cycles

I read a very interesting Forbes article earlier today discussing the generational archetypes that define the rotation of our culture, economy, and social issues. As a "millennial", I've gotten used to the often passive aggressive use of the term being thrown at me about the "people of [my] generation" and the "lack of respect or commitment". The article dares to analyze and categorize each generation with strong basis of historical events. Apparently, we millennials will face a crisis that we will need to resolve during our time. The funny thing is that I am up for the challenge. 

That's the thing about cycles. One generation fades out as another shifts into the prodominant role of society. My mom and I crashed my Great uncle Jerry's dinner tonight to have some alone time; we caught him just finishing the main course and chatted with him about many things from my converse to baseball to politics to the fact that ice cream hadn't changed his whole life unlike a lot of things.

Yoga incorporates cycles. You repeat movements through a session, sometimes adding an extension to the pose, sometimes just increasing the flow. Then you are in a brand new position from one to the next. 

This trip has been a refreshing reminder that my generation in the family has officially shifted. The older cousins have well-established careers, a couple have full families, the younger cousins are deciding college degrees and maintaining serious relationships. The many years we spent as the kids in the household playing "Sorry" and "Monopoly" are long gone. 

It's a beautiful shifting of the tectonic plates that are the foundation of our family forming new physical representations that are an extension of the original. Shifting into new yoga poses are equally as refreshing because you suddenly form new formations with your body you did not know were possible creating in yourself an internal extension of your soul.