This is a picture of the beginning
I shared this passage one year ago. I feel it’s so well written and touches on so much of how I feel about my practice and what I have gained from my practice that I wanted to share it with you again.✨
And your practice doesn’t have to look exactly like this. It doesn’t have to be 6 days per week. But giving yourself a practice, whatever it may be or look like, is a great act of self-care, self-love, and a gift of mental health too. Not to mention all that you will discover about yourself, learn and unlearn. And believe me, some of it is very hard work - and I’m not simply talking about the postures!
But the process and the practice are SO worth it.
This is a picture of the beginning*
6 days a week we step on this 65 cm x 180 cm space and start from the beginning. This is how we get in tune and prepare ourselves for all that is to come during the day. There is no forecast for what we will encounter during the practice, there is no controllable or predictable outcome. You get on and ride to that unknown destination. It's not always the Bahamas of bliss, it can be your darkest ghetto. But no matter what the destination of the day was, you for sure stopped by your inner self and said "Hey there!"
It is hard to believe that 65 cm x 180 cm can have such a major impact on how you choose to run your world. How just a couple centimetres can change your perspective, improve your health and wellbeing, at best also make you a better person, is just mind boggling as soon as we think about it.
So tomorrow it's back to the beginning.
* sold in stores as a yoga mat with a wide variety of colours, in case you want to get a beginning of your own.
Credit: @pink_elephant_cooking (written by Daisy H. Dnldsn)
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If you would like to continue on this journey or newly embark on this exploration, I would love to assist you along that path. I offer weekly online meditation and yoga classes. The community is here for you.
