But before you begin to think of me brilliant for spitting out incredible metaphors to explain the worlds mysteries, please read on....
One day you climb on your mat. You start your practice and you start to feel this shit happening! Your muscles are getting stretched, you feel bone on bone, muscle on bone, fire in thighs, fatigue in shoulders and suddenly you know your body a little bit more. It becomes a process of knowledge and awareness rather than some addition to your work out routine. It is a bit of space in a big wide world where we do not give ourselves enough space.
You know the way a fortune cookie sometimes makes you stop and think about how you may be able to apply it to your life; yoga poses make you stop and think about why your body is the way that it is. It unfolds your habits and reveals to you strengths, weakness, and tension... and it makes you apply yourself.
After class you walk away feeling better, ideally. You can move your body with a little more freedom and maybe you notice that your back doesn't hurt, you can bend forward with out feeling like you will tip over, you can twist to turn around with out shooting pains in your neck, and you have better posture. And all of this because you strecthed your muscles, you opened it up, you read what it had to say, you applied it to your life and now you are your own guru. BOOM!
That shit is huge! Your own guru... think about it. Take a little time to ponder what this means because it is no small thing.
You get to know your own needs, your own boundaries (and I am still only talking physically, his doesn't even go into what you are feeling mentally) and you learn how to address your own body.
In short, you become in charge.
How's that for a fortune cookie? "Hi welcome to your life... you are now in charge" (This also means that you are responsible and accountable for how you feel at all times).
Next time you walk into a yoga class, take the moments that are silent (god I hope those moments exist), and listen to what your body is telling you. Learn about yourself. Become your own guru. Be your own power and embrace that you know far better for yourself than any other person could ever tell you. All of this because you take the time to listen to what is going on. You open it up, you read, you apply!
See? I told you yoga is like a fortune cookie! Maybe not as tasty though.....
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