How is your summer going? 

Are you enjoying the lazy days of summer?

Are these lazy days a thing of the past?

Our high-tech life with its accelerated pace has fostered a culture that seems to be always working, always rushed, always connected, always on. 

With cellphones interrupting dinner with friends, laptops and tablets at the beach or on the deck at the cottage, and home offices that beckon us all hours of the night and day, it’s hard to separate play from work.

Does this sound familiar? It sure resonates with me. This summer has been incredibly busy.

I’m two months into a kitchen renovation, which many say is the most stressful home renovation project that you can undertake. It’s costly, lengthy, with delays and complications popping up here and there. And of course, things aren’t perfect.

But thankfully, this is where the less obvious side of my practice of yoga comes in.

In spite of my eye for symmetry and balance, I’m learning more and more to accept and appreciate imperfection.

In spite of my need to be in control, I’m letting things unfold and be as they may.

In spite of my wish to get things done quickly, I’m once again appreciating how breathing in and breathing out slowly, with awareness, helps to downregulate my over-active nervous system.

This week our kitchen countertops are being installed, which means that we’ll have a kitchen sink with a faucet and running water.

How exciting!  As they say, it’s the small things that truly bring us pleasure.

It may be hard to fathom, but I’m absolutely looking forward to doing the dishes in the kitchen once again, because I’ve been washing and drying them in the second-floor bathroom sink—effective but tricky, especially with fine glassware and glass plates.

I’ve also been spending a lot of time on homework for yet another course that I decided would be helpful.

And while blessed with many wonderful opportunities to spend time with family and long-time friends, I’ve also made some new, very generous and hospitable, friends.

Socializing this summer has felt quite normal in spite of the fact that covid is still on my mind.

The fall yoga schedule is now posted on my website, and the latter has been ‘refreshed’ so it’s easier to navigate and more visually appealing. 

On this last note, you’ll see that my group classes remain livestreamed on Zoom (private classes are in person), but this could change depending on what the covid situation looks like in September.

I’m making time for a few lazy days at the end of August.

Maybe you will too.