I had a tough week. I was in a situation, and I wanted to be heard. I had a point of view, a perspective, and I thought it was important that the people I was talking to heard hit. It didn’t work. Not at all. I even received feedback that I was too direct, that I was expecting people to agree with me. Ouch. What I wanted was to be heard, and came on strong with my point of view.

So I took it to my yoga mat in an early morning yoga class, Rosa was the teacher. It was kind of a nod to Ashtanga class, the very best kind of class for getting in alignment with your truth. I took a deep seat in chair pose, she even cued it as seat of deep wisdom. Then, somewhere between half moon, camel, and some new yoga trick I didn’t quite understand how to do it came to me. I got the wisdom for the situation I was facing.

It was this. I wanted to be the “teacher”. I wanted to be the teacher by telling someone my perspective, and I wanted them to get it. I wanted to prove a point, and I lost points. This is dangerous territory. In my practice what I understood is that the very best teachers don’t teach from telling, the very best teachers teach by their beingness. Who they are in each moment, their presence, their words and choices and actions that are aligned with a higher good.

As I practiced, I realized that in the conversation that was happening, I was out of touch with my beingness. Beingness is my yoga trick, I want to practice more beingness. On the mat, off the mat, everywhere. I know when I am in my beingness it flows, conversations, learning, insights, ideas, laughter, energy, possibility, trust, happiness, fun, intelligence, problems solved, co-creation. Beingness is a yoga trick of the very best kind.

I kind of love this one today.

I know I won’t be perfect at it, but who wants to be perfect? I want to be in the practice, the intentional practice of my beingness, on the mat and off the mat.

Namaste Thursday morning yogis. Namaste friends. Come join me for a Thursday morning class, I have some passes.

xo,

Jill