What a weekend!

This weekend was full of spirituality for me! It was great! Friday our High Level Wellness class attended a yoga class. The meditation and breathing techniques were so relaxing and made me feel a real connection between my mind, body, and spirit. The class helped me to focus more on my internal state of being.

Saturday morning I attended a retreat with my church to the beach. We started with an early morning prayer, then sat, alone, on the beach for one hour. This gave us time to think, reflect, and pray. The breathing techniques from yoga class helped me center myself and took the focus off the outside world. I was able to tune the rest of the world out and pray deeply. I left the beach retreat feeling so close to God, it was amazing. As I've said before, sometimes to hear God, we must tune the rest of the world out and take time to be alone.

Today, one of the girls from our church received her first communion. For those of you who are not Christian, this is a very important sacrament and takes much spiritual preparation. We celebrated this accomplishment after class with a church meal. The sense of community between myself and my church has grown so much in a short week!

These weekend activities were big steps in my journey towards stronger faith. I'm really proud of the effort I have put into achieving this goal, and the positive results I'm seeing.