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Wednesday, December 6
Feeling vs. Force
What does feeling vs. force mean in regards to yoga? I guide students toward their own
heart center, where life is lived according to feeling. When you blow past that just a little bit
uncomfortable feeling you are now forcing and that is when injury occurs ... Feeling takes
you closer to yourself and forcing takes you away from the experience. When we force we
cannot feel. When we feel, we cannot force. I teach students this thought and let them be
constantly attuned to their words and deeds, making them all come from feeling. Forcing is
yang—it raises blood pressure, makes a person angry, and creates heart problems. Feeling
is yin—it makes a person reflective, calm, and able to understand life. I constantly remind
my students that forcing comes from ego, while feeling comes from the connection with
one's Self.
So how does this apply off your mat because I am a big believer of how I live on my mat is
how I live off my mat? I teach do not force in class and yet I am guilty of forcing things
all the time around me .. Forcing friendships, forcing relationships, forcing parking spaces,
forcing myself into an elevator at the mall during Christmas (who hasn't done THAT). When
I force I hurt and I get hurt. It's when I see my life as water going with the flow that ALL
becomes effortless. To quote my Bro Ho, "Just roll with it".
So ask yourself where are you forcing things. Release the grip and become sensitive to the
unique human being that YOU are ...
Feeling vs. Force
What does feeling vs. force mean in regards to yoga? I guide students toward their own
heart center, where life is lived according to feeling. When you blow past that just a little bit
uncomfortable feeling you are now forcing and that is when injury occurs ... Feeling takes
you closer to yourself and forcing takes you away from the experience. When we force we
cannot feel. When we feel, we cannot force. I teach students this thought and let them be
constantly attuned to their words and deeds, making them all come from feeling. Forcing is
yang—it raises blood pressure, makes a person angry, and creates heart problems. Feeling
is yin—it makes a person reflective, calm, and able to understand life. I constantly remind
my students that forcing comes from ego, while feeling comes from the connection with
one's Self.
So how does this apply off your mat because I am a big believer of how I live on my mat is
how I live off my mat? I teach do not force in class and yet I am guilty of forcing things
all the time around me .. Forcing friendships, forcing relationships, forcing parking spaces,
forcing myself into an elevator at the mall during Christmas (who hasn't done THAT). When
I force I hurt and I get hurt. It's when I see my life as water going with the flow that ALL
becomes effortless. To quote my Bro Ho, "Just roll with it".
So ask yourself where are you forcing things. Release the grip and become sensitive to the
unique human being that YOU are ...
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