Practicing together

I thought today would be more productive than yesterday, but I thought wrong. I spent to morning watching nature and human developmental study documentaries (read: cute babies) while Dragon was IRCing. When Chu called we switched over - I took the computer "just for a moment" as Chu was already supposed to be in bed already, and Dragon took the livingroom to play God of War. After three or so hours of talking Chu finally was too tired to speak coherently and I looked at my watch - it was almost six o'clock and the day was pretty much over although I was still in my pyjamas (I think the word in Finnish is roikistella - see darling, I remember!).

Worry not, I thought, at least we would get out of the house today as Flow Yoga has started a new yin class on Sunday evening (on my request, I might add), and we had decided to attent. I really mean we, as after trying yin few weeks back Dragon was actually interested in doing some more. Our teacher was Shannon, and I wasn't quite sure what Dragon would think of her style - even I'm not sure, her classes are all so different - but they got along like a house on fire. It's strange - you really need a yoga teacher that is compatible with you, and I would have thought Jason being a man and having more relaxed attitude would have been right up Dragon's alley. But it turned out Shannon with her more unconventional and more yang-oriented yin practice was more to Dragon's liking. Most important thing of course is that you find the right teacher that has a similar attitude towards practicing than you do.

While Dragon was changing I was chatting to Shannon when she said - in a slightly sad tone - that I was so lucky that I was able to practice with my husband. I smiled, but it didn't hit me until later that she was actually right. I've wanted to practice with Dragon for ages - I thought I'd like to share with him my hobby and make him see why it is so important to me. But that's probably just some of the reason - other reason is what Shannon meant: it's also about the more spiritual level (and I use the word spiritual because it's the closest I can think of - not meaning some kind of God-ly thing but a higher mental connection). I've wanted to bond with my partner while doing a spiritual practice, even if we're both on different spiritual journeys. Being there with him, sharing the practice with him really meant a lot to me. And I hope to be able to do it again, soon.

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