शवासन (Shavasana)

It's funny the places I go in shavasana (शवासन). Today it was a journey, but they always start the same: the mountain I woke up on in Kings Canyon when the older kids let me slip until the sun came up. I woke up cocooned in my sleeping bag, watching the colors take over the sky. It's always first because I touched Heaven that day. Then my mind takes me where ever it wants. Today I went to two different rivers, one in CA & one in New Hampshire. I remember bathing really early one morning before everyone woke up. It was snow melt, so it was freezing, woke me up & made me feel clean & happy. The second river was one with a slide that we all went down on one of our backpacking trips. Then, we fell asleep in the sun half naked. I always wallow in nature in शवासन, often meandering through sunshine, grass, river, & mountains, which is how I know that every summer this is my only option for a job. Traveling through the woods as minimally as possible is what grounds me, is what reminds me I am human, I am happy, I am real. This summer I want to do this close to home. I know this because that is always the next place I go. Home, to the North Georgia mountains, North Carolina, Ducktown, North Alabama. Sometimes I feel proud of all these places I've been, but I've never even backpacked in the smokies or camped in my backyard. I'm graduating in May & don't know what fall has in store, so summer is gonna be that: adventuring my Southeast region of beauty & love. Oh, & learning how to kayak from the best teacher I know. So where do I go at home? That moon that shines in my living room window, the millions of estrellas at whitewater express, the view of the mountains 5 miles from my house on blood mtn, walking with the cows at the farm house...all these & more. 


That's why I yoga, to go to all of my favorite places, feeling my favorite things, the sun, cold water, hard granite...


I miss you, USA. I miss you kings canyon. I miss you northeast mountains & oceans. I miss you southeast cows & rivers. When I get back in 3 weeks I'm gonna smell you & kiss you & touch you until I'm satisfied. Oh, I miss you lack of humans. Except you Zady Ludlum, I do miss you, your fascination with dirt & ants. I miss you, too Jen Jen & your ability to relax & make me giggle. I miss you CTan, Jesse, Tu Tu, Kayce...I miss you home.