No Fear, no fun!

Last conference was an interesting one, more questions popping up among the crowd, and 3 teachers received certification for the year of 2012. It inspired me and felt touched a little, emotions stirring up.
They must have put in great deal of effort and commitment for years.

Someone raised up a question about fear, and how can we manage and handle fear during the practice.
Sharath chuckled and said, " No Fear, No Fun. Fear makes us learn, makes us more courageous, makes us more stronger. Especially during backbends, any backbends; where we face a great deal of fear, which is actually our own fear."

I've always treat fear as self- challenge, a chance for me to grow stronger as i so much want to dissolves any itsy bits of fear inside me. In the process, i do enjoy much when i witness how i expose the fear that i was hiding it sub- consciously. I enjoy backbends as much as i love the lightness in my heart:)

Fear, can be fun.
Fear brushes some colors in our life.
Fear brings us to a junction for a decision to grow or old.

I'm in the progress of digesting it:)

TGIM!

Thank Good Its Moonday!

Daily morning practice has been going more smoothly, and more intensely this week. Every practice, very thankful that i do get my drop- back adjusted; if no Sharath himself, it'll be Saraswati ( sharath's mother) or Adam ( student assistant). The first couple of day, i felt all is good... not too sore in the muscles.

Today, this morning, my heart is thumping hard, i was making effort to take long, deep breathing before diving down into the back bend. Adam was stand in front of my, hands lightly touching my lumber spine, as i crossed my arms in front of my chest and swung up and down three times.
With the last deep breath, i dropped back and dangle both of my arms in the mid- air.

Adam gripped my both wrists and led my arms so that i can grabbed my own ankles firmly. I quickly root my heels down, and i could feel my front thighs burning, my butt is heat up, and as much as i can stay in that position, i breath as if my chest was going to explode. No thought could intrude into my mind, accept to breathe.

At the 5th breath, i sprung up slowly, and a train of thoughts entered my mind. While i was making my way to a seated forward bend, and Adam was pressing me from the back to release the soreness... in that 10 breaths of forward bend...i thought:
" Oh gosh, i need a nap... i want some ice blended coffee, i want green tea latte from Starbucks, i need a hot oil massage, i want chocolate, i want coconut water, i just want to do nothing and sleep!"

Phew! Tomorrow is moon day, we get a day rest from the practice. And i'm going to try out the castor oil bath from one of the Ayuvedic Spa here. This is a traditional practice the local do every weekend and moon day. Let's see if i'll like it:)

Lift up your head and enjoy the view:)

Standing at the rooftop last night, lifted my head, looking up to the sky in a dark night. “ Whaoo….” I exclaimed silently. Yes, I exclaimed. Because back home, the night is too bright for the stars to be seen, the buildings are too tall for the sky to reveal itself. For once, I felt the muscles in my eyes started to relax.

First, I was looking at the brightest star, slowly; I see a lot other stars twinkling just as brightly.  Some were neatly in a row, like how close friends are; some are randomly being there independently. Then, I see more stars gradually appearing, filling up every space the sky has.

While keeping my eyes busy looking for the next star that twinkles; there’s a funny kind of calmness residing inside me.  And this feeling very much reminds me of how yoga comes about to me personally--- getting busy with it yet a sense of tranquility is in there.

 Ok, let’s not just say yoga…. Let’s say basically when we are in a stage of researching  more of ourselves.