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The Absurdity of Advanced Yoga Poses

“No white light descends upon us as our head touches our legs, and you most likely will not feel kundalini shoot up your asshole if you can stick your legs behind your head. The enlightenment comes not by getting somewhere further but by loving and accepting yourself just the way you are.”

Bryan isn’t what got me into yoga, but he’s what’s kept me doing it for 15 years (even though I don’t do it as much as I should). He’s a true hero, a generous soul, and a champion for healthy outlooks and a healthy self image.

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I went to a yoga class tonight, and although some aspects were a bit too silly-yogi-spiritual for my liking, the instructor had some interesting things to say about time – how our relationship with it is so negative, and how that harms us.

We want to slow it down. Speed it up. Reverse it. We want more of it, we never have enough.

In reality, time is a gift. Every moment. And when she said that, I thought of an analogy: when someone gives us a gift, we are appreciative of it in that moment. We’re never thinking, when will the next gift come? We’re not comparing it to past gifts or future gifts. We’re not wishing for more gifts. We’re just grateful.

Imagine if we can approach the moments of our lives in this same way…