On knitting and random ramblings

I am ready for another project to fall back on since the forever shawl seems to be going on FOREVER, I need something else for interest. I usually have a pair of socks on the needles, but as warm weather approaches its hard to get excited about socks.

However, I have some Panda bamboo silk blend that would make a very pleasing pair of spring socks. Maybe the periwinkle socks shown in Ravelry, they are pretty and several Ravelry members have them shown in completed projects. Heres the link, http://www.ravelry.com/projects/yenforyarn/panda-cotton-periwinkle-socks. But if I am knitting a pair of socks requiring thought I will also need a pair in process needing none. Three projects in process seems about right.

My mind is rather unfocused. It is traipsing around between my current book, a little housework, knitting and planning new knitting, and skyping with my daughter. All of course with a cockatoo on my head. I must find a moment to file her claws, My scalp is getting scratched.
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"The fruition of a committed yoga practice is the capacity to deeply relax the inner struggle with life's paradoxes" (from, INSIGHT YOGA, by Sarah Powers.).I must admit to rather enjoying the energy of exploring and struggling with paradoxes. I know I am guided to relax but I find it boring after a few minutes. I am afraid I am a long way from any semblance of enlightenment.
But perhaps the difficulty is with the word 'relax'. In English it sounds passive. I suspect peace and serenity arent passive. I suspect being joyous with paradoxes presented to us in life maybe another way of approaching the reality of them (the paradoxes).
When I can make better sense of what I just wrote I will be back to edit.

Seeking

a morning thought




The lovely picture of balance was copied from
http://carrotsncake.com/2009/02/31-days-of-yoga.html

Although seeking balance is a desireable goal, I am not unique in fearing boredom with the same intensity as I seek balance.

As I practice the asana known as the stork, I realize that standing upright on one leg without wobbling is the objective . Feeling the grace and the comfort of that pose done correctly is an apt metaphor for the balance I seek in my inner being as well. Living on the ledge with a well planted foot

Yoked :Binding together Mind, Body, Spirit

Yoke, yoga. Binding Together Mind, Body, and Spirit

I am aware of the tendencies of those aspects of who I am, possessing a willful capacity to fly apart. Yoga, it so happens, provides a method of bringing them into a harmonious whole.

I experience, painfully, my fracturedness on a daily basis. I am certain most of humanity experiences it as I do. I am hardly unique in that fact, hence the evolution of yoga in many traditions as a tool to cope.
Today I practice the savasanah, and the child pose, and the dragonfly….but most importantly I will breathe deeply and with joy face my day. Comfortable with the the interplay of diverse parts that make up that which is me.My fingers have finally settled into the simple lace pattern of the shawl I am working on, and the silk cotton blend is flying smoothly through my fingers. Also a yogic meditation.
I must leave this place in a few hours. I start the ritual soon of cleaning up the vestiges of our stay, vacuuming the sand, the birdfood, washing dishes, smoothing the bed with clean crisp sheets. On the deck with my purple mat, I will awkwardly practice my asanas, and breathe a deep breath of ocean breeze. And say goodby.