It’s not what you are looking at but where you are seeing from. We talk about your vision or gaze in yoga a lot. Seeing one point clearly. Trusting it.
When I went to level one Baron Baptiste told the group we had shit on our lenses. Literally.
Most times we don’t even know it.
Before I had found yoga I used to lift weights a lot. It was empowering. I felt strong.
As I found yoga I no longer had a desire to lift.
Then I created a story that lifting would hinder my yoga. I’d be tight. Too sore to do the poses the way I wanted to.
Today on my mat I had the realization that was a story. What if lifting actually made my yoga practice stronger? What if it gave me the strength I needed on my mat? What if not lifting was actually the thing holding back my practice?
A shift in vision.
I lifted this morning and did yoga at night. Both felt great.
Maybe it was the Thai food. Who knows.
But I’m going to try and stick with it. Not destroying myself with weights. Instead using them to supplement my practice. To add to my practice.
There’s 96 days until our 25th annual fantasy football draft.
I think I’ll see what happens from now until then and write about it from time to time here.
