That Moment

It happened today - I experienced that euphoric moment when a piece of me opened up and slipped into perfect alignment. I've not had that experience before - at least not in the time and way it happened this morning and at a time when I was really listening and paying attention.

I had just come out of Utkatasana and was clasping my hands behind my back to open up my shoulders and then fold forward. As I allowed myself to drop forward it was as though there was a wall, a barrier, that I hadn't realized had existed until it was no longer there in that moment. I was in my fold and my arms were up behind me, right above the shoulder blades. Open. Not tight. Open and easy. 

I've never been able to do that. My chiropractor says I have concaved shoulders. I naturally hunch in towards my heart. But not today. Not in that moment. In that moment my shoulders and heart were open and free and I was changed. 

Yoga changes you. It doesn't always happen that noticeably. Actually, it rarely does. Usually the changes are so subtle that you don't realize what you can do until long after you can do it. But today was a blessing because I saw and felt so clearly the change happening in my body and soul. I felt the click, the breath of open air, the sigh of ah and wonder. 

I've changed.
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