Are you someone that lives on the edge and takes risks? Or are you someone that’s afraid and scared and holds back? Maybe you do both! I was. I was either, all out, or, nothing at all…I would swing frequently between the 2 extremes.
These are two ends of a continuum as Annie carpenter would say…and our life, our body, and our practice is overflowing with continuums!
I just completed Sama sadhana with Annie carpenter. The intention was cultivating an even/balanced practice. No extremes! Something I am learning to appreciate more and more. 🙂
I am grateful for Annie and for her smartFLOW method. A method that is rooted in classical yoga, yet blends in functional anatomy and energetic awareness. This method allows the student to embrace their own unique circumstances to find their ‘return to center’ as they cultivate clear, bright, and strong lines of energy, and returning to ones center over and over again..
The more I practice, I understand more deeply how I practice on the mat is a reflection of my life off the mat. ‘For how we do one thing is how we do everything’…another one of Annies’ sayings that I love.
As I mature and grow more and more into myself I’ve learned to just show up do my best, be more conscious of my edges on my continuum, let go of what i cannot control and connect to my ‘center’ in all the ways.
AND if you are stuck in an extreme – maybe try to cultivate the opposite.
Do you remember who you are at your core? What makes you, you? Can you stay connected to who you are in relationships and stay true to you?
Where is your center when you move in and out of certain postures? Where is your center in the transitions? Can you maintain your sense of balance and center as you move in and out of postures?
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