Are we all on a spiritual journey? Whether I came to do Yoga or not would I still be on the same journey? There 'are' answers to my questions, aren't there? What I have just recently realized is that no matter whether Yoga has quickened or haltered or maybe a bit of both of my understanding of self on this journey, I guess I would have been here all the same just with a bit of a different perspective. What we perceive and expect from others and ourselves can leave us unopen to a full experience of life...through the projection of those desires and beliefs to be met...unable to grow, expand, understand and live freely in a 'moment'......if it is not what we had desired or perceived it 'would' or 'should' be...one thing Yoga has taught me, a concept that is not always easy to adhere to...the saying "no one said it would be easy, just that it would be worth it" comes to mind......that is why I continue with my Yogic journey and a quest for personal understanding, truth and enlightenment. There are many paths that can be taken which lead to the same place but what I have found in Yoga is a greater balance of physical and mental strength...Yoga is helping to keep me strong, centered, balanced and GROUNDED and like many others there are times when I truly need that on this journey.......these days there are 'moments' for me which are a bit ethereal, lifting me higher and then the feeling of having fallen...it is imperative for me that I bring my feet back to the ground so I do Yoga.....then I dance.........lightening my heart and my spirit, lifting me to a space of no limits or boundaries, free falling, flying and then I do Yoga, grounding my feet back into the Earth, bringing my awareness of body and breath back into the moment, the here and now, reshaping both the physical and mental aspects of my 'Self'...finally meditation.....emptying out all that was and is.......leaving me open to becoming.....renewed....back to 'a' beginning...a 'divine' inner spark...an essence of being.
I have experienced many experiences since my Yogic journey began, not all of which I thought I would have wanted to experience, but yet another aspect of Yoga is that we learn that everything happens for a reason, an un-defined definition of what is either good or bad, just action and reaction...assisting in learning the art of truly 'letting go'...all that is shall fade away....just as we cannot hold a star within our hand, we learn that every 'moment' is a gift to be breathed in...then the breath must be let go...it is the way of life...the nature of being...Namaste
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