Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Open Circle Yoga in 2013


Namaste all.

Without further a due, my class schedule and outlook for 2013:

Tuesday 6pm-7pm Sapius Gym Wainuiomata, Starting 8th Jan.
Saturday 11:15am-12:30pm Jenkins Gym, Starting 12 Jan*.
Wednesday 12pm-1pm St Andrews Church Hall. Starting 16th Jan.

Monday 12pm-1pm Powa Centre Myoga**

*I am awaiting confirmation that this class can be run as 75 minutes (my preference). I am also awaiting confirmation that people outside of the Gym will be able to attend the class, which is something I am looking into because people from my old class at Plimmertion/Purebalance have expressed a genuine interest in transferring over.

**I am in discussions with Meliissa Billington to teach a class at her studio, will update this blog entry when I have further details as to whether this is going ahead or not.

Thankyou all for your support in 2012. For me it has been quite a challenging year, both in my practice and in my life (is there a difference?) but it has been a year of important pivotal changes, paving the way for a very bright future, of this I feel certain.
Om Shanti
b


Monday, December 3, 2012

What if I told you..


Over the years I've often found myself sitting in the middle of two different points of view. It has often had the unfortunate affect of leaving me without any discernible "side" to call my own. sometimes accused of being a fence-sitter, as time has worn on I can now very confidently object to such a metaphor as being both biased and inaccurate. What if I told you, there is no fence, and there are no sides. These concepts are in fact  an artificial construction of our own minds. They create a static immutability in the way both the head and heart can travel and grow. They define rules that limit critical thinking and even more importantly, the capacity to let our hearts love.

Ironically, I perceive opposing sides as two  faces of the same coin. It is their very polarity that makes them so similar. They are divided by the same forces that join them: Darkness, Anger, Pride. Interesting that all these attributes are internal. We can argue that these sorts of emotions are the product of seemingly unjustifiable events that have occurred in our lives but regardless of their origin they are what they are. They are not good things to have living inside our hearts. Justifying their presence through external events only strengthens and entrenches their existence, and by extension the actions they give rise to.

One of the biggest lessons I ever learnt from Yoga is the idea to internalise, to find your answers from the inside -rather than trying to make sense of the chaos on the outside. Unlike the outside, we have full control of the inside. A paradigm shift occurs when you realise that no matter what the complexities of the situation you face are, the way to peace begins inside your own heart, and not through the actions of others. This is true empowerment, and if everyone was wise and brave enough to take this hard journey towards inner-light, the world would be a much better place.