Peaceful

For those of you that saw my last "emo" post that I deleted, rest assured, I am fine. I needed to work through some things and I am blessed with the clarity and insights that come from pain and disillusionment. So, it's all good. I'm sorry if I worried anyone.

In fact, it's better than good. Funny how when things seem at their lowest, if you really allow yourself to feel them without judging and denying or justifying, you can really begin to find out how you really feel about things.

This is what I try and teach at yoga. When a pose begins to get challenging, that is when the real work begins. How do you handle it? Do you bail out? Do you clench all your muscles and 'dig in', holding on for dear life? Do you keep popping in and out, trying to find a comfortable spot without really staying long enough to discover what the real problem is?

Ahhh, yoga. Just a reflection of life.

I have actually lost students by making this connection. So hard to face. So hard to do. We all want to judge ourselves and others so harshly. The truth of the matter is that all responses are correct given the energy of the day. Sometimes we don't have the energy to hold on, so we have to bail out. Recognizing that is a good thing. Sometimes we need to tough it out, hanging on til clarity comes, learning from our mistakes. Sometimes the insights are so great that we can only take a bit at a time, so we pop in and out until we are ready to really sit with what it is that God wants us to know.

As we continue to practice, we become more comfortable with discomfort and we realize that sometimes just a small adjustment or two can help us settle in enough that we can begin to find the message that we are looking for. Or that is looking for us.....We figure out that sometimes life is uncomfortable and that if we approach it from an observation point without judgement and self recriminations we can achieve incredible things we never dreamed of.

Like a really great peaceful warrior. Pose. Or life.

Love to all--Namaste'