Gooood morning sober yogi’s around the globe. Well, I just had quite the sobering
experience at the Baptiste Level 1 yoga teacher training in Sedona, AZ. All I can say is “wow.” Ok, so I have more to say on the
matter… but still, wow! I did not
know what to expect going into the experience and now I am blown away by the
incredible gifts that were born in a week packed full of emotional, spiritual
and physical growth. Our schedule
looked a little something like this, 6:45am – breakfast, 8:30am – meditation
for an hour or two, 10ish-yoga for 3-4 hours, 1:30ish – lunch, 3ish – “chair
session”, 5:00ish – snack, 6:00ish - 2-3 hours of yoga, 9pm – dinner, 10:30 –
chair session, 12:30-1am’ish – bedtime(phew)! I’m amazed first of all that this girl who likes to be in
bed no later than 9pm had the capacity to endure and eventually thrive on such
a schedule. The fact is we were
eating clean and living clean and it’s amazing how much energy is freed up to
flow, hint hint(**if you’re passed the stages of early sobriety where anything
goes – perhaps now is the time to start to court the idea of eating and living
clean ;) More importantly, we were exploring our boundaries and pushing passed
them. In this way, we were
discovering new possibility in our life.
How often do we cruise through life uninterested in going anywhere near
the edge of our comfort zone and therefore unengaged with new possibility? Baron Baptiste(world famous yoga
teacher, leader, and writer) was secretly dedicated to, sometimes gently and
sometimes not so gently, nudging
us toward the discovery of the blind spots within our consciousness,
otherwise known as the places that we play small. It became apparent very quickly that he was dedicated to
creating crisis(which simply means crossroads) for us, so that we would have
the opportunity to turn a breakdown into a breakthrough. Let me tell you, I discovered a
few…in fact I have a whole new list of step 6 character defenses – 1.) the
need to be right 2.) the need to know & charmingly, 3.) the concern for
looking good. I am aware of these now and each time they arise I take the
opportunity to let them go. This
is a truly liberating process of revelation and recovery. In the coming days I
will share more in depth the details, revelations and breakthroughs of my
experience at this life changing training. For now though, I want to encourage you to develop the
awareness that any breakdown that is happening in your life has by it’s
nature, the potential for a
breakthrough. If you’re in the rare experience of cruising along without a
single breakdown in your life, then chose a place where you feel stuck in your
life and commit yourself to a breakthrough in this area. In the next week, we will explore this
process. Happy Breakthrough’s
today yogi’s, on and off your mat!
Big Love! A
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