Spring has Sprung

It is officially Spring. This time of year always feels like a new beginning to me, a chance to clean out my closet and get organized, which is all wonderful, accept that it is my mind that has all these wonderful ideas of cleaning and organizing, my body just wants to lie down and take a big nap. Like clockwork, the first 2 weeks of Spring are a time when all I want to do is lie in bed, it takes a great deal of effort to get onto my yoga mat and do anything other than lie in savasana- I always feel better when I do it, but I find myself fighting it almost every step of the way. There are many possible reasons for this- speaking in Ayurveda terms Spring is a time of Kapha (made of water and earth, heavy, wet, slow moving), it could also be that my body needs time to adjust the sudden shift from cold to warm days (especially here in Los Angeles where it was in the 80s over the weekend but is now back in the 60s). Whatever the reason, I feel that this time of year challenges my commitment to Yoga more than any other time. In the past I have given to my desires of lying on the couch and napping, this year I am attempting a different approach, I am going to class, even if I want to sleep, I am challenging myself to just show up on my mat, maybe I will rest in child's pose a little more, maybe I won't hold my poses quite as long or go to my absolute edge, but I will show up and move through my practice. So far so good- 1 day at a time.