I went to a beginners' yoga class today and it will continue tomorrow and it was a completely new experience for me. The speed of it took me by surprise, since I am kind of used to roughing it in my kickboxing trainings. However, in my opinion this could create a perfect balance with my hobbies. The only thing is that you really have to concentrate and get into it, otherwise you won't get so much out of it. I did my best, though my thoughts were wondering a bit at times, especially when I got hungry and saw a bowl of grapes on the table.
Inhale, exhale.
Anyway, I got a glimpse of why yoga is practised all over the world. Feeling every single part of your body in your thougts is incredible and so relaxing. Never have I felt so present in the moment and like nothing else matters than me, my breathing, my feet on the ground and just being. The tingling at my fingertips while streching and lifting my hands up towards the ceiling made me feel so energetic and powerful. Almost all my muscles were a little sore from training on Thursday and floorball yesterday, so some moves didn't feel so comfortable but as a whole I really enjoyed those few hours.
Close your eyes. Balance.
We also heard a lot about the history of yoga and its principles and I gotta admit, some words really got stuck in my head. The philosophy in it is so intangible but at the same time so real. They spoke a lot about finding yourself and I started to wonder this mysterious thing you hear to be sought everywhere. I don't know what will it be once I reach it, but I learned today that it is already inside me. All I have to do is dig it up. Now it is even more clear why people want to find themselves, 'cause it is like this magnetic source that just screams to be found. And I want it as well. I want to be able to look in the mirror and know what I am made of. I want to discover it all, the things I am proud of and the things I don't particularly like. One of human's biggest possible strengths is the ability to accept themselves as they are without excuses or apologies.
Relax.
Yoga is supposed to help with stress, the stiffness of body and many other things but what I consider the most valuable gift from it is that you learn to enjoy life. You learn to see the most important and to concentrate on one thing at the time. We don't live forever, so the biggest mistake you can do is to take a day for granted. You have to live every moment to the fullest because if you don't, the pieces of your life will never form a complete puzzle.
However, none of the exercises or speeches had a similar impact on me as the final sentence of this post. I don't remember who has said it, I don't remember when, but it is irrelevant. What matters, is that I want to keep that in mind for the rest of my life and I hope you will too. After all, it is way too short to be waisted.
Days came and days went, but I didn't realise it was my life.
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