It was raining yesterday while I practiced at home and the darkness of the sky gave me a feeling of unease. I decided to video-record a pose or two. Not that this would ease feelings, but at least it was something to do. Perhaps I was looking for a distraction.
I recorded the sequence of Bujapidasana and Kurmasana, the first two "core" poses of the primary series, and by core I mean "hard", the poses where the action is at, where we attempt to float, put legs behind the head, etc.
This Kurmasana picture is from the video:
As soon as I finished the pose I came back to the camera to watch the clip, and that is when I heard my mind tell me, in so many words: "There is no way you can do that."
That is what the mind said as I was looking at the pose I had been in 40 seconds ago. It took me a moment to notice that I had just completed the pose, that the body in the image was my own indeed.
It left me wondering.
Never believe everything the mind says!
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| Rainy day |
This Kurmasana picture is from the video:
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| there is no way you can do that, said my mind |
That is what the mind said as I was looking at the pose I had been in 40 seconds ago. It took me a moment to notice that I had just completed the pose, that the body in the image was my own indeed.
It left me wondering.
Never believe everything the mind says!
Very nice lift of the heels there Claudia.
ReplyDeleteThe body is quite flexible, it is the mind that stiffens us. Guruji says it all.
ReplyDeleteSo True Claudia! There are so many things my mind seemed to think are impossible that I can now do in life and in yoga. This is one of the lessons yoga teaches us, I think.
ReplyDeleteYes absolutely. For me the strangest thing is that the mind would fire that message at exactly that moment, when I had just done it! I am still in awe at catching it at its game!
ReplyDeleteYes, I remembered that line from Jois "body is not stiff, mind is" on the anniversary of his passing, there is so much wisdom there!
ReplyDeleteway thank you Grimmly, this one is so long in the works I am happy to see progress indeed and the heels were up for 5 breaths, so yes, it is coming and it is nice :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats Claudia! I"ve been working on kurmasana for a while, it's an inspiration to hear someone has just got it. Loving your blog :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Phyllis
ReplyDeleteI was asked to try kurmasana & supta kurmasana for the first time by my teacher this morning and that was exactly what my mind said to me! "There's no way you can do this!" There is an amazing shift in how you see things and how you deal with your mind when you advance to new poses. Oh, by the way, it was raining too as I was getting into the poses! Thanks for sharing, Claudia!
ReplyDelete"The observer is the observed - Krishnamurti"
HA! Interesting that it happened to you too and in the same pose. I like that sentence by Krishnamurti :-)
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