Exploring Patience: Yoga and Life
Why did I start exploring patience?
Well, the other day I was aggressively moving into a balance posture that I can do but not with ease and stability, that is certain! My breath was getting short and I just felt like I was pushing into the pose instead of letting it happen. I found that I tend to rush forward and work on the next hardest posture or push my body into new places instead of being more curious in the place I am in. Patience was something I needed to invest some time in.
I see all these beautiful posts online of asanas that are gorgeous. And I think to myself, I want to do that too…duh. Enter my ego. It jumps in and convinces me that I must get in those postures, now. Like today. That kind of ridiculous urgency that only the ego can drive us into.
“A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen