Into the second week of practice for the year, on Friday, and the weekend approaches... But today is a moon day... A moon day is a day of the full moon or new moon, and it is traditional that no yoga practice takes place on these two days of the month.
Today is a New Moon day, so I will not practice, and a part of me is pleased that I do not have to stretch, twist and flex, but another part of me wishes that I could practice, as though I dread the commencement of my practice, once I start I love it, and when I have finished, I adore it!
So, mixed feelings today... Why do I dread it? Well, it hurts, and it is uncomfortable, painful and exhausting, so why do I do it? Well, once completed, the energy surge is astonishing, all my faculties are clear and bright, my mind is clear and focused, and I feel strong. It does take a certain type of masochism to engage in a serious yoga practice, as as one progresses, simply by engagement, one reaches variations of discomfort that one simply experiences, and endures... Choosing to encounter physical discomfort and pain, and not withdrawing, and the reason for this? To free the tensions and blockages created through over tensing and knotting our muscles, and also our internal organs over a long period of time.
As, those tensions we create within our muscular structure, will, over time distort our inner organs, and create malfunctioning systems, and the practice of yoga will relieve the pressures upon our digestive, alimentary, pulmonary and breathing systems, enabling free flow and movement.
So, why not at the moon day? I'll tell you another day...
Written and published by Mark Golding - THE ORGANIC HOME
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