In Gift From the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh says that our alone times are among the most important times in our lives. She says that certain springs are tapped only when we are alone and that we need solitude in order to find again, the true essence of ourselves; “that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.” And I just love that she adds, later in the chapter, that if we don’t take care of this one, basic and essential need, we will have less to give to our families, to our work, and to our communities. Don’t we know it!?!
See your yoga practice as a small, daily pocket of solitude; an opportunity to tap into the wellspring of your being. In my last post, I spoke of how to get back into a yoga practice you’ve lost touch with. I suggested picking a few asanas you know and like and working with them. Once you have a simple, sweet, entirely doable sequence to work with in your asana practice, then all you have to do is show up for it. The level of acceptance, awareness, openness and presence you bring to the practice is far more significant than your level of physical strength, flexibility, stamina or performance in any given asana.
“Welcome the totality of your experience.”
-Francis Lucille
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In the book "Wishcraft", Barbara Sher says that many women don't take time give to themselves, thinking they have to give to their families, not to themselves. She says the practice causes damage to the women and to their female children. Not setting a model of saving time for one's self gives too many girls the idea that a woman has no right or duty to give herself solitude regularly. Such girls grow to womanhood perpetuating the self damaging practice in yet other generations.
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