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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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