Gratitude and Goals, Cancellations and Closure

We are often asked at yoga practice to set an intention. That intention can be focused within to yourself or pushed out to others or both.

My flight home from a business trip to DC got canceled at midnight Friday night! I stayed the entire night at the airport so I could get on standby for the morning flight back home. It worked! I was the one and only, last person to board that fly to go home. Within an hour of arriving home, I attended a yoga class.

I realized immediately that gratitude and goals became the mantra for my intention at yoga practice Saturday morning. Gratitude for getting on that flight and for the intuition I had when I stayed the entire night at the airport to reach my goal of getting on an early flight.

I’m learning that I can really only control how I react to cancellations. Flights get cancelled. Meetings get cancelled. Plans get cancelled. With cancellations come closures. Closing that experience gives space to a new experience. I took the time during my overnight at DC airport to complete a software certification class. And to appreciate a few tasty donut holes!

May gratitude and how you respond to cancellations be part of your intention today! #namasteinbednow