Life is catching up with me..slowly and I am on my way back to focusing on the things I love...like writing this blog. This year I am shifting my focus to tell you about two things: my ashtanga practice and my gluten free food quests. I hope the plan will work....fingers crossed.
Today I will simply start by saying I am working to find a balance. My mother used to tell me that I am good at so many things...that it will be difficult to choose. Mastery. Mastery of one item where we focus, and focus, and focus again. This is what ashtanga yoga takes and until a few weeks ago I realized that I was hiding from the commitment. One of the instructors at my studio said:
WHY--WHY are you coming to this class????????? You know what you are suppose to be doing.
Feeling sheepish-I said yes.
You are never going to move, shift, and develop your own practice until you make the commitment.
The "commitment" is Mysore. Mysore is morning practice. Starts at 6am. Ends at 8am. My practice is small so it takes me about 1 1/4 hr. I love Mysore. I hate getting out of bed at 5am. the studio is 35 minutes from my house. I have a dog. I have a job. I have a life.
And this is what George Leonard writes so beautifully about in his book title "Mastery". The commitment that Mastery takes and the process you have to endure along the way. Endure is the wrong word....lets use enjoy as Leonard would like us to...
This book is getting its point across in a lot of ways. I hear people talking about what they want to accomplish instead of where the journey will take them. People quit when they can't win the 12 triathlons they compete in during a summer. People ditch school / marriage / cars/ old pets / boyfriends / hell even their kids!
I am working on enduring the path--enjoying the path--and recording the small, small, small changes it brings me each day.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
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