So I'm in the middle of starting another post when I find myself in the bathroom, kind of absent-mindedly thumbing through Journey Into Power, a yoga book by Baron Baptiste. I landed on crow pose (aka crane pose) bakasana. Here's the spiritual advice Baptiste offers for this pose "Letting go means giving up attachment to results. When you understand that you don't have to try hard, you can give up the fight for results, because you know that ultimately things will work out as they should. Desiring a certain goal in a pose and working to achieve it is different from trying to control the outcome. Just be willing to relax and let go. Know that if one door closes, five new doors will open up. That is true faith: trusting the natural ebb and flow of life."
Sounds like exactly the advice I need to help me not only achieve push-ups but to do my best in class. Sometimes I really do get caught up in wanting to do well and look good when I should be letting go!
Sounds like exactly the advice I need to help me not only achieve push-ups but to do my best in class. Sometimes I really do get caught up in wanting to do well and look good when I should be letting go!
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