THE gymnasts, the weight trainer and the uninitiated yoga student should understand that a properly prepared and unabused body will always enjoy different moves and positions, and that it will continue to do so for years to come. One needs to maintain a constant balance between stretching and relaxing, between strengthening and yielding, and between the quietness of the inner SELF and the performance of outer body.
It is important to understand that failure to achieve or to finalise a certain move does not mean that one is a failure; the concept of “failing” should be seen as a reward and a further opportunity to learn.
Through the right attitude to yoga practice or sports training, one can understand how much the human body is made of different structures, muscle formations and subtle energies. Yet each individual has a precious core that links his/her physical, mental and emotional self to the spiritual reality of the greater SELF.
This very precious core is called the soul. It is where attitudes form and where the power lies to integrate all parts of the self. However, the stronger and the more successful one becomes, the more easily that core can shrink. One has to learn to identify with such a phenomenon, in order to safeguard the soul. That could ultimately mean abandoning the protection of any structured and rigid system. By conforming only to the subtle voice of the SELF, and following the laws of that true SELF through clear mindedness, the individual’s practice training will unveil the person’s true wealth, because within the silence of any personal practice, there is the ever-expanding echo of creation and creativity, and in any training there is the striving and persistence that encourages matter to compete for space in the universal search for eternity.
Danielle Arin
