Winter is the best time to prepare your body for physical activity. It is the time for workouts, for stretching, building the muscles and nurturing our essence. It is a time that we can use for healing, so that the wings we spread in Spring let us fly high and far. I think it is the best time to make my yoga practice resolutions! :)
Day of the new undertakings, prosperity and general bliss. And a very special day of me appreciating all the post-YTT karma purging, that I can't wait to release :)
This is definitely a more descriptive set of entries than I would normally have. Travelling has always been a time for my introspection, I even brought a notebook that was supposed to be my diary. I had no time or mental capacity for it though, 13 hours of classes per day are not nothing. It is a different way for me to experience changes, evaluate my life and only feel, without judgement or modifying the intensity with journalling.
It is beautiful. We are waking up early, doing our jala netis, practising asanas, learning some about adjustments, alignment, anatomy, philosophy, mantras. Then we do ashtanga and finish the day with meditation.
So I have finished the first training. Just this week I received my 200 hours teacher training diploma. All that I need to do is register with Yoga Alliance and start teaching. Or, alternatively, I can put on my humility hat, recognise that the learning has only just began and continue with 300 hours teacher training.
India is charming. Not by standards of instagrammable reality. That could be found here too, without a doubt. It is more the simplicity of life, the disillusionment with things that made us wrong before. The reconnecting with where we came from. fot. by Candice Dodge
People come to Rishikesh to find peace and joy. I came to find my own practice, move away from always needing a teacher. To find the discipline within, and knowledge how to do things right.
In just a few days I will be in Rishikesh, India, starting a Yoga Teacher Training in a school registered with Yoga Alliance, therefore elligible to grant a certificate upon completion of a study. I am about to embark on a journey towards self-discovery, unification and healing. And I want to let you all know how it goes.
As I managed to get back on the mat, I see my practise improve. Other than just following what is, this time I would like to add some direction in my practise. There are things causing me hardship. I would not be myself if I did not try to grow to resolve that. Life is supposed to be easy! And it will be, once I put some work into it.
Here's a few words about processing of trauma and dealing with addictions. Or using addictions to deal with trauma. Or the world around us.
Yoga consists of eight limbs. First limb is a collection of yamas, ethical rules in Hinduism. Aparigrapha is one of them. This life lesson is definitely occupying most of my thoughts recently.
So often we get trapped in our thinking patterns that are supposed to protect us from experiencing the sensations. By doing so we deny some parts of reality, we repress parts of our nature.