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May 21, 2008
The Yoga Sutra
says "when important things start to happen big things come along to try and stop them."
Oh, yes.
Yoga is about balance. Not exclusively about physical balance. Yin/ yang. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Calming the mind and the breath when the going gets nuts. Working through the struggle rather than letting the struggle beat you. Yoga is about what you are NOT doing. Yoga is about how your mind turns things around. You can't do anything about the teacher, the humidity, the funky smell of your yoga mat, the temperature in the room, the ache in your back that wasn't there yesterday (and probably won't be there tomorrow)... But you can change your attitude toward these things.
So, too, with life.
I am blessed with my health, body, breath, mind, spirit and the love of my life. The past year has been, without hesitation, one of the happiest in my life. I adore Chis more than life itself (after 16 years), I love living in New York, and I am grateful to have found my yoga, which has become a very important part of my life. It has changed me in many wonderful and profound ways. I am on this journey of stillness, fulfilment, and inner peace. These are the "important things" that the yoga sutra talks about.
With them comes the "big things that come along and try and stop them". Some emotional baggage has resurfaced from my childhood, and I daresay that without the yoga, I would have great difficulty finding balance. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Oh, yes.
Posted by dave at May 21, 2008 01:53 PM