My life as an asana:
I like to think of my life as an asana, especially in the classical sense of Patanjali's description, holding a pose with steadiness and ease, finding just the right point of comfort no matter what confronts me. This is taking my practice off the mat and facing life through all of its complexities, sorrows, and concerns, unwavering in my commitment to accept whatever's offered. Finding just the right point of grace and effort to navigate through it all.
my life as an asana...
stable, steady, comfortable.
even as I fall from the grace of my position.
or maybe especially so.
the real practice is in the repeated effort, falling from a moment's sense of stability and then simply beginning again, adjusting, adapting to the current conditions. It's about finding steadiness through the process of my commitment, always returning to the present asana that life is now offering. I don't get to choose what comes to me, life is a continuous surprise of motion. Yet this is the opportunity of my practice, to be caught by surprise and instantly adjusting, balancing, again coming to just the right point of grace and effort.
my life as an asana.
it's my practice.
~
Peace, Eric
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