Steadiness

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STEADINESS

This summer, I was practicing at this little studio in Palo Alto, California. And this teacher would put us in a pose, and challenge us to go to a point where our bodies started to get unstable.

“𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵.” She said.

I found that interesting. 🤔

We so often speak and focus on building stability and control in our yoga postures.

I certainly found myself doing that.

I don’t want to go to a point where I feel unstable.

I don’t want to acknowledge I lose control.

I don’t want to let people see that I am shaking as that is showing my “weakness”.

What if….

“𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴.” – Adam Grant

When we think we need to have to be still to get a perfect balance, maybe what we need is to deliberately find that shake, that edge, that imbalance in order to move forward and progress. 👌

Being in equilibrium breeds comfort.

Feeling off balance leads to growth.

Sometime in your practice this week, embrace that shake, that discomfort – that’s how we grow. ✨