Wow I really don't know where to start, because I have so much to say. Things in Mysore are great, hard, but great. Hard in the fact that I believe I am opening up to life more, opening to the present moment, and letting go of the past. I am finding beauty in nature, people, and the present moment more often than I used to. There are some things that have been coming up for me this past week and I would like to share them.
Last Sunday's conference with Sharath, was beautiful, inspiring, emotional and it really hit home. He touched on so many topics in such a short time, but really left a long lasting impression how I feel about myself, my life and dealing with the changes in my life.
1. The first thing that stood out to me was that he said, it doesn't matter if you have a beautiful body if you do not have a beautiful heart. Sharath couldn't have said it better. So many people in the society we live in focus and devote their life to the beautification of their physical body. By spending hours at the gym, spas, putting on make up, years and life times dieting, we neglect beautifying our heart, the most important aspect of our being. What about devoting our lives to the purification and the beautification of the heart or even devoting your life to something higher than yourself? I too am guilty because at times in my life I have devoted my life to the beautification of my physical body and neglected the heart. I am happy that I am strong enough today to work on beautifying my heart everyday vs. the physical body. When it all comes down to it, no one will want to be in your presence with an ugly heart despite all the physical beauty you may posses. One teacher at home says yoga changes your inside, not your outside. I am so grateful that I found yoga, or you can say yoga found me!
2. He touched on how he misses Guruji, his grandpa, and how even though he passed and he misses him, how he still can feel his presence everyday in his life. Like Sharath, I miss my grandparents so much. Especially my Grandpa Nat, or G Paw as we all called him, the grandparent that was in my life the longest and recently passed. I miss him everyday of my life. By keeping an emotional wall built around me, I tend to keep feelings out so I don't hurt, because missing him hurts, and the hurt is in my heart. Sharath helped me take down some of my wall. I was able to feel sadness and loneliness, as well as happiness because I realized that I can feel G Paw's presence everyday in my life. He doesn't have to be here in order for me to feel him.
3. He said that as long as you have yoga in your heart, yoga will save you, and this quote is an emotional one for me. I started yoga 9 years ago, being a method that would lead to the death of me, but then I eventually turned to it as a practice to save me. Taking my first Ashtanga class and listening to the teacher speaking about the 8 limbs of yoga and Phattabhi Jois (even though ashtanga classes were hard to find so I practiced other styles of yoga) I knew this was a path I should and want to follow in order to save me, restore purity and happiness with myself and in my heart. By Sharath saying what he said, inspires me to share why I came to Mysore with others. It also, encourages and empowers me to spread yoga to other people that share the same struggles as me and to help the world reclaim their right to happiness in their lives.
That is enough for today.
Last Sunday's conference with Sharath, was beautiful, inspiring, emotional and it really hit home. He touched on so many topics in such a short time, but really left a long lasting impression how I feel about myself, my life and dealing with the changes in my life.
1. The first thing that stood out to me was that he said, it doesn't matter if you have a beautiful body if you do not have a beautiful heart. Sharath couldn't have said it better. So many people in the society we live in focus and devote their life to the beautification of their physical body. By spending hours at the gym, spas, putting on make up, years and life times dieting, we neglect beautifying our heart, the most important aspect of our being. What about devoting our lives to the purification and the beautification of the heart or even devoting your life to something higher than yourself? I too am guilty because at times in my life I have devoted my life to the beautification of my physical body and neglected the heart. I am happy that I am strong enough today to work on beautifying my heart everyday vs. the physical body. When it all comes down to it, no one will want to be in your presence with an ugly heart despite all the physical beauty you may posses. One teacher at home says yoga changes your inside, not your outside. I am so grateful that I found yoga, or you can say yoga found me!
2. He touched on how he misses Guruji, his grandpa, and how even though he passed and he misses him, how he still can feel his presence everyday in his life. Like Sharath, I miss my grandparents so much. Especially my Grandpa Nat, or G Paw as we all called him, the grandparent that was in my life the longest and recently passed. I miss him everyday of my life. By keeping an emotional wall built around me, I tend to keep feelings out so I don't hurt, because missing him hurts, and the hurt is in my heart. Sharath helped me take down some of my wall. I was able to feel sadness and loneliness, as well as happiness because I realized that I can feel G Paw's presence everyday in my life. He doesn't have to be here in order for me to feel him.
3. He said that as long as you have yoga in your heart, yoga will save you, and this quote is an emotional one for me. I started yoga 9 years ago, being a method that would lead to the death of me, but then I eventually turned to it as a practice to save me. Taking my first Ashtanga class and listening to the teacher speaking about the 8 limbs of yoga and Phattabhi Jois (even though ashtanga classes were hard to find so I practiced other styles of yoga) I knew this was a path I should and want to follow in order to save me, restore purity and happiness with myself and in my heart. By Sharath saying what he said, inspires me to share why I came to Mysore with others. It also, encourages and empowers me to spread yoga to other people that share the same struggles as me and to help the world reclaim their right to happiness in their lives.
That is enough for today.
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