Be the change

Mahatma Ghandi  once said 

"You must be the change you want to see in the world." 

Its been a while since I last posted and quite a lot has happened in and around my work and practice.


Work is very challenging at the moment as we go through a period of significant organisational change with people losing their jobs, careers, livelihoods.


I have been determined to make sure that I keep up my regular practice (4-5 days per week) as I am sure that this is the main thing that has allowed me to deal with the stress and pressure of trying to lead a team that supports managers and staff through the changes.


So many of my colleagues are stressing and dealing with that stress in differing ways...I look forward to getting into the yoga room, being able to have to focus on the dialogue and the postures and not on the issues in the workplace.


It has been tough and at times it has taken me nearly all class to get my head into a place where I can focus on my breathing, being present with the dialogue and the postures. 

There are whole movements that have been built up around this famous quote.

But for me and at the individual level it means that if I want to see change then I have to be prepared to act on something to make the changes happen.

So, as I posted previously, in my practice I took the step, after 4 years, of practicing without a shirt or singlet and confronting what there is in front of me.

That has had a flow on effect with my eating...and while I have eaten 'healthy' for quite a while now I am even more diligent and committed to my nutrition and as a result I am losing fat and changing shape.

I have started to practice more backbends after class to try to get more 'bendy'.

Someone else once said "If it is to be...it's up to me"

Our yoga teachers often say "If you can, you must".

I am learning that if I want to further develop and progress in my practice, I have to take some action to make things happen.

That also means being open to new challenges - do I go up to the front or second row from now on, will I go to teacher training one day, will I compete in the local yoga championships next year....all pretty scary for me....

But who knows where these challenges and changes will lead to next?

Namaste