Building Intention.

Every once in awhile the 1st (&) 15th Blog post runs delayed...not often, but...today is one of those days. With good reason I might add!

Blair & I attended a yoga retreat yesterday. It was facilitated by our friend, Janet Green-Garrision and due to our travels & time with friends...the (1st) is now the (4th). Which sets the stage perfectly for the second part of this series exploring the tag line for Meaningful Trainings, "building intention".

At the beginning of the day Janet asked all participants to clarify their intention for the day. To be clear about why you were there and (as I understood the instruction) tell yourself clearly. She provided time and then gently, throughout the day, asked us to revisit our intention. I used those moments to think about my reason for my actions for the time in the retreat.

While I had to plan on going to the retreat, allocated time, resources & energy I really never ventured into the deeper prompts of my doing so. Yoga retreat. OK, go. Bolstered only by my enjoyment of the idea and intention to get to know Janet more there really was no deeper intention. When asked in the moment and reminded to revisit throughout the day I was taken to a deeper place within myself...

...the place we put forth with the second stop in our tag line, "building intention". To be clear, thoughtful and presently aware of why I am doing something. We understand & believe in this power such we made it part of our keystone. Thank you Janet for reminding us of the importance of...reminding ourselves!

If you ever head out towards Cape Ann (not Cape Cod) look up Janet Green-Garrision & her wonderful studio for a yoga class. You can find her via the link below:
http://yogaforhealth.info/