4 / APRIL 2022 PRIME
Spring Blossoms Within By Nancy Ruby
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elcoming Spring Equinox, the anticipation of Daffodils unfurling in newly exposed earth begins to take hold in Montana. Though winter is still present all around, we can feel the Light of Spring dancing between seasons with nature tentatively awakening after a long winter’s nap. Buds forming and leaves greening, I recall my first recognition of Spring while visiting our family cabin in the San Bernadino mountains. Big Bear Village was our home away
from home where we spent our summers with family and friends in California. As a teenager I was given the privilege of taking my own friends to the cabin during the winter months sans parents as they abhorred the cold. It was a day in early spring when we left the beach and headed up for a weekend getaway. Living on the coast of Southern California, we were surround by greenery all year round, and so the chill in
the air with the fragrance of pine was welcoming to my senses. And for the first time I truly witnessed the shift of seasons with the bare bones of winter springing forth new life. My memory still holds that first moment I truly appreciated the budding foliage on the branches. And to this day, those first buds of spring thrill me with the miracle of transition. To me, it’s God’s reminder for hope and renewal as new life springs forth after each
year’s death of winter. The fertility of the Earth continues to cultivate itself and blossom year after year after thousands of years. Why not we? And so, it is with the practice of Yoga. Perhaps that’s what hooked me. Each day is an opportunity to draw inward; to rest, replenish, and nurture our own seed of potential. Drawing inward we build our reserves, strengthening the connection to our own true essence at the
