Today, I feel like water.

This morning my whole body felt like it was an ocean. This sounds like the start of a very bad poem (and it might be that for sure) but that’s not what it felt like. It just felt like water: endless, soft, powerful, gentle, always in motion.

Those of you who have known me for a while will know that I sometimes get really (really) dizzy. Medical professionals have had many ideas of what might be wrong, none of which have appeared to be correct. About ten years ago, when I was explaining to a friend that, yet again, another theory about my dizziness had turned out to be unsubstantiated, my tween daughter commented, deadpan and earnestly: “So now we think it’s just because mom is a mermaid.” And my friend responded, equally seriously and calm: “Yes, that was going to be my next suggestion.”

The truth is I feel my best on the water, and in the water. I rarely get seasick, but I often feel queasy when I get off a boat - landsick, if you will. I miss the sound of the ocean every day. My favorite part about sleeping on a sailboat is feeling enveloped by the sea.

So maybe I am a mermaid. Or maybe it’s just that we are about 60% water, and I am always trying to level out the elements.

Next up: online vinyasa practice today Saturday May 14 at 13:00 UTC (9am in Brooklyn).

Also, if you are interested, I’ll be teaching morning mindfulness next week, May 16-20 at 7am at YogaSole. Each morning we will start with 15 minutes of guided mindfulness meditation, then move into a 30 minute all-round asana flow to gently wake up the body, and finish with 5 minutes in silent savasana or seated meditation. While every day's practice will build on the day before, every session is stand-alone and can be taken as such. No prior experience of meditation or asana practice is needed. If you are in Brooklyn, come wake up with me!