Reflect on your choices to change something about yourself this year and see how you might approach those intentions like you approach your yoga practice.  When we step on the mat, we allow ourselves room, room to breathe, room to reflect and room to move at a pace that works just for us.  We recognize that every time we take to the mat, it’s a new day, a different day, and a different experience.  We might feel a different sensation, learn a new insight and explore what is unfolding for us in the present moment.  As you work with your intentions, consider how this same approach might expand your focus and support your intention. 

We may not know where our new intentions will take us, but if we allow them to unfold just as a posture might unfold, we may learn a lot about ourselves on the journey.  It is said that the Lord of the Dance Pose symbolizes the destruction of the old self in preparation for the creation of a new self.  Take to the mat, inhale the breath with new abandon, pause and begin to move into Lord of the Dance (Dancer’s Pose).  Breathe into the pose with one arm reaching forward in an expression of extension, reaching outward to move ourselves deeper into our intention of the pose while the other hand holds and supports us exactly where we are, allowing us to see that in reaching forward, we must also be present with where we are.  Lord of the Dance pose allows us to experience a balance of will and surrender. 

 Trust that each time we take to the mat in Lord of the Dance or any of our postures, each small step, each breath, each new sensation and even set-backs bring us closer to our inner self.  And when we consciously arrive in that space, we learn that we are adaptable, ever changing and present. Before we know it, we are holding the pose, breathing with ease and finding that we have arrived at our desired goal.

 

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