Today is day two of my Restorative Yoga
Teacher Training. It certainly doesn't suck that we get to
experience the poses. It is a lovely thing to lay, propped just
right, for 10-15 minutes per asana and just be. I love Yoga, it is
one of the purest forms of self-maintenance. Moving the body in just
the right way to nurture, strengthen, and detoxify. Beautiful.
What I am looking to even more than the
training, are my Yoga peeps. There is such an air of acceptance in
this group, I feel like a kid! I call it my “Hippie” Community.
It is full of love and understanding of each human just as we are. Hugs and smiles and support and joy and well-wishes, and lunch. Yes
we will dine as a group with our food all together and sharing the
bounty. I have already set aside my contributions: raisins, seaweed,
coconut water, and bananas. If I need anything else, there is a
Sprout's practically next door.
Going back to school has taught me how
to make friends. It has allowed me to meet people with similar
interests and similar beliefs. It was weird at first,a s it has
taken me almost the entire two years here to let go of the “old”
me. She is grown up now, and doesn't make fun of people, or try to
be edgy, or controversial, or shocking with words or clothes. I let
my real Self out, and she is loved, and she loves. I was the kind of
person who would find much amusement in making fun of me and my
friends, calling us names and cutting us down. Why? Because I was
angry and I lashed out at people with happy faces. Now, I'm a happy
face assisting others to find their own happy face.
There is a period between learning and
knowing, and knowing and understanding, and understanding and
acceptance, and acceptance and assimilation. Take time to get to
know and understand yourself without judgment, and you will
accelerate at breakneck speed forward to your Highest Self.
Blessed be!
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