Lately, my posture has looked a lot less like folded hands and quiet moments on the yoga mat and more like slouched shoulders scrolling through my phone, eyes glazed over from binge-watching something I barely care about. My prayers have been quiet—too quiet. Not because I do not need them, but because I have been avoiding them.

Prayer, for me, has always been about posture. Sometimes literally—knees to floor, hands open, heart still. Sometimes it is the posture of breath and body on the mat, where yoga has taught me how to listen. Sometimes it is words whispered over steaming coffee or tears falling silently over Psalms scribbled in the margins.

Be still and know. Psalm 46:10.

A verse I used to hold close like a life raft. Now it feels more like an invitation I keep declining. I have been doing less stillness lately. Less knowing. More worrying. More spiraling. More distracting myself with the endless scroll, the next episode, the quick fix. But deep down, I know what I need. I need to find myself back on the mat. Back on my knees. Back in posture. Back in the practice of stories and scripture and prayer that root me again.

Prayer doesn’t always change my circumstances, but it always changes me. It calms my racing heart, re-centers my scattered thoughts, reminds me that I am not holding the world together. God is. It feels like exhaling after holding my breath too long. It feels like coming home. The truth is, prayer doesn’t have to look perfect. It doesn’t have to be eloquent or scheduled or Instagram-worthy. It just has to be honest. And lately, honest looks like starting over.

We don’t stay lost forever. We find our way back. Back to the mat. Back to the Psalms. Back to the stories that remind us who we are and Whose we are. Back to the quiet where God is still speaking.

So today I’m asking you:
How do you think of prayer? How does it make you feel when you pray?
Where do you need to return?

For me, it’s back to stillness. Back to knowing. Back to prayer.

Gracefully yours,

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Reference
Niequist, S. (2024). Celebrate Every Day. Zondervan.