I went to yoga this morning. Fabulous.
Two ideas popped in my head while I was posing. One was that there are certain poses or moves I have told myself over the years that I can't do. And today, out of haste, I did one of those moves. I have always used my knees to lower from plank to the floor. And today, I powered through lowering my body without using my knees.
Repeatedly.
And once again, I thought how powerful one's thoughts are.
Several times over the years, I have tried a new move that I thought I couldn't possibly do and I did it for a few seconds or even longer, and was completely shocked over this discovery.
Thoughts are so powerful. And the stories we tell ourselves over and over, we believe.
And the second idea, revolved around viewing my extra girth in the mirror. It bothered me so much when I did yoga at the beach last week. I knew I needed to think differently this time and not focus on the negative. And then the words of my favorite teacher Carmen sprang to me. She has suggested so many times as we are pushing ourselves into a stretch, to send love to that body part that is being stretched. So when negativity popped in my head, I said let me send love to my squishy parts. And I did. And each time I did so, it made my smile. It was simple but effective. I felt so much more powerful after the hour that I want to continue this practice of both sending love to my squishy parts and more yoga!
I know this healing journey is going to have to involve loving all of me and especially the squishy parts for me to move forward and feel whole.
Love what is, instead of fearing my lack of perfection.
Namaste~
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