Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see.
All your life, you were only for this moment to be free.
Lennon-McCartney
People
have problems. We grant ourselves a certain majesty by allowing
ourselves to simply see, and be a witness to our own circumstance, even
before trying to change them. Just be there. I suppose this being where
we are is what we practice when we do yoga poses.
The
Sanskrit word for yoga posture is Asana. It's sometimes translated as
your seat. In yoga, like in life, it sometimes feels like you're in the
hot seat. Sometimes it feels like you're sitting in the epitome of
bliss. And sometimes it feels like you're sitting behind the wheel of a
1960 Ford Falcon with whitewall tires, red leather interior, and a
tired song on the am radio as you travel down some unknown dark road
(random, I know but work with me). It's hard to imagine that even in
the darkest of nights, in the deep, cold winter when it feels as if the
world will never warm again, that something miraculous can happen. But
just like flashes of brilliant or subtle insight can come during a
difficult asana, the light can shine in our dark moments of life and
something inside us will illuminate.
Maybe
it's because in these difficult places there's no other choice. From
the bottom and the dark there is only up and there is only light. Learn
to fly with your broken wings because we're all broken and maybe
that's the only way to fly. Everybody's going through their own stuff
and that's why it's wonderful to practice with other people, because
it's comforting knowing that we are all working our stuff out together.
And despite how destitute your situation may seem, this is the moment
for you to learn to fly. Now, because there is only now. There is only
the present. This is what we are practicing in yoga.
Let's take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life you were waiting for this moment to arise.
See you in class.
Scott
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