Sweet.Tea.
Stuck between twenty-something
going on Thirty-something
and trying to find out
how to make this rut work its way out
I am a southern girl
moved to a northern world
and here I am
Portland Maine
with a BFA from UNC
to RN school at UNE
creating my life dream of being a yoga teacher through constant practice and extreme gratitude
This is me making it
worth it
throwing it out there....
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Yoga Sutra I.33,
”Consciousness settles as one radiates friendliness, compassion, delight, and equanimity toward all things, whether pleasant, unpleasant, good, or bad.”
which addresses the brahmaviharas, as saying, “By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.” Satchidananda says that these qualities are the four keys to establishing the mind in serenity: “If you use the right key with the right person, you will retain your peace.”
photo by nick brandt
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A fellow teacher reminded me:
Note to self: it is totally normal for students to demonstrate and/or feel hatred, frustration, anger, etc. during class… practice accepting it with great compassion because chances are it only means they are getting stronger and clearing space for more love and freedom.
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”Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we’re telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can’t practice when distracted but KNOW that we can’t, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what’s going on.”
-Pema Chodron
