I was getting ready to teach Power Yoga the other day and realized that my hoodie had baby barf  or baby food on it,  something unsightly.  So I dug another hoodie out of the closet.  It was a new grey sweatshirt that I hadn’t worn much.  So I take it off at the beginning of class and about mid-way through we’re doing Cow pose with a tie and i look down and something about my arm pit catches my eye. 

My pit is full of little grey sweatshirt fuzzies.  You know how sweatshirts shed fuzzies from their underside?  Especially when they haven’t been washed much?  They were congregating in my armpit.  So my first thought was, damn, the class probably thinks i’m going Euro or hippie on them!  And I’m not! Aat least not this week.

And then I was thinking, do I try to get rid of the fuzzies?  Like actually come out of the pose and starting picking thing out of my armpits like an ape?  That seems kind of silly.  The other option is to say something and make a joke out of it for the folks who’ve noticed. 

But i’ve learned not to trot out my drama for the yoga class.  Yes, because i’m teaching i’m all too aware of the music being off or that i forgot what pose we were going to do next, or that I’m vain enough to freak out abut fuzzies in my pits.  But that fact is the folks in the class don’t want to care about that.  And I don’t want them to either.  I want them to ignore as much of life as possible while they blissfully breath and stretch.

So I let it go.  I did a “who cares” and moved on. 

It’s funny how Life constantly gives us opportunity to Let Go, or not hey?  It’s like it’s always poking us in the ribs going, let’s see, how about this?  Will this totally set you off?  Or can you let go of it?  Will this thing spin you off balance?  Or can you say “oh well!”?  What about this, will it Ruin Your Day?  Or can you find a way to laugh at it?  How often can you apply your “This Too Shall Pass” perspective to the crazy things that happen?

Because whether you’re locking your keys in the car, having a tense moment with your Significant Other or you’ve just gotten some bad news, there are always opportunities to practice keeping your balance.   Thanks Life.