Be delivered from the fearful unknown!
When we are first birthed into this world most of us struggle with our soft shoulders pushing down a long corridor, then we rush into the light, no matter what the time of day. It could be artificial light or natural light but it is brighter than the vaginal canal from which we traveled. After the long months of being contented in a womb, floating and having everything we need, we come to a world where we are suddenly experimenting. The experiment terrifies us. Be delivered from the fearful unknown! We feel hungry for the first time. We feel cold for the first time. Or we feel hot for the first time. Or we feel unsupported or far away or too silent. We have to experiment and make a noise. Eventually we learn that each type of noise communicates our immediate need. The form of communication is encouraged so we continue.
Thus is the road of pain, of pleasure, preceded by the fear of not knowing that our needs will be met. Be delivered from the fearful unknown! We must continue to make a sound in order to get what we need. No longer are our needs filled instantaneously. So we hold on to the fear that if we are not heard we will not get what we need. So we do everything to be heard.
Enter Yoga, Tristasana, union of body, breath and focus equaling the connection to soul. When we travelled down that canal our umbilical cord to our mother was cut. Bodies separated. Yoga is one path to find the umbilical cord that was never severed, that can never be severed. The cord to the Soul, the Spirit, and the Universal Oneness is found; the knowledge of Union takes place. Once the knowledge enters that there is no separation, that we are indeed connected to the invisible life force in each and every living being, there can be no fear. It is then that the unknown becomes adventurous, filled with the idea that it can be delightful. We know that the unknown is the waiting expectancy for something good to enter. We know that the unknown is where our needs will not only be met but exceeded.
Try to find your connection. Be delivered from the fearful unknown! We are still holding on to child-like ways. Let go of fear. It invites in hate, resentment, anxiety, judgement. Embrace each moment filled with a gift. Choose to mature; choose the quiet, choose the space. Let go and trust. Choose to enjoy the unknown.
If you need to disciplin your mind and free it of the fear based thoughts, please examine our schedule closer. Yoga by Donation offers many workshops and yoga classes to help you do this. Examples: The Work, Sacred Self, Interactive Meditation, Free Spirit Yoga, Grounwork Yoga , Qigong and Revolutionary Yoga