Siren Song

Dear Friends,

I love to read mythology. The Sirens of the Odyssey are interesting creatures. They are half woman/half bird and their beautiful song can drive a man to madness. They lure sailors to their certain death along a rocky channel. Odysseus decides that he needs to hear their music, so he commands his crew to plug their ears with wax and says “tie me to the mast”. His intention is to sail through the channel and hear the Siren song without sending his ship to its certain destruction.

It works.

Odysseus and his crew have quite the adventure. His crewmates make sure that he is securely fastened to the mast. They are deaf to the sounds around them and Odysseus can hear the sweet music without endangering the ship.

There are lots of modern sirens singing around us today - many distractions and stealers of our time. The world is still dealing with the issues of the pandemic and conflict in Ukraine. The US is still dealing with violence and injustice across our country. The list goes on and on. It requires a tremendous effort to process all of this news on a daily basis.

It tires me out.

It can be so easy to skip our time on the yoga mat and get lost in the siren song of news and happenings around us.

But we know that we will feel better if we practice yoga.

Time spent on our mats gives us the opportunity to check in with the body and the nervous system. We show up for ourselves to learn more about ourselves.

So my command is ‘tie me to my yoga mat’. Once I’m on my mat, I can still hear the music, but I know that I can sail safely through the dangerous waters.

And it is quite the adventure.

Please join me on your mat.

Love,

Nina G