Tick tick...

so today i realized, holey crap-- it's march 3rd already, and i'm leaving april 5th! i'm actually moving to another country for almost 2 1/2 months! i was sitting at work listening to my spanish lessons on my ipod while i filed and all of a sudden i got so incredibly excited. i feel like i've been so worried about money and odds & ends that i didn't realize how close it was, but it's almost here and i am sooooo looking forward to it. i still can't wrap my mind around the fact that i'm going to be living in a hotel room for 9 weeks, but the rest of it-- the dialog, the practices, the lectures, i feel like saying bring it on. i'm ready, i'll be able to handle whatever is thrown in my direction. (my confidence still surprizes me too, but i'm gonna go with it!)

so practice today went really well. carrie taught and it was one of those wonderful classes that just seemed to fly by. i barely noticed the heat, and i was able to stay present and concentrate for the most part, which felt really nice after being so out of my head yesterday. i always like to hear what the different teachers bring into the classroom and today carrie was talking about how important it is to just breathe. the past cuople months i've been thinking about that like crazy, and it's had such a positive impact on me. it's funny because it's so easy to get stressed out and worry and to concentrate on how much something hurts or how upset you might be, but the reality is, at least for me, no matter how much i'm struggling with something, if i stop and tell myself "just breathe" i feel like i can get through anything. so cheesy, but so true. i'm so happy because i'm starting to learn about more than just the asana aspect of yoga. at the same time, i'm learning that yoga is an everchanging practice. tomorrow's class might not feel nearly as nice as today's, but as long as i accept that and know that every "bad" practice makes the "good" ones all the better, i think i will be just fine :)