Musings on Yoga
I’ve thought deeply about the practice over the years. Here are a few reflections I’ve captured along the way.
stretch your mind
“Yoga as an awareness practice neither celebrates nor discourages strong physical practice. It asks only one thing: that you approach practice from within, cultivating a relationship with yourself and exploring your own feelings, thoughts, and relationships to the poses, rather than striving to fulfill an expectation of what yoga should look like, feel like, or do for you.”
come as you are
“yes, with your vanity, ego, unskillful decisions and maybe with a willingness to take a good look at yourself and work fiercely toward changing attitudes and behaviors you can see aren’t working….”
ripple effects
“Yoga reminds us again and again that we are interconnected—that our thoughts, attitudes and actions have an impact, often far beyond what we can see. Every moment that you bring awareness into your relationship with yourself, you shift your relationship with others. Every time you choose to act in a way that benefits the Earth, we all benefit… The best motivation for change isn’t guilt or fear, but love for our natural world.”