
Stillness while the waters around us move
The summer is rolling into fall. Feel it’s crisp touch on the air. Thus the ebb & flow of the seasons continues much like our lives. Once we accept and move with the ebb & flow life becomes easier and enjoyable. I find that my yoga practice is very much ebb & flow. After all the summer activities I am settling back into a yoga routine that my body craves. The tightness’ created thru building a rock patio, moving my parents into a new home and summer activities has left me with some needed work to do on my body. I welcome this. I begin my fall classes with a renewed energy, new idea’s to share and relationships to rekindle.
I plan to write this blog to share with my fellow yogi’s; my idea’s, thoughts, readings and maybe some pictures. I encourage feedback. I want to hear what people think, questions they may have, that if I can’t answer I will find the answers so that we all may learn. Never stop learning as long as there is breath.
My biggest challenge is portrayed in the above picture. To come into practice with a stillness and quietness. To let the moving waters of life flow past while staying focused on the experiences present in that moment. To fully absorb all aspects available of the experience. Let seeds of thought sprout and grow into the next moment and every moment after that…never to end the learning…
What brings most of us to the mat is pain. What keeps us on the mat is pain. With patience, focus, compassion and understanding the pain is released. From it comes joy. Our bodies move with ease. We adapt to the ebb & flow. Stillness & quietness come in. Balance & breath are found. Effort & ease brings an awareness forgotten but found again…