YOGA IS A PRAYER by Kellyn McGee Yoga is a prayer.

Usually silent and sometimes tear-filled (from joy or hurt), my personal practice of the asanas (poses) is a spiritual dialogue.

Sometimes my prayers off the mat are short and sweet. Sometimes, long and messy. Sometimes they are nothing but expressions of gratitude. Sometimes they are full of “I want, I want, I want.” Sometimes they are offerings for the hopes, desires, dreams, pleas of others – my family, my friends, the world. On my mat, the same. A practice could be ten minutes or an hour and ten. On a given day I could have a specific sequence of poses in mind and I flow easily into each one. Other times all that I wanted to do and be on the mat becomes a blur and I just succumb to whatever poses come my way. Some practices, I’m all in. Others, I’m completely distracted. Just like my conversations with God.