Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The power of yoga class, our Kula

Today was one of those challenging days. Feelings that I had not experienced in over 3 years came roaring to the surface. Where did that come from? Thought that was gone, surprise! Frustration and anger boiling within, building to that tension in the neck and shoulders. But that's it I noticed, I was the observer, watching that old familiar person. Now is the time when the true practice of yoga begins, on the edge. Time to step away breath deep and feel my center. Let that old reaction go, easy to say but hard to do. Like fly paper on your hand, just doesn't want to let go. So I calmed down and continued thru my day. But, still I felt an emptiness. I was going to go home and run some erands, but instead decided this feeling should be dealt with, so off to yoga class I went. I thought I had a rough day (old point of view) turns out my day was a blessing, (came thru during class). I am mindful, observer, compassionate with myself and those around me. I was given the opportunity to practice yoga at work and to share this with all of you. At the end of class I felt blissful and full of love again. May you all be blessed with the yogic point of view.
Om Namah Shivaya, Mike

1 Comments:

At 11:54 AM, Blogger Gina Caputo - Yogini On The Loose said...

Mike, you are such a great example for us all. I love how you pointed out a common tendency to "go home, run some errands" which illustrates how we create much of the "busy-ness" that we say keeps us from a regular yoga practice. And you made a conscious choice to work things out on the mat and experienced firsthand the fruits of your labor. Thank you so much for sharing this honest story!!

 

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