I had the honour to take a class with Elena Brower in the city a few weeks ago on an absolutely gorgeous early summer evening. She said something that really stuck with me. She was speaking about WHO you are on the mat is how AND who you should be in your everyday life, and if you are a different person off the mat, what's the point?
It really had me thinking - how many people are not living their authentic lives? How many people are one person on the mat and a totally different person off the mat? Maybe because their family or loved ones don't support their yoga practice, or because they are afraid to show their true light? Why practice something you can't use in your everyday life?
I took this class with one of my beloved teachers, and on the way home we were discussing it. It lead to the discussion about taking your yoga off the mat and using it in the everyday life. I asked her, 'What is yoga?'. We both agreed that yoga is what we were doing right then & there - sitting on a crowded rush-hour train, packed with strangers, using our breath and patience and shining our inner light towards others. Yoga is calling your family. Yoga is a 4 pm staff meeting at your workplace. Yoga is having that difficult conversation. Yoga is being at peace. Yoga is in you and all around you.
Shine on,
M
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