Namaste, ya’ll.
I decided to take a deep dive into Yoga and signed up for a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training through the Dallas Yoga Center in January of this year, 2022. As I asana may way through the classroom studies, human anatomy texts, breathing research, Sanskrit pronunciation and five months of practice, I am discovering the depth of this ancient knowledge and wisdom. The most renowned of the Yogic scriptures, the Bhagavad-Gita was composed around 5,000 B.C.E, and takes the idea of ritual sacrifice to an internalized state thereby teaching the sacrifice of the ego through self-knowledge, action and wisdom. What? I think I need to repeat that….
Scarifice my ego through self-knowledge, action and wisdom? I’m at a loss to fully grasp the meaning of this sentence so I’m glad I have 5 months and 200 hours to let my mind and body experience it. Taking this practice and philosophy both seriously and lightly is a wonderful reminder that life is suppose to be fun, even when it’s hard. As Brene Brown reminds us, we can do hard things. I’ve been practicing Yoga for almost 30 years and have found I tend to like teachers who share their practice with lightness of spirit partnered with patience for the practitioner. Also good music helps. There are times in this teacher training, that I feel like a beginner, like I’m back in college, trying to please the teacher so he/she will give me a good…