02/09/2024
Ah the mind.. how it loves to run it's own course, how it loves to do its own thing despite your wellbeing. For many months I've been feeling like my mind was my own worst enemy.. I've been shaken up by world events, to my very core. I've been exhausted through parenting and just life. But my mind certainly didn't have my back through this, it interested me because the more I suffered, the more I saw how separate 'I' was from my mind.. I would almost sit back in horror whilst it took me on a wild ride through emotions and pain, and instead of being able to put my wellbeing first, go to sleep, get outside for fresh air, it felt like I was stuck and at it's will.
Whenever I found the energy I reminded myself that my mind was not my entirety, my mind is my bodies computer, and I am the user. I do not have to accept the messages, and can choose to override and overwrite it's messages and pathways. It's interesting because this is a key feature to many mystic traditions, yoga included. It is taught that the mind is capable of showing us great beauty and great suffering. The mind is but one part of our being, and like all other aspects of the body, the mind can also benefit greatly from training. We want a healthy mind, one that serves us and not the other way around. We want our mind, body, and spirit working in harmony.
Currently deepening my breathwork practice and teaching with who I have practiced with remotely for years, and am on my way to becoming a certified Yogalap Life Awareness Breathwork Coach. I actually really enjoy learning and practicing Breathwork online as I can go deeper in my own ceremony space at home. Perhaps some day I will venture into the online teaching world and start offering Breathwork sessions online too.
Thanking my gurus Michael, Nicole, David, Serap and all those in my life who offer me great teaching. I am forever learning and forever grateful.
