Pausing in NYC

Life's Craziness

Since moving to NYC, I find being still is an impossibility... or is it?  There is so much to be done!  There is rarely a night off in sight.  The sounds are piercing to the ears.  The bright lights are distressing to the eyes.  How do we purge the desire to take another step and just be still?  Let it all go and come home to ourselves?!  In a city that never sleeps, it's entirely possible that there really is no such thing for most of us... ever.  How do we find true silence in ourselves when the stimulation never ceases?  How can we rest, but keep moving at the same time?
The human body does not function best when it is on sensory overload.  There has to be a break somewhere before we, ourselves, break.  Visiting the natural world on a daily basis can answer that calling in one deep-breath moment, but, let's be honest, how often are we able to get out of the city?  Once a week?  Once a month?  Once a year?

Resting in Peace

The next best thing is (of course) joining a Yoga class!  A Yoga class provides a sacred space, peace, time to be in your body, awareness, freedom to express yourself, mindfulness, etc.  Most importantly it allows space to let go.  As humans, we hold on to so much emotional baggage; both in the city and out, we often never truly let go, because we don't have time to sit with ourselves and work through emotional and physical blockage.  A Yoga class provides this space and time.  It is sacred time reserved for ourselves; sacred time to let everyone and everything else go; sacred time and space to just be.
In the midst of all this insanity, Yoga can be the best form of pausing or at least slowing down for literally every body.  Try it out.  You never know where it may bring you.  Perhaps you'll finally come home to yourself.