Mountain Yoga

Today, I went up to the mountains to escape from the problems and worries associated with Golden, Mines, and the city in general. I often feel confused and overstimulated by the busy nature of Mines curriculum and the chaos of my own feelings and those of others around me. When I began this yoga course, I found a temporary relief from these overwhelming sensations. For 45 minutes, I was able to concentrate on my breath and my body, and nothing else. It was amazing to feel the tension strip off of my body into nothingness as the breath became my mind and the body became my only sensation. As school becomes more and more involved, and worries about the future plague my fretful thoughts, I find myself doing less and less yoga on my own. So this Friday and Saturday of fall break, I escaped to the mountains. I found there a sense of detachment, a feeling of separation from myself. Just by being up in the mountains and taking in the beauty around me, I was able to find that detachment I crave so often now that the spheres of school, career, and family close in around me. Although I never did yoga in the mountains - in fact, I mostly slept, read, and enjoyed the outdoors - I found the same relief in this haven as I find in yoga. I wanted to share this experience I had, an experience of mountain yoga (without the yoga).