sweet surrender.

I meditate every morning. Some mornings I also do yoga. At the end of both-either I have a ritual.

Illo by Geoff McFetridge
Illo by Geoff McFetridge

I finish.

I send out an intention – to be truthful during the day.

Then I surrender forward.

I gently flop my torso over my crossed legs, or over my lap if I’m sitting in a chair. And consciously release myself to the earth, to the day, to the forces that are much larger than me that will steer things regardless of my efforts. I surrender to what the day will bring.

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