a gentle touch

After an inspiring yoga workshop(with the one and only Brian Kest) recent conversations with friends, and talks with family, I'm left thinking. . . .

why?
why this. . . . why that, why it IS, why it ISN'T, why yoga, why, why, why. . . . .
well
here is something to think about. I share this as its something that resonates deeply for me, something that was addressed over and over in the yoga workshop I mentioned, as well something that comes up in day to day life
with awareness, with conscious breath and with a gentle touch

challenge yourself to break your old patterns
in fact challenge yourself to break your old shitty patterns

first you have to be brave enough to acknowledge them, to own them, to take responsibility for them.
Then challenge yourself to change, to grow, to build
and face your shit
face what works, face what doesn't work, look at your drama or why you are so INTO it, recognize what ISN'T working and shift behaviours, shift thought patterns, and allow yourself the comfort of going slow
like learning a new language, it may be frustrating at first, perhaps a few new words, then a sentence, and one day you will be speaking a new language

there is a sort of comfort in knowing your thoughts, accepting your judgements, your harmful patterns, heck, most people don't even THINK about it. . . . .but for a change, stop, quite yourself, take a moment and really look at where that is all coming from
and then see if you can also apply this notion to your yoga, let it seep into every part of your life
a quiet mind, an aware breath, and a gentle touch
gift yourself that break
see it as you will, but taking time to let everything around you melt, disappear, to let go of your incessant thoughts, internal dialogue and embrace the quiet, a meditation if you will

yoga, just as life. . . . .IS that simple
but we cloud it and confuse it and complicate it, mostly with our stuff, our patterns, and judgement of ourselves and others

so, even if just a thought
think about it
and challenge yourself to change YOUR patterns