lesson
#13
Tools & Crutches
Everything In The Yoga Class
Is A Tool
Until It Becomes A Crutch
...
It Is The Job
Of The Yogi
To Understand
&
Determine
The Difference
...
The Mirror
Is A Tool For
Alignment
To See The Geometric Shapes
Reflected Back
&
A Point Of Focus
&
A Reminder
...
The Mirror Becomes A Crutch
When We Use It
To Formulate
Judgements, Opinions,
&
Create Expectations
Or
Look At Our Hair
Critique Our Outfit
Be Distracted
Create Comparisons
...
Self Awareness
Will Show Us
When We Vacillate
Back & Forth
See Shapes & Judgements
...
The Awareness Is Enough
...
A Block
Can Assist In Finishing
The Line
Connecting The Dots
Between
The Yogi
&
A Fuller Expression
Of A Posture
...
A Block
Becomes A Crutch
When We Rely
On It So Long
We Forget
It Is Not A Part Of Us
...
When We Don't Need It
But Use It
Then It Is A Crutch
...
When We
Wake Up To Not Needing It
Trying Beyond It
It Will Usually Fall Away
...
A Strap Allows An Opening To Occur
Where There May Not Have Been One
Creating A Bridge
Between To Pieces
Eventually
The 2 Parts Meet
&
The Strap Falls Away
&
We Allow
The Breath
To Take Over The Job
To Do The Rest
...
Sometimes
We
Introduce
All Kinds Of Props
Into
The Practice
With The Goal In Mind Being:
The Connection
Or
The Bridge
Or
The Release
Or
The Crutch
...
It Is For The Yogi To Decide
(You'll Know)
...
Sometimes
it is there as a security blanket nearby, like your phone, unnecessary but for some illusionary reason you feel safer, more protected, with a wall, a barrier around you... maybe just in case you need it, like a parachute, like your water bottle, just in case you literally die of thirst. You will be ok. You don't need it, you don't even want it, you just think you do.
Don't think.
Go Sweat
Is A Tool
Until It Becomes A Crutch
...
It Is The Job
Of The Yogi
To Understand
&
Determine
The Difference
...
The Mirror
Is A Tool For
Alignment
To See The Geometric Shapes
Reflected Back
&
A Point Of Focus
&
A Reminder
...
The Mirror Becomes A Crutch
When We Use It
To Formulate
Judgements, Opinions,
&
Create Expectations
Or
Look At Our Hair
Critique Our Outfit
Be Distracted
Create Comparisons
...
Self Awareness
Will Show Us
When We Vacillate
Back & Forth
See Shapes & Judgements
...
The Awareness Is Enough
...
A Block
Can Assist In Finishing
The Line
Connecting The Dots
Between
The Yogi
&
A Fuller Expression
Of A Posture
...
A Block
Becomes A Crutch
When We Rely
On It So Long
We Forget
It Is Not A Part Of Us
...
When We Don't Need It
But Use It
Then It Is A Crutch
...
When We
Wake Up To Not Needing It
Trying Beyond It
It Will Usually Fall Away
...
A Strap Allows An Opening To Occur
Where There May Not Have Been One
Creating A Bridge
Between To Pieces
Eventually
The 2 Parts Meet
&
The Strap Falls Away
&
We Allow
The Breath
To Take Over The Job
To Do The Rest
...
Sometimes
We
Introduce
All Kinds Of Props
Into
The Practice
With The Goal In Mind Being:
The Connection
Or
The Bridge
Or
The Release
Or
The Crutch
...
It Is For The Yogi To Decide
(You'll Know)
...
Sometimes
it is there as a security blanket nearby, like your phone, unnecessary but for some illusionary reason you feel safer, more protected, with a wall, a barrier around you... maybe just in case you need it, like a parachute, like your water bottle, just in case you literally die of thirst. You will be ok. You don't need it, you don't even want it, you just think you do.
Don't think.
Go Sweat
