Obstacles
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. -Richard Bach, Illusions
Every step has meaning. Every challenge is there because we need something from it.
Why is Sirsasana easy for me but Mari D seems impossible? Because I need to learn something from being in Sirsasana and from exploring the path into Mari D. Why did I have what I believed to be a horrible practice the other day so I got pissed off and ended early? So that I can understand that it’s ok to come back to my practice, that it’s ok to judge… I can forgive myself, this is not a one shot deal. Why do some joints hurt one day and not the next? Why do I float like a balloon one day and crash like the Hindenburg the next?
Why could I eat anything I wanted when I was younger with no consequences, but now I have this emotional escape into fatty foods and I just seem to keep packing on the pounds? Why have I created this form of escapism? Maybe because I know my ego won’t let me hide so I have to confront my issues… Maybe I don’t have a clue…
Every step is the right step, the necessary step to move me along my path. And there are those that walk beside us for a while, and there are those who are going a different path.
The only thing I really know, was that today, during my practice, it felt right to me.
posted by Chris at 10:00 AM Permalink
1 Comments:
I could give you practical reasons - such as you are very strong, so Sirsasana is going to be easy for you, but your strength may be interfering (temporarily) with your flexibility, so Mari D is going to be harder (big strong arms can definitely get in the way of Mari D)...and as to your tendency to put on weight from eating junk food, well, it's all about the aging metabolism....honey, none of us is getting any younger...you're not alone.
But I think you're looking at it a bit more metaphysically, and that's great. You're right - it's all along a path, and not always linear. Just keep on....
Lauren
1/11/2006 1:13 PM
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