Know that in moments when your emotions seem larger than you, there is the real meat of personal transformation. If you practice regularly you will see that no emotion, no thought pattern, no physical condition has power over you. If you run or fight, you create more of the suffering that you desperately want to escape. What you work with in each yoga practice (or meditation) is the strength it takes to maintain your equanimity in the face of the vicissitudes (unexpected changes, especially in one's fortunes) of life.
It is easy to write and read about these things and harder yet to live them. You might find yourself having days of constant connection and then days of reactivity where you are embroiled in the messiness of interpersonal relations. You might find yourself sometimes reaching a state where your presence is a gift to those around you and then moments later acting out a juvenile pattern. It is all part of a greater process.
If you feel drawn to the deep inner work of yoga, begin it now. Who you are matters to everyone in your life, to your loved ones, to the people at the coffee shops, at the airports, and in the traffic jams.
Your realization matters on so many levels. There is a world of deep connection and joy available to you right now. It starts with your experience and never ends. It is infinite. Just like you. Just like our connections.
Seize the day!
Many Blessings,
Trish
