So I don't know why it took such a technology junkie like me so long to discover this, but yay to podcast yoga classes! In all fairness I did know about the existance of podcasts, I just never bothered to search for things on it before because for some reason I was under the impression that you might have to pay for them....... But noooooooooo and now I can just select a class, download, press play, and I have my own yoga class in my home!
Anyways, so this morning I did the 1 hour of easy power (this podcast) by Philip Urso and it was great. Sometimes I have difficulty focusing and 1 hour is just enough to hold my attention this morning, if you are looking for something more, most of the other podcasts on that page are 90minutes. I sweated a little, I was challenged a little, I was reminded to breath a LOT. Great stuff really.
During savasana, Philip reminded me of this idea that I think many people struggle with everyday, and it falls in line with one of my words for the year (which I will write about later possibly... eventually...). This is kind of what he said, "We already are who are. It takes no effort to be who we are, and the idea of efforting moves us away from who we are. It takes no time to be who we are, we already are who we are right now, right here. It is that simple, that it loses us. We spent all this energy trying to be something, and in the acting and efforting we move away from our true self. It doesn't take time to reach "enlightenment", and it shouldn't be hard. Yoga gives you a glimpse of yourself and your ego self - which thoughts are you, and which thoughts are your true self. You might hear yourself criticising yourself, judging others, and then one day, you see yourself doing that. Is the seer the same person as the one who is criticising? The voice might not go away, but you don't trust it anymore, and you doubt it, and with doubt, it will fade. That awareness that the voice is not you anymore empowers you."
I don't know about other people, but that's what happens on my mat a lot. It gives me insight into my ego self. That same ego self that is present when I get off the mat. And I let it go. The awareness yoga gives me makes me realise how much effort we make sometimes to be this particular person which is seemingly perfect, but we are just perfect the way we are. And yes, it really is that simple, it is us who complicates things.
Today, I'm just going to be who I am, right here, right now.
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