Respect the past, but be open to the future.
Traditions are always a good way to start, as they are often a time-tested best practice of doing something.
But as a teacher, I also feel the need to evolve.
Even as yoga, the practice has always been changing and evolving, and will continue to do so.
Do you know most of the postures we practice today are only 50-60 years old?
Aerial arts was once a performance art.
Now we have Aerial yoga. And then there is Chair Yoga, Wheel Yoga.
Where is the line?
I do wonder sometimes, and I consistently work on finding the balance between the two and incorporating the best of both worlds in practice, teachings, and in life.
Traditions are good, but we can’t be stuck with one way of doing things.
We can’t be afraid to experiment with new ideas.
Today’s conservative ideas were once controversial, cutting edge, and innovative.
Sometimes through the learning process, we may develop new insights and wisdom of our own.
We need to continue to question. There are times that “tradition” can no longer hold true, or we have to adapt to something that is more fit to today’s environment and circumstances.
If these new ideas are truly better, embrace them.
After all, the dead men who wrote the book stopped learning two thousand years ago.
Tell me how you feel about this in the comments
Photo Credit
(My dear friend and photographer, who is a discipline Classic Hot 26 practitioner, but would only take unconventional yoga photos)
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