October 30, 2010

Change your mind


I love Saturdays. Bikram thinks that westerners use the word love too freely! We love everything! I have always loved getting up and going to practice (whether it be yoga or rowing) first thing on a Saturday morning. And this morning was no different. Even though my body was a little tight I still managed to work really hard. And then the rest of the day is just bliss. You can fully enjoy yourself knowing that you took the time to do something for yourself in the morning.

We had an excellent teacher this morning, Ben from Austalia. He reminded me of a very important thought process during class today. He said 'all you have to do is CHANGE YOUR MIND'. This is especially true for me right now while at training and have found myself bothered about some things. All I have to do is change my mind about the things that I think are bothering me. I have the ability to change the way that I think of those things. I can choose to not let them bother me. Another example is of a woman that is in my posture clinic group who completely believes that she is incapable of learning the dialogue. She has convinced herself that she can't do it. All she has to do is change her mind - and believe that she can learn the dialogue, that it is possible. So, there it is. CHANGE YOUR MIND. About anything. It's pretty cool.