The first step of the practice is always the same and it bears repeating; we have to heal our relationship with the present moment, we have to get right with what is. The steps that follow can be equally challenging and are equally necessary on our journey. We become open to the flow of life and become willing to witness the ways in which we meet it. Once we see our response and how we are holding life we can honestly begin to make positive changes.

The beauty of this work is that as we surrender to the process we find that we are not alone, the practice supports us in our efforts and gives us a beautiful opportunity to try out a new way of being. 

But first we have to find a way to meet what we thought was unbearable, to move toward it rather than fight against. We sit in the fire of our own humanity until we can see the part of ourselves that is bigger than the small sense of self we believe ourselves to be. 

The basic assumption that humans have formed is that we are not supported. The mat suggests otherwise and invites us to witness for ourselves what exists when we trust that something bigger might be going on here. When life is easy we don’t have to think about the process as much but when things are challenging, and almost all change will be, we have to begin to have faith that something bigger than we are will hold us as we learn to fly. 

You have always been more,

Cynthia

The movement from one place to another, the space in between, be it in life or on the mat is often the most unstable place we find ourselves in and it usually requires us to refine our skills; to slow down, to focus, orient and most importantly trust that we are indeed being supported by life. There’s a basic assumption that we must rely solely on our own strength to get us where we need to go. We think that just because we are alive we are supposed to know how to be human. But life is meant to be lived and it’s possible to thrive in the unknown once we allow ourselves to be learners, let go and let life hold us.