Saturday, October 31, 2009

Gratitude

Hello Dear Kula,
I feel like I have been transformed again and I am so grateful to all of you and to the practice. As you may know the past year and a half have been a "different" time for my yoga practice. Shoulder and knee problems have certainly changed my asana practice. I have been studying so much since the beginning of the Immersion but my practice has been so difficult. Part of the issue I realize has been the decrease in my muscle strength, the consequence of less activity with my injuries. What a cycle. I have been lifting weights lately due to the advise of my physical therapist. But the extra study with John Friend has really had an amazing affect as all of you know who have recently been studying with him. I have the series of 4 hour and a half DVD's of John's besides what we have watched in his teacher training DVD's. Anyway.........this morning it all came together again. My shoulders are in place again. I EASILY did Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Sirsasana, Urdva Dhanurasana, Ustrasana and I even balanced in Vasisthasana. You have all inspired my with your amazing practices, always working at your edge. I think I would have just given up on these basic heart opening poses without your continued inspiration.
I'm really looking foward to seeing you Monday!
Namaste,
Annie

1 comment:

  1. Thank you Annie for sharing this!!! Isn't it amazing what the practice and the support of kula can do? The physical revelations always bring spiritual and emotional revelations for me personally, so it's like a triple play. It's great to hear about how your personal practice has evolved. You have had some frustrating challenges to work with and the way you've dealt with it all has been so very inspiring! You've been so accepting and so patient in your consistent practice! Looking forward to hearing more at our meeting! I think there's going to be a lot of Shakti tonight!!

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