Wedding Magic

The last month and a half has been a complete whirlwind and a dream.

I married the love of my life, went on an adventurous honeymoon to Alaska, and embarked on a cross-country road trip to attend two weddings of good friends.

To summarize so many unforgettable experiences would be to do them all a disservice. Instead, I’ll share a series of tiny miracles that occurred on our wedding day and in the end let you know how it all relates to yoga!

An hour before our wedding ceremony, my dad told me one of the last things I wanted to hear – a storm was coming. Hogwash, I thought… My dad must be wrong because the forecast for that day was sunny with 10% chance of precipitation. How could a storm have materialized?

photo by: Julian Kegel

 However, just a few short minutes into the ceremony I forgot about the weather closed my eyes and entered flow state, a state of being where nothing exists besides the present moment. Every word transported me deeper into this state, and even when I felt a few droplets, the worry that I had experienced so poignantly moments ago had completely disappeared.

We made it through the ceremony and were pronounced partners in life with just a few misty droplets.

I looked upwards and watched the storm clouds that had been lingering above our heads simply and magically move away and uttered a silent thank you.

The universe is full of surprises however and the real magic was still yet to come. As John and I neared the end of the aisle, a rainbow appeared. Yes, a rainbow. One of those beautifully rare and ephemeral natural phenomenons that stops you dead in your tracks every time one appears.

Again, thank you universe, ancestors, mother earth, God, Allah, Buddha, Krishna…. Any and all of the above!

And last but not least, just minutes before ROYGBIV graced us with his presence, John had read me a line in his vows promising to always be my umbrella to take me to the rainbow. The man doesn’t waste much time!

It was truly the most magical moment of my entire life.

Thank you. Last one, I promise.

Photo by: Chloe Moore 

Now, I’m sure you are wondering: How does any of this relate to yoga?

Well, the one thing I really didn’t want on the wedding day was rain. It was the only thing I expressed any real worry about in the week leading up to the wedding.

Mother Earth decided to remind me:

a) I am not in control of external circumstances, only my reactions to them.

b) there are times in life, and in marriage I presume, when you will have to weather the storm.

c) sometimes you have to go through something you don’t think you want or something challenging to get something more beautiful than you ever could have imagined.

Ultimately, trust in the universe and the path you are on; it appears she has something better in store for us. And if we are able to breathe through the storm with grace, we might just make it to the rainbow.

Namaste.