Hi everyone

Weird times, huh? I find myself struggling to understand my emotions over the past week. After my daily asana practice, I've been sitting on my mat, quietly trying to address the unknowns of the present and future...trying to at least be comfortable with the discomfort.

Most of you are used to me barking out orders for how to get your legs higher, adjust your hips, pull your shoulders back...all these physical adjustments that will lead to breakthroughs.

Recently, I had a very different breakthrough: my studio windows face a garden of sturdy cacti, blooming aloe, fresh-leaved palo verde, and humming birds. Everything is going about its business, and moving forward, whether it's raining, sunny, windy, 40 degrees or 120 degrees. The resilience of nature comes not just from strength, but also flexibility. Nature rolls with the punches, growing when it can, and recovering when it needs to.

All I needed for this breakthrough – the idea that my own resilience requires strength and flexibility – was to stop and look out the window, to re-connect just a little bit with nature, to get past the ignorance (or arrogance) and remember that I'm part of this ecosystem, just like the cacti and humming birds.

As such, I've included a video I recorded a few years ago on the east coast. It's a ten-minute walk through nature. That's it. There's no surprise at the end, nothing funny or sad, no words of wisdom. It's just a chance to tune into the details of nature, without a destination. I find it comforting and refreshing. Please take ten minutes to watch and listen. (I suspect you have time.) Challenge yourself to stick with it and just roll with where it takes you. You'll be glad.

Take care of yourselves, your families, and friends. See you on the mat soon, if I'm not already doing FaceTime sessions with you!

Stefane