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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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