fresh off a visit home to meet my family's newest member (a very sweet nephew named jackson) i have been thinking a lot about each person's life journey. admittedly my own has been the main focus of my thoughts ever since i decided to commit to this training course... wait, scratch that - since i started practicing yoga more mindfully over this past year. a long bus ride back from vermont gave me some much needed silence to allow some of these thoughts free reign in my mind. however, i find myself unable to type anything near coherent as of yet on the subject.
the one thing i can do is leave you with a small piece of wisdom extracted from my homework reading:
"with the grace of your breath, start at the beginning, move with awareness, and open yourself up for the ride. one by one, step by step, you'll get there" - maty ezraty
xxx
10/28/2009
10/16/2009
long overdue...
it's been a while. admittedly i fell into a spot of illness after last weekends training which has fogged my mind and body. poor excuse i know. i shall strive to do better.
last weekend marked the third week of the training program. our theme was inversions. (meaning anything where the head is below the heart). now besides downward facing dog and a few brushes with plow pose and shoulder stand - i am inexperienced at inversions. further more the idea of balancing the entirety of my body weight on my hands or head is downright frightening. after 4 1/2 hours of practicing (no break) i am happy to say i feel a lot more comfortable with being upside down! and i found them to be more relaxing than i would have previously thought.
this weekend we are working on surya namaskar (sun salutes). i have to say i was also worried about this weekend since i am still getting over this sickness, i thought that working as intensely as we have in the last few weekends - i would end up getting worse again just as i was feeling better with all the physical exertion. thankfully today was much more workshop like the whole day rather than being a full 2 1/2 hour practice followed by 2 hours of work shopping poses like last weekend.
another thing that has been pressing on my mind lately is more of the philosophy of yoga. i am so enthralled by it; but i find myself being concerned that i am not in a place where i follow said philosophy yet. for example - positive thinking. i attempt to think positively. i do. i try to maintain "evenness of mind" but then some customer says something completely heinous to me at work or i experience one of the many acts of rudeness that occur on the city streets daily and i feel my blood pressure rise. then i worry that because i have not yet achieved this way of thinking, that i am destined to fail. however, one thing does give me comfort: at least i am conscious of how i feel and have a goal in mind which is a lot further along then i was just a few years ago. hopefully this is a sign of things moving forward in this realm for me.
xxx
last weekend marked the third week of the training program. our theme was inversions. (meaning anything where the head is below the heart). now besides downward facing dog and a few brushes with plow pose and shoulder stand - i am inexperienced at inversions. further more the idea of balancing the entirety of my body weight on my hands or head is downright frightening. after 4 1/2 hours of practicing (no break) i am happy to say i feel a lot more comfortable with being upside down! and i found them to be more relaxing than i would have previously thought.
this weekend we are working on surya namaskar (sun salutes). i have to say i was also worried about this weekend since i am still getting over this sickness, i thought that working as intensely as we have in the last few weekends - i would end up getting worse again just as i was feeling better with all the physical exertion. thankfully today was much more workshop like the whole day rather than being a full 2 1/2 hour practice followed by 2 hours of work shopping poses like last weekend.
another thing that has been pressing on my mind lately is more of the philosophy of yoga. i am so enthralled by it; but i find myself being concerned that i am not in a place where i follow said philosophy yet. for example - positive thinking. i attempt to think positively. i do. i try to maintain "evenness of mind" but then some customer says something completely heinous to me at work or i experience one of the many acts of rudeness that occur on the city streets daily and i feel my blood pressure rise. then i worry that because i have not yet achieved this way of thinking, that i am destined to fail. however, one thing does give me comfort: at least i am conscious of how i feel and have a goal in mind which is a lot further along then i was just a few years ago. hopefully this is a sign of things moving forward in this realm for me.
xxx
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