Coordinating Your Mind

I've loved teaching yoga ever since I became officially certified. In fact, I can't stop. I keep asking my friends, family, anyone, to let me teach them. I begged my mom to let me teach her when I visit MN in September. She's a trooper, so she said sure, "just remember I'm not real coordinated, but it would be fun to try."

That got me to thinking: Who is really coordinated? Are some of us born coordinated while some of us aren't? Maybe. Or maybe we are all born one way, then the experiences in our lives lead us to how we act or feel today.

Surely I did not feel coordinated when I started yoga. My legs were always bent because my hamstrings were extremely tight. I'd fall over in tree and dancer and eagle pose (in fact, I still do!). But as I keep practicing, and as I envision a new place for my body to go to (like being able to balance gracefully or someday come into headstand), these poses become a reality for me. It may take decades for me to get there, or it could take just minutes. I have learned - through yoga - not to worry about that. That life is the journey and I will get to certain places along the journey when I am meant to, and I will face and overcome all of the obstacles that are planned for me. But throughout it all, I have to trust in God, the universe, a higher power, whatever you feel in your heart, to carry me on my path, into the right spot at the right time, in my perfect body as it is today.

But taking this journey doesn't mean that we sit back and continue to do what is familiar, what we know. We have to take risks in order to grow. Opportunities are presented to us each day where we can choose to take the risk, try something new, and grow into a bigger person. Or we can choose to stay in our comfort zone, while our journey passes us by. Why not try yoga, even if you feel un-coordinated? One day in practice there could be a shift, and you just might feel that you ARE coordinated.

I encourage you to take a look at your life and determine where you can walk a little closer to the edge. Where can you take that first step and try something that your heart has been telling you to do, but which you haven't yet? Where is there room for a little more joy, fun, happiness, and playfulness in your life? Life is short, why not just TRY, and as my mom said, let it "be fun!"