The Painless pain

“Who don’t have pain… everybody in this room has pain.” Ajay was voicing across the room.

Yes, I agreed. Each of us in this room sure to carry some amount of pain since yesterday’s back-bending class; I too find myself struggling out of the bed this morning…even  washing up became a chore.

Interestingly, some teacher prefers the student to “listen to your body, and don’t push yourself too much.  Release the pose if you feel pain.” However some teachers would go for, “You have to go through some physical pain to release your tightness.  But, don’t jerk and injure yourself.”  

It is important to know what our pain is. Not all pains are bad, and not all pains are good too.

Those who love to live in contradictions would usually end up in a mess:

A good number of people suffer from the usual discomfort--- chronic back, knees and shoulders aches (bad pains which lead us to more sufferings). Upon having awareness of these pains, most people choose to accept them and live with pains in silence.  

The mind tells them “Its ok, the pain is bearable, I can still move around without any problem. It’s endurable.”

Some may decide to opt for yoga classes, and prepare to give up when they feel great amount of discomfort in a pose. They drag the aches and pains that last for days--- (good pains that lead us to freedom of pains).

The mind says, “I’m here to release my pain, but ended up having more pains… why should I make myself suffer like this. The aches are terrible; I can’t even walk properly… I think I’m going get injured, i better stop.”

“Listen to your body”, a common term we can get from teachers. But most of us ended up listening to our mind. The mind is a beautiful slave, but an ugly master. That’s probably the reason why most yoga  pages mention to “follow your heart” and “listen to your body”; Instead of bringing the mind to take charge of our life.

Every one of us has pain--- Every one of us has moments of sadness--- Every one of us has experience falls and hurdles.  We can either take them with love, or with hatred. One can embrace the existing pains; bring the pains through a more intense of soreness to release the agony; that’s when we start to love life.

One can also choose an easier option to watch the pains grow and prolong; suffer and live with the bad pains for the rest of the days; that’s when we start to hate life… because it’s full of sufferings.

Listen to what the mind says and stay stupid. Listen to what the heart says and stay wise.