32 Unusual things I learned from my yoga journey so far

Ever since I took sail into the river of yoga I have been going through new challenges and learning things I did not know, well, actually, some I kind of knew but not really, not at a visceral level, take for example number one, it is easy to repeat those words, it is another thing to believe it.

I would be very curious to know what you would add.

1. Yes, I can
2. Time is circular, all things go in cycles
3. My body is lovely, regardless of whatever anyone else thinks, it can do amazing things like Suya A every day
4. There is more to yoga than what we do in the mat
5. Living yoga outside of the mat is a lot harder than kapotasana seems to be
6. Being kind towards other people is much more difficult than supta kurmasana
7. Writing a blog about one's journey throughout yoga is scarey, threatening, wonderful, inevitable, at least for me
8. I can go unconsciuos easily sometimes, like those days where I have been thinking of something else and wake up in Upavista Konasana thinking: "wow, I did all of that"?
9. Ashtanga teachers are one of the most wonderful things that happened to my world
10. Meditation is the most rewarding part of the practice
11. Meditation is one of the things that saves me in daily living, it is what gives me enough peace and discernment to stop the reactivity 
12. I am sure that prathyahara is pretty similar to what I feel when I get adjusted into a very difficult position, where I totally withdraw all senses due to the intensity
13. I do not believe it is possible to experience all branches of yoga while at asana practice
14. Ahimsha is widely misunderstood, the first ahimsha or non-harming and the most challenging to learn is that which we exercise towards ourselves
15. Who am I NOT to think I am qualified to (fill in the blank)?
16. In the deep silence of meditation, when things are really quiet, sometimes I can feel true peace
17. I am a lot less neurotic these days, I even pause before I react, sometimes
18. Yoga has not turned me into an englithened being but it sure has made me much happier than I was before, and that happiness has a lot to do with being content with the way things are, right now, in this moment.
19. Yoga friends and cyber friends are a gem, I am grateful
20. Remembering to be grateful for the basic things, like being able to hear, see, walk, reminds me how blessed I am in every way, all the time
21. Praying "Thank you dear God"  as many times as I remember throughout the day has worked miracles in life
22. I trust a little more these days
23. I have released a lot of wegith
24. I am trying lots of new things, and a all of them are taking me totally out of my comfort zone
25. Taking little breaks at work to do yoga in the bathroom was a very good idea
26. The real yoga is the one we practice in relation to others, as it is in reaction to others that we get exposed to our deepest traumas and neurosis
27. Yoga is to be used so that we keep it real, very real
28. Real as in doing the practice everyday and also making the bed, doing the dishes and being in the world
29. I know now, at a visceral level than we do our practice, all is indeed coming
30. Many times saying nothing is the best thing to do
31. I am still in awe at the Gita and probably will continue to be so forever
32. I am beyond grateful that yoga chose me

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