Rooted in tradition, open to change.
My Mama still uses a paper calendar.
Which means she writes her Zoom teaching appointments in ink in her elegant penmanship. Then, when the inevitable rescheduling happens, she uses Wite-Out and writes them again.
It’s a charming habit, adhering to tradition because it gives her pleasure.
That’s the image I hold for my yoga practice and teaching: honoring lineage and tradition, but also evolving where it makes more sense for my body. And my life.
In other words, I give my yoga practice permission to be rooted in tradition but open to change.
Today, we’ll explore that idea in our Winter Rest Class. Mama plans to share some non-traditional Restorative Yoga variations using (gasp) your couch as a prop. I hope you’ll join us live—or catch the recording.
Lastly, here’s the recording from last Sunday’s live session: Slowing down is not selfish, it’s your superpower.
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Until next Sunday,
Lizzie
Thank you so much for this. Indeed as we approach the holidays, actually all aspects of our lives - honour our traditions but be open to change - a mantra to carry forward in life. Your emails resonate and are thought provoking. Namaste.
Thanks. Reminds mo of this quote "Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets." by Tim Krieder. Fine artcile on the business society. https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/ It will be familiar.