Stretch Your Love!

On this date, you are going to take a yoga class with your spouse.  It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner, intermediate, or love the heat of Bikram…  The goal is to try to connect through yoga and think about the ways it can help us connect on a deeper level.

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Yoga is a great way to center yourself with the earth.  It can also help us find more centeredness in our relationships.  You don’t have to be a yoga master to benefit from its ability to relieve tension.  Stretching your body helps you get out of your comfort zone and become more open and expressive.  Being able to express ourselves to our spouse is a great communication pattern that will help us understand and turn towards each other.  You will become more unified and closer to your spouse as you allow yourself to stretch closer to each other physically (during yoga) and emotionally.

Instead of focusing on yourself and your own needs, you can learn how to breakthrough self-centeredness and choose to give selfless love.  For the next week, turn to your spouse and focus on their needs and wants.  Being selfish is most detrimental in a marriage and it is important to learn to put others needs above our own.  Take the next week to focus on your spouse’s needs and set aside your own wants.  Let your actions show that you care about them.  If they have a to-do list, help them work on some of the items before working on your own things.

Date nights can help foster a sense of togetherness.  It allows us to show each other and those around us that we take our relationship seriously.  It is great to have opportunities to spend time together, to communicate, and enjoy fun activities together.

(This article is based on one written for the Great Dates Houston Blog.  For more dating ideas and tips, visit: greatdateshouston.blogspot.com)