Today’s favourite poses: Child's pose (the only one this hangover will handle)
Minutes with a relatively quiet mind:
Today’s interesting/thought provoking reading: (Taken from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison)
Attachment clouds our judgement, but letting go of our attachment is an enormous challenge to those of us who wish to use the asana as means for spiritual transformation. We can practice yoga simply as a means for physical well-being. If, however, we choose to make the asana an integral aspect of our spiritual path, the stakes become very high. As we invest more of ourselves in our practice, the desire for certainty grows. We wish to enjoy the assurance that we have found the one true way. But such certainty cannot be found outside ourselves, and we are always changing. If we are not steadfastly prepared to let go of yesterday’s truths, we fall prey to the fundamentalism found in any of the major religions; we begin to believe that this way is good, that way is bad. Clear seeing must be more important to us than the comfort of certainty, the power of feeling that we know. The letting go on the mat must be absolute. We must be beyond all opposites, anchored in the real, empty and clear.
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