A Post from Lindsay...

I'm honored to post this for our yogini friend Lindsay...

The past year of my life has been such a challenge. My family and I moved to Blue Springs from Los Angeles for my sister and brother in law to raise their kids and for my mother to retire, and for me...just to be with them. My mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer only months after we settled in here in Blue Springs. After a brave but short battle, my mother passed away in January. For the past four months Blue Springs has been for me a prison of horrible memories...until now. It will sound completely crazy but in the studio this week I have had to hold back tears of joy because as I seek strength throughout our practice, I feel the presence of my mother so strongly. I even pictured her dancing with me this morning in order to help me overcome all of that silly self consciousness that I struggle with. It totally helped and it felt AWESOME. It is so hard to rationalize, because like Gina had said I don't like to sound "new agey" but it's as if this week has given me clarity that there is still life around me and there is still a relationship between my mother and I, just in a different way. More than anything I have realized that it is not only my mother's presence that I feel so strongly in that room every morning, it is the strength, character and love that all of you are so kind to share. Like I have seen expressed so much in the blog and in class, I too wish that this moment (cleansing) could go on forever. I would like to express my gratitude to all of our teachers and to each of you for your kindness. It is true that you never know what affect you have on someone by just being yourself. Thank you all, Lindsay