The mantra for my yoga class this morning: Be grounded and rooted in love. Throughout the class, my instructor repeated, “Take a deep breath and say, I am grounded and rooted in love.” While yoga philosophy is not based on Christianity, it does have a spiritual and meditative core. I can easily adapt these yoga essentials to my Christian faith.
During my restorative and yoga flow classes, I am mindful of God and in constant communication with him. This is a time to release whatever is weighing me down. To focus on my breathing, quiet my mind, and strengthen my body. Time spent in my yoga practice is spiritual. While I practice my Pranayama (yoga breath), I fixate on God. So to me, this morning’s mantra was: Be grounded and rooted in LOVE. The 1 John 4:8 Bible version, God is Love. I am grounded and rooted in Christ.
This perfectly timed theme impacted me, as it’s been my most recent prayerful focus during my Bible time. So, I soaked it up this morning. I am grounded and rooted in Love…Christ…God. (D) All of the above!
While my body was engaged in the restorative yoga techniques, my mind was reflecting and absorbing the vastness of God’s love. I envisioned his Spirit flowing through me, fulfilling my most heartfelt desire: My Christian roots are strong, my faith firmly grounded in Christ, God’s love cascading through me and out to others, with the Holy Spirit as my guide. Love them like Jesus, as the Casting Crown song says. I honestly can’t think of a better way to show Jesus how much I truly love him. I imagine this would make God smile.
John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.