by S.L. Jordan
"Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once." - Paulo Coelho, 'The Winner Stands Alone,' 2008.
I cannot believe it has been almost two months to the day since I have published a post.
I had intentions on documenting the Fall 2022 Transform Challenge - I finished AND my team won! As usual life let me know IT had other plans in store for me. I wish I could say I was swamped with work, or life, or any combination of the two. In reality, it was a mix of the quote above. Everything AND Nothing was happening simultaneously.
It's a paralysis of sorts, where I unintentionally direct my attention on my priorities and all the extra busy work falls to the side. Whatever I was unwilling to let go of slips away during this time. From September to now, I have been trying to get my life back on the path it was on before I started teaching yoga. I've come to realize, THAT path is gone. Weeds have grown over the tread.
I'm still not practicing yoga PHYSICALLY as much as I have over the last few years. It's December 9th and I have YET to hit the ma'at this month [I registered for the 5:30pm class just now], and the last in person class I attended was before November 21.
That's absurd for me.
There was a time when missing that much practice would weight me down, literally a heaviness would fall over me, not with stress or frustrations though but with guilt. Guilt that I wasn't getting to my ma'at as much as I was in the height of the pandemic.
It should be noted that I joined the Holiday True to You Challenge at BIG in hopes of getting back to that consistency. It's a simpler challenge - 18 days on your ma'at between November 21 - December 31. FYI - you still have time to join that challenge, the last day to join is December 13th.
It only dawned on me recently that I am not practicing physically as much as I would like too, but that the philosophy of yoga has started to become a way of life for me. That I do not feel as stressed or frustrated because I am using the tools, I have gained from the physical practice for my mental and emotional well-being.
And if I am being honest, THAT makes me feel more like a yogi than accomplishing one of the more advanced poses.
While I've been away:
1. I have been to San Francisco to visit my best friend for Halloween. Igot the chance to visit a beautiful yoga studio. More to come on that. #AumYogaAroundTheWorldWithSLJordan
2. I visited Baltimore for the first time with my father and brothers #TheJordansTake
3. I have been working on a few projects that I am hoping to debut soon #AumYoga
4. I started an IG page for Aum Yoga. Follow ME!
Starting next week, I added a new day/time. You can check the schedule here.
Meet Me on the Ma'at.
Very inspiring and thought-provoking. So often I am trying to get back to something from the past that is simply gone, but new growth has indeed taken place.