and I'm thinking, even though you're not supposed to be thinking in yoga or if you are thinking you should "recognize the thought and let it go." But I don't. Instead I hang onto the thought as if it's the last thought I'll ever have. That's what always scares me about yoga and "not thinking." I'm always wondering, what if I empty my mind and that's it. You know what I mean? Anyway, I'm in shavasana and I'm thinking that a lot of my life is spent thinking about what I should do to get ready or gear up or prepare for the next thing and I do this because I think if I'm prepared, if I've thought it though then I'm likely to get the best result. But it occurs to me that by doing all this getting ready, gearing up, even picturing an outcome that's good, I'm actually limiting the possibilities. In a way it's like putting the future into a box controlled by the limitations of my mind. Is anyone following this? If you are, my thought is I want to stop doing that and open myself up to possibilities I can't yet imagine...

also I'm blogging at The Ball today about the 4th of July