I would love it if each one of you might be willing, at this time, to record some of your observations about yourself since you began a regular Yoga practice. Just to begin to observe your own thoughts is a spiritual practice in and of itself. Sharing your thoughts with your fellow students will help them and you. It will also give me an idea about what is going on with you, so I can be a better teacher.
I welcome suggestions and comments.
If you do not feel comfortable doing this, I encourage you to take care of yourself.
Some people are very private about their process, and I completely honor this.
Just remember, the one you are seeking is the one who is doing the seeking.
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Hmmm... One of the biggest changes that I've noticed within the last year is a greater sense of acceptance of myself and ability to surrender to what life brings forth. It was the main life lesson when I moved here a year ago. And looking back on it, I can see that it was a necessary process in my practice. I just did not want to leave my life in North Carolina. Little did I know, this move would lead me to the teacher that I needed to take my practice in the direction that I truly wanted to go. My mind holds fast to people and places out of fear, I guess. What a gift it is to learn to loosen up a bit, to accept that getting what I think I want may not be what I really need.
I probably still get down on myself as much as ever. The grey sluggish days still happen, my temper gets short, and my mood gets black, but the surrender process seems to short-circuit the thought cycle.
More recently, I'm getting the sense that there is a lot more going on in my practice than I can notice or even comprehend. Really, I have no idea what's going on, and that's probably a good thing!
Peace,
Brad
One time I told Babaji I thought I was going out of my mind, and he said "GOOD!!" It kind of freaked me out, but now I realize confusion is a high state.
You are very good at expressing yourself, and thank you for doing it. Surrender is such a conscious ongoing process, isn't it?
and here I thought I only had to do it once!!! LOL
I think that some yogi's live at a different vibrational level. You might have thought at one time that some of the people you know are more "level headed", "even-keeled", "well-adjusted" and such......well, I've noticed a change in me related to the practice of yoga. There is a shift, a lowering of the high frequency level I have always lived with. I just spent a week with a beautiful yoga teacher, who is calm, accepting, full of grace, in harmony with not only her surroundings, but with her body. That is my challenge. It took a few days...but there was that little voice -sounding off in my head on Thursday evening...when my shoulders were stiff and locked up, when there was no 'ease' with myself....that voice that says: what are you doing here? You can't do yoga with this body! Look at how easy it is for everyone else! Little by little, I will quiet that voice, I will live in THIS body, and I will share yoga from THIS experience. My teacher agrees: having limitations allows me to be insightful and compassionate with others who are like me. Namaste.
The first person to benefit by teaching Yoga is you. You learn and grow, and have the huge privilege of receiving love and attention from your students. Teaching for me is simply a good use of my energy, even though I still struggle with the sense of unworthiness. I know that is just another thought. I know I am more than my thoughts.
And so my own practice and my teacher continue to transform me in ways I never could have thought up on my own.
It really causes me to live with a profound sense of gratitude to be with you all.
YEA! CINDY'S BACK!
And now we are going to miss Debbie as she goes to Kona on the 9th. But she will be back in November.
Have a great trip!
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