~ Rumi
If you have come in contact with me in the last three months chances are I have talked to you about my Harmonium. I have a knack for working it into most conversations. It is entirely plausible that I have even bored you with a picture or two.
Last fall, I was feeling very uninspired by my practice. For several months it was as though my practice was completely void of joy. I was literally slogging through it. Forcing myself daily to make it to my mat.
In November, when I taught my annual retreat I decided to shift its normal curriculum to include a workshop at a local studio. I really enjoy Rachel Nixon’s classes and I knew her focus on Bhakti (the yoga of devotion) would be right up my students alley – especially as they all love to chant.
At the workshop, Rachel played a harmonium that she had recently purchased. She was a novice but she accompanied us during multiple chanting practices and she did it well. I left that workshop so inspired. I left WANTING A HARMONIUM.
I can now play the scales. Chords are coming. Songs will soon follow. Adding the harmonium into my practice – and broadening my practice to accommodate it – has been so rewarding.
I now undertake to do my practice joyfully!
How are you feeling about your practice? Are you inspired? Or are you in a rut?
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I can’t wait to hear the harmonium live!!! The retreat was truly inspirational for us all!
It will be so lovely to share the Harmonium with you!!!!