Day #19 Inspired by Geeta

I mentioned in Day #16 post that there were many stories shared about Geeta.

I was reflecting on one story in particular in which Geeta had been watching a student struggling with her practice in the practice hall.

Geeta called her over and amongst many things, one thing she said was along the lines of “you are young, you must attempt the challenging poses, if you don’t do them before you are 50 then there is no chance” and then she went on to say something like “If you don’t know what to practice, copy what the seniors are practicing and if you still don’t know, come and ask me”

Pretty cool eh!

So that is what I did in my practice today.

I attempted pose I am afraid of, poses I have never done before and don’t know how to do.

I copied what I had seen done or saw today in the practice hall.

I did headstand drop backs, handstand drop backs, I did poses I don’t even know the name of, but there were students in the hall doing them, there were pictures of BKS Iyengar doing them, so I just copied best I could.

I did lots of padmasana variations and I did padmasana in Sarvangasana trying my best to not use my hands to get the feet entwined.

I attempted and not just once, many times.

I discovered there is nothing to be afraid of, it’s just noise in my head.

I discovered I could do much more than I thought. And when you have done something once even if poorly, you at least know the steps to take to get there again.

So please in your practice ‘just attempt’ some poses that you are not familiar with and bliss will come.

I insist that you comment below and tell me what asana you will attempt in your practice that you don’t ever do or that you need ideas for how to approach, I’d love to help you.