Thursday, September 28, 2006

say, 'ommmmmm....'

this is what you do before every yoga session. it's supposed to instill peace internally and ready yourself for a rewarding workout for body and soul.

in a way that's what prelims are for. it really isn't about the results, and i like to see it as a readying process. to breathe deeply before the ultimate challenge. to steady yourself for a plunge into an exciting ride that challenges your every faculty, combining solid substance with sustaining your cool. finding through trial and error your internal rhythm, and getting that to work for you in a delicate balance.

after all the grade-chasing i've been doing the past one hundred and eighty years, it has come to this: the realisation that learning from your mistakes is far more important than results. and it is courageous to admit that and to demonstrate it in yourself, to celebrate the process and the surprises it springs on you instead of endlessly pursuing an elusive utopia. (even though everyone else is pursuing said utopia)

i feel surprisingly enlightened today. what a wonderful sense of release.

ommmm.