'Cuz you gotta have faith, faith, faith....
Today's Intention: Have faith
My intention for today came from a whispered observation by a fellow yogi in the class I took last night. In the safe confines of my favorite class of the week, with the instructor who has influenced me so deeply, we did partner work. The demo intimidated me: After kicking up to handstand at the wall, we were to drop our hips so that they rested on the wall while our partner pressed our thighs back and up. After we saw what was expected of us, I turned to my friend and said "this scares me, so I may not do it."
She graciously volunteered to do the pose first. All went smoothly, and she seemed to really enjoy the partner assist. My turn arrived. I placed my hands, swung up into handstand with ease, and before I even had a chance to think about it, I dropped my hips to the wall with no problems whatsoever. She pressed my legs back and up, which felt amazing, and I dismounted feeling energized.
After a minute or so, she leaned over and said "You seem to be afraid of things you can totally do."
WHAMO! SHABAM!
My friend has partnered with me before, as you can see. More true words haven't been spoken in a long, long while.
So today I will have more faith in myself and my abilities, and take more chances. More often than not, things are much less challenging and scary than I anticipate them to be. And the fruits of the work are so sweet. This is a big one for me. I could write pages and pages, but will save that for my journal. And really, most important of all is not that I wrap my brain around this concept, but that I allow it into my heart where the real shift is possible.
Thanks, Pat, for the way you respectfully shared this observation, for your honesty and for seeing me so clearly.
My intention for today came from a whispered observation by a fellow yogi in the class I took last night. In the safe confines of my favorite class of the week, with the instructor who has influenced me so deeply, we did partner work. The demo intimidated me: After kicking up to handstand at the wall, we were to drop our hips so that they rested on the wall while our partner pressed our thighs back and up. After we saw what was expected of us, I turned to my friend and said "this scares me, so I may not do it."
She graciously volunteered to do the pose first. All went smoothly, and she seemed to really enjoy the partner assist. My turn arrived. I placed my hands, swung up into handstand with ease, and before I even had a chance to think about it, I dropped my hips to the wall with no problems whatsoever. She pressed my legs back and up, which felt amazing, and I dismounted feeling energized.
After a minute or so, she leaned over and said "You seem to be afraid of things you can totally do."
WHAMO! SHABAM!
My friend has partnered with me before, as you can see. More true words haven't been spoken in a long, long while.
So today I will have more faith in myself and my abilities, and take more chances. More often than not, things are much less challenging and scary than I anticipate them to be. And the fruits of the work are so sweet. This is a big one for me. I could write pages and pages, but will save that for my journal. And really, most important of all is not that I wrap my brain around this concept, but that I allow it into my heart where the real shift is possible.
Thanks, Pat, for the way you respectfully shared this observation, for your honesty and for seeing me so clearly.