Day 18~ Feeling Grateful for OTM

onthemat • January 19, 2017

Today I woke up feeling incredibly stiff, sore and achy. Not the good kind of achy that is slightly exhilarating after a hard work out, but the SH*&% I am old kind of achy that comes from, well, being old. I hit the pause button at work and went to a mid-day stretching class that […]

Today I woke up feeling incredibly stiff, sore and achy. Not the good kind of achy that is slightly exhilarating after a hard work out, but the SH*&% I am old kind of achy that comes from, well, being old. I hit the pause button at work and went to a mid-day stretching class that literally changed my life. No exaggeration. One of the things I have become acutely aware of during this 31 day journey, is that On the Mat offers such a tremendous range of instructors and experiences. Yesterday felt like I had a high-end spa in my back yard – and no, I do not live at the Colonial Inn, I mean metaphorical backyard. Other days, a more rigorous class is available. While this sounds a bit like an OTM advertisement, as a hopefully reformed binge yoga attendee, I think it is important to remember that there are many entrance points that can meet my needs whether it is healing a soar body or getting that same body moving!

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
“There is a light in the core of our being that calls us home—one that can only be seen with closed eyes; We can feel it as a radiance in the center of our chest. This light of loving awareness is always here, regardless of our conditioning. It does not matter how many dark paths we have traveled or how many wounds we have inflicted or sustained as we have unknowingly stumbled toward this inner radiance. It does not matter how long we have sleepwalked, seduced by our desires and fears. This call persists until it is answered, until we surrender to who we really are. When we do, we feel ourselves at home wherever we are. A hidden beauty reveals itself in our ordinary life. As the true nature of our Deep Hear is unveiled, we feel increasingly grateful for no reason—grateful to simply be.” —John J. Prendergast, PHD, The Deep Heart

SUN!~ Day #6 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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