Lacrosse and Yoga are friends...

With that said, I am out on the lacrosse field and things are moving 100 miles a minute. It’s a fact that I will get scored on. Last year I would get so angry, embarrassed, humiliated—and this year I accept it and ready myself for the next shot. It has changed my game in that in years prior I sometimes would miss the next shot simply because I was thinking too much about the last one. I’m starting to understand that I can slow it all down through breath and awareness. When a shot goes in, it goes in. Physically I understand that had I stepped to the ball or stayed on my arc, it would have been a save, but mentally I am starting to let the humiliation, defeat, and embarrassment go. I just take a deep breath and ready myself for the next one. I actually received a compliment from one of the referees this year. It was something to the effect, “You look really calm and in control this year. You’re looking great.” I didn't think she'd understand the response: Thank you, I think its cause I am working on living from a place of inner peace.

Life, graduation, and job apps are whirling chaotically about, but I accept that and therefore feel less threatened. I’m just taking it as it comes and readying myself for the next one.