Digging A Hole

This week I've decided to focus on digging deeper. What that means to you is up to you -- it could mean going deeper in a posture or deeper with your breathe work or putting a bit more time into finding all the pertinent information before beginning a new project.

I set my sights on this theme because students (particularly this month) have been asking, when will I be able to do THAT posture? or when will I experience that energetic hum again? when? when? when? The answer that comes to my heart is always, "Now. Right now. You are doing it now. You are experiencing it now."

Most folks are so busy trying/striving/pushing to be like someone else or to be what they perceive as "better"...that they haven't realized that they are exactly where they are supposed to be. This isn't just in the studio. It's in every day living...think about it.

Driving along the highway. Everyone is moving. There is the driver behind you who lacks the patience to stay in the moment and go with the flow. This soul cannot accept that we will all get 'there' eventually. That driver wants to move faster, be first, and best. So that driver zips out from behind you only to end up in front of you. That driver is hard charging to 'no where'.
And quite frankly, they might have avoided the traffic ticket if they had enjoyed being 'here now'.

So slow down. Enjoy the journey. Marvel at where you are right now because before you can even begin to dig deeper you need to be here now.

Now, I invite you to consider digging for a moment. Digging is a downward motion from where you are standing. It is not forward. It is not backward. It is straight down from where you are. So if you keep digging, you might just realize that if you look up from your hole, you will be standing underneath the best that is you.

The point is that whatever you are digging into this week it will require that you be patient, be kind and be willing to accept whatever it is that you find. Odds are you will discover a deeper understanding of...