Yoga and the Power of Choice by Mike What do you want to be good at doing? What do you want your life to be like? Not too many people walk into yoga saying “Hello! I want to sign my control over to a guru, learn to do things the hard way, and injure myself! Oh, and, I want to become less capable in my life!” Mostly we all want to feel good. We want to walk through life creatively and capably on our own two feet. We want to live healthy and happy, and inspire our friends to do the same. It’s a good philosophy. So take a look at the yoga practice. Does it match? Or do philosophy and practice appear like they’ve never met? Maybe philosophy leaps out the window when practice walks into the room! Someone tells us there is a correct and advanced way to pose, and there is a sacred stack of textbooks, rules, and regulations we must follow to enlighten ourselves. They know this of course because their guru told them so. And if we’re one of the chosen few, we can stand in line to get the sacred transmission! Sounds odd, right? Well, before we walk away from that strange approach, let’s look at the results. Is the yoga working? Are people getting what they need? In my wanderings around the yoga world, I haven’t seen it work. I’ve seen it make people less capable in their lives, their work, and their relationships. I’ve seen people injure themselves physically and psychologically in their yoga. I haven’t seen people lifting themselves out of difficulties in their lives; I’ve seen them get stuck hiding under a comfortable yoga blanket. Is this because things in life are just so hard there’s no solution? I don’t think so. When people connect to themselves and feel who they are, again and again I see people get happy. It seems like there’s happy in there, just waiting for us to listen and feel. They get healthy, so looks like healthy is in there for us too. They get more creative, intuitive, and capable in their lives. Again and again, I see these things happening. It begins with choice, and it’s all up to us. Read more here :) stralayoga/blog/yoga-and-the-power-of-choice/
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:49:46 +0000
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