Ten years ago I received a blooming calendula plant as a birthday gift.
It was a lovely pink blooming thing that I knew, as someone that used to used for a flower company and is a huge houseplant fan, would not last long.
But, I enjoyed this gift of flowers and love for as long as I could.
Eventually. it had one leaf left on it and assuming it was dead, I put it out on the back porch to dump the soil and clean out the pot at a later date.
What I didn't know was that my husband still watered it every single day, while watering the other outside plants.
He watered a pot of soil with a single sad leaf hanging off the edge.
Two weeks later, much to my surprise, he mentioned the plant was starting to looking better.
"What plant?" I asked.
"The one you used to have inside," he replied.
Going out onto the back porch I was surprised to see it had new leaves and was starting to look like it would bloom again.
"I was going to throw this out," I told my husband.
"Why?" he asked. "It still had a leaf."
And, now I've had it for a decade and it provides constant pink blooms in my yoga space. I'm wow-ed and inspired by this plant on the daily.
It's much like your yoga practice.
Sometimes it feels dead in the water. Or, that it has gone as far as it's going to go.
But, deep down at the root of it, it's still thriving. It still has one leaf.
And, every time you step on your yoga mat you're building something for you from the inside out.
It might feel like nothing much is changing or shifting on a day to day basis, but if you keep watering it you'll become a shiny, blooming thing.
So, keep going. Keep showing up for you. Keep watering it and watch it grow.
Tori G. Yoga
Ten years ago I received a blooming calendula plant as a birthday gift.
It was a lovely pink blooming thing that I knew, as someone that used to used for a flower company and is a huge houseplant fan, would not last long.
But, I enjoyed this gift of flowers and love for as long as I could.
Eventually. it had one leaf left on it and assuming it was dead, I put it out on the back porch to dump the soil and clean out the pot at a later date.
What I didn't know was that my husband still watered it every single day, while watering the other outside plants.
He watered a pot of soil with a single sad leaf hanging off the edge.
Two weeks later, much to my surprise, he mentioned the plant was starting to looking better.
"What plant?" I asked.
"The one you used to have inside," he replied.
Going out onto the back porch I was surprised to see it had new leaves and was starting to look like it would bloom again.
"I was going to throw this out," I told my husband.
"Why?" he asked. "It still had a leaf."
And, now I've had it for a decade and it provides constant pink blooms in my yoga space. I'm wow-ed and inspired by this plant on the daily.
It's much like your yoga practice.
Sometimes it feels dead in the water. Or, that it has gone as far as it's going to go.
But, deep down at the root of it, it's still thriving. It still has one leaf.
And, every time you step on your yoga mat you're building something for you from the inside out.
It might feel like nothing much is changing or shifting on a day to day basis, but if you keep watering it you'll become a shiny, blooming thing.
So, keep going. Keep showing up for you. Keep watering it and watch it grow.
Big Hugs,
Tori ♡
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