Body and mind

Daylight at start of practice

When you cannot achieve a decent asana, usually the problem stands in the mind rather than the body – unless one has severe anatomical impediments. Attitude, the way you approach a posture, is everything.

My teacher once told me I was entering a specific set of postures with a negative mindset, like a big NO stamped on my face. That remark shocked me, I turned it down and got mad inside.

Daylight at end of practice

 

A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, but I still remember that comment and her voice and look saying it, with the difference that now I seem to have finally understood and treasure it as a fundamental teaching... and a good memory as well.