. I love the little unexpected post its that the universe sends me. I am even more appreciative when I recognize them.

Speaking of appreciation, it goes hand in hand with gratitude, and that is what this upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday should be all about.... Unfortunately, I always get the feeling that gratitude sometimes takes a back seat to Gluttony and Football. Don't get me wrong, I love to watch football, but it is not the whole focus of the day......more later.......