From yesterdays morning class: When the Buddhas attendant Ananda asked, Is friendship, compassion, and love part of the path? The Buddha replied: No, Ananda. Friendship, compassion, and love is not part of the path. It is the WHOLE path. I am so grateful for the intense learning I have accumulated over the past year. I feel like my place as a teacher, a woman, a mother, an artist, a voice in this sweet local yoga community is ripening just as it should. I am enjoying the process of this evolution. I hope all of you are, even if it doesnt always seem certain. Heres to my current students, to past students, to yogis who have just passed on through. (heck, to students anywhere and everywhere).. It is our students who have continued to teach me how to just show up and offer what is most real. After taking some time off from teaching a slew of classes, you might notice I have returned on the schedule to make a stronger presence for the night crowd, and to step in and alternate Sundays as my beautiful husband sets out on the road to share what he is best at sharing -- his passion and knowledge and he does with a very humble, and soft heart. The time away from my old ritual of teaching gave me an opportunity to practice deeply, reflect honestly and learn instinctively what I most want to share in my yoga classes. I welcome your company, your curiouistiy, your sweet, changing bodies to my classes anytime. It is an exciting time to be teaching from such a wide open space. I am looking forward to imparting that perspective. To sharing what feels new, what feels familiar, what feels right now. Most importantly, from wherever you place down your yoga mat, please join me in setting an intention of unity and peace among respective yoga communities. Let us be examples to our precious students and their full lives of how to carry on a message of humilty, respect and presence of mindful speech. Let us use our practices to be skillful and humble, to be open and loving. Let our students reflect the kind of softness, acceptance, and warmth that we all as humans possess at our very center. Let us use the precious gift of language (whether we write, speak, or think) in the spirit of unifying and connecting. Sending my heart to yoga teachers, yoga students, to communities I have known deeply, and ones I continue to grow and learn from, Tracy #givepresence #unitedwethrive #supportthroughlove #bekind #dontjustpracticeheartopeningliveit
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:40:20 +0000
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