Gentle Ferocity

 

When I read Embrace Yoga’s Roots by Susanna Barkataki she talked about how yoga became a resistance to the colonizers.  Being uninformed it was hard to imagine.  How did a bunch of folks sitting around doing meditation and maybe moving their bodies in certain ways create a resistance?  I think I’m starting to get a picture of how after spending some weeks with the wonderful humans in my yoga teacher training cohort (students and faculty).

My experience of yoga has been one of slowing down so I could meet my day/week with intention.  At first, I noticed how I moved about my day with more ease.  Then I noticed something even more fascinating.  I was able to have difficult conversations and deal with some issues.  The impact was powerful.  The method was gentle.  Hence gentle ferocity.

I’m finished the ‘instructor lead’ portion of my yoga teacher training.  I took YTT mostly to learn more about yogic ways of thinking.  It’s only been a couple of months and I am already seeing change in myself.  I worry that being finished the frequent workshops will take my focus away from living yoga.  So I’m writing a blog and committing to share my journey with you both here and on Instagram (and Facebook).