My Dad has always told me that "the only thing that stays the same is that everything changes". The older I get, the more I see this simple truth reflected through life.
Just over a week ago one of my best friends informed me that the yoga studio that she owns & operates will be closing. This is the studio where I have taken my yoga classes for nearly 3 years. This is the studio where I took my yoga teacher training and stretched my wings as a teacher (pun, totally, intended).
The news, although it doesn't surprise me, has hit a little hard over the last few days. I keep using the words that I told my friend to console myself. This is necessary to keep the business alive. If she were to try to keep the studio open and operating as it has, then the business would ultimately die.
Thankfully, God used yoga again to touch my heart. The bliss that I feel after practice always leaves my heart & mind soft for God's Word and ministering. Yesterday was no exception. Last night God used the bliss from yoga to bring healing to my heart and soul through Luke 17:33: "Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it."
I am reminded of the words I used to comfort my friend: this will be a good move. Now our little yoga community is no longer confined to the four walls of a building. We are no longer bound by a schedule to keep. We are free. Truly free to share our yoga in a whole new way. We are free to touch our local community in a way that will meet them where they are. If we keep on and try to keep things the way they have been, avoiding this amazing growth opportunity, then in the end we will end up loosing. Meanwhile, if we change now, I believe that God will use this opportunity to do extraordinary things in and through each of us. Only time will tell what God's planning to do.
