Well what a week or two it has been! I've been getting busier as I add on new clasess, mainly the Friday night class in Union Square and the classes I'm teaching for Joint Ventures aka Red Sox class and the class for Third Street Apartments location.
I am going to be taking a break from the blog as a teaching tool but continue to use it as a daily log for musings about yoga, health, inspiration, and poetry.
Last week we touched about Attachment and Aversion, asking ourselves what we hold onto and what we tend to push away. Of course it is natural for the mind to seek more pleasure and to plan out how to avoid pain. The teachings in yoga tell us that there is rest. We do not have to constantly live in these two extreme modes of the mind, and with that comes true freedom.
Impermanence, the idea that nothing lasts forever is also very important in yoga. When we let go of thinking that everything SHOULD be a certain way: permanent, we are heading towards trouble. The liberating thing about accepting impermanence is that we are no longer controlled by our circumstances. For instance if we are going through a terrible time we dwell on it because it seems to be neverending but we can remind ourselves that just like happy times not lasting forever, hard times don't last forever either. It can be very comforting to let go of assumptions that everything will always stay the same.
Where do you struggle with impermanence in your life? Do you want circumstances to stay the same, different? How much does this control you and your mind. How does this thinking keep you stuck?
I'll see you all on the mat!!!
Natalie
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