I’ve been away for a while. Neck deep in anatomy and philosophy for yoga training, but in some ways that is an excuse. I think I have been suffering from a fear — almost startle reflex — of not knowing what to write about next. I started this blog to share my journey through yoga training and maybe in the beginning thought it would be even more. Now I question and have doubts about what might be interesting to other people, or that it has been done before and I have nothing of value to add, etc. Yoga teachings to the rescue! When the student is ready the teacher appears… One of the books we are using in teacher training is Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison. [Aside: I highly recommend this book as it takes you eight limbs of yoga via daily (365) readings and reflections. I’ve often used these meditations to spark my own journal writing.] The other day I read Day 63 (Niyamas – sauca/purity) and it spoke of how we define (pigeonhole) ourselves and the scripts we run in our heads and then it spoke of letting go in order to create space for new things, specifically grace.
I’ve never though of myself as a writer. I feel I am too methodical and matter of fact perhaps more like a reporter and not very exciting. But why do I think of myself that way, I wonder? Way back when (second grade) I won a young author competition. I have pretty good grammar. The point is that there is nothing to substantiate the script in my head that suggests I don’t have anything to offer or that it will be boring. Maybe it will appear that way to some, but that is not about me. My goal is to try to spark discussion and share my experience. As one of my teachers puts it, “Period. The end.”
I also read a quote the other day to the effect of “what is one fear you have and what would it be like to let go of it for the next 60 seconds.” I’ve decided to exactly that, but maybe for an hour, a day, a week… The irony is I have at least a dozen drafts of ideas and things I want to share so that is a great place to start!
Namaste friends.
Flourish the Soul 