05/09/2025
Every day, we begin again. ☀️
This is the heart of Ashtanga yoga. A practice for the everyday beginner.
Lately, I’ve been reminded of what being an everyday beginner means.
Being injured makes it difficult to step onto the mat without the critical voice creeping in. Yet, there is such liberation in remembering that every day we can begin again. Beginning again, with honesty and care, is not a failure but a form of devotion.
This is the heart of the practice: not perfection, but returning. Again and again. 🪷
It also reminds me how important it is to practice in a supportive space. A skilled teacher knows when to gently encourage and when to give space to heal. And community, when it is truly nurturing, reminds us that being in process, even in vulnerability, is not something to hide but to share. My own tendency is often to withdraw and hide, yet slowly I learn that this sharing is where healing becomes part of the practice itself.
To my teacher 🙏 Thank you for your steady support.
To my sangha, my students, my teachers, and my companions in practice 🙏, thank you for holding space for one another with presence and compassion.
🪷 May we remember: we are always welcome to practice with care and kindness, like beginners. Wherever we are in our journey: strong, tired, curious, or vulnerable. We are welcome.”
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