The teacher within comes out..
Awash in the glow of yoga, it is a beautiful thing. 10:30 pm on a Friday night and I am just finishing my practice. Not the practice of my day, or parenting, or teaching or being a student or wife, but an honest to goodness practice. Right there on my living room floor, no mat, no candles and a lot of dog hair. This is life folks; it’s not always pretty, but oh the joy…. For the first time in my 15 years of practice; and I am about to reveal yet another choice piece of contradiction here; I truly, in my bones, understand the phrase ” the teacher within”. I say it after every class and to be fair, I understand the concept. My brain can wrap itself around the notion that we learn often most deeply by observing and sitting with ourselves. But tonight; in this glorious pile of dog hair and living room yoga, I felt not just me observing myself, but rather my teacher. That part of my being, NOT my mind, that moves beyond what I know. That part that breaks the bounds of ego and truly guides you. I think we all attend class for many reasons. The community, the force of group energy and maybe most importantly, the desire to be guided. Wow is that desire strong. If only we could give the freedom we fight so diligently for, to someone with all the answers. And how often we do just that. We assume our own inadequacy. Please believe me, ( I now, to the core of my being, believe myself ) when I say that guide exists in you. Come to class. Allow yourself to be guided; guided by the force of the group, by the yogi breathing next to you, by the teacher, by the experience. But know, it is not because you are incapable. You are the guide, you are the embodiment of that powerful Om, that resonant sound of the universe. Bring palms together and to heart center; take your moment, and bow to the teacher within…
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