a bubble for the soul

With the chilly weather and broken treadmills in our complex's workout room, I've been less inclined to workout than usual. We all know excuses are easy to come by when it comes to working out, but I've noticed the difference in my ability to sleep well at night. Work has also been more stressful, too. A lot of people turn to cookies, candy, or ice cream.

I decided to go to Bikram Yoga instead. Bikram Yoga is a type of yoga where they heat the room to 105 or 110 degrees with a humidity level of about 40-50%. I know it sounds terrible and painful, but it's actually quite wonderful. It's a series of 26 poses over the span of 90 minutes. After a while, you get used to the heat and begin to focus on your self, your body, and your soul. As I'm laying there today, about 45 minutes into it, I realized the yoga room is like this magical bubble of bliss. It cleanses the body and the mind. At the same time, I realized I hadn't thought or worried about work at all. And at that time, I made a commitment to myself- to continue my yoga practice on a more regular basis.

On my way home, I'm in this great state of mind getting geared up for the rest of the day. I get home and get ready to hop in the shower and as I go to put the toilet seat down to set my towel on it, I see something dark in the toilet. Upon a closer look I see beady little eyes staring at me and I SCREAM AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS! A mouse had drown in our toilet!!!!!!!!!!! Quite possibly the creepiest thing I've ever seen. I quick text Stefan about it, throw on some clothes, and run to the building office to ask maintenance to come and get it out. (Against Stefan's advice, I didn't want to flush it in case it would clog). Stefan gets home a little later, sees the mouse, and is glad I decided not to flush as he said "I didn't know how big it was- WOAH!" Maintenance showed up and discarded our little friend. Stefan and I are still baffled as to how it got in- or how it fell in the toilet bowl for that matter. We live in a brand new complex on the second floor! So, tomorrow I'm going to be scrounging around cleaning everything and searching for possible entrances (other than the doors).

After the cleaning, I'm going to head to another yoga session. Maybe I'll be able to keep my blissful mindset a little longer than I did today.

As we say at the end of our yoga sessions- Namaste, which means the light in me, honors the light in you.

Namaste.