Saturday, February 28, 2009

Waiting for the sun


At three in the morning, I find it difficult to meditate. I prefer the sun to shine across my prayer mat and shawl. The light behind my eyes warms me and I settle into that presence.

2 comments:

Sheila Deeth said...

Me too. At 3am, if awake, I feel like I should pray, and instead too easily just toss and turn.

Stratoz said...

I am trying to imagine what inspired this post. the breathing techniques I learned doing yoga are often employed to fall asleep.

I dig the sun for waking up. But am really a shade person of the forests.

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