Stillness, smoothness & magic

From the past 3 days of the workshop, I attended. This is my learning or takeaway. I felt this learning is for every area of life: – (Workshop on Asana practice)

– We are faced with blocks in life (some may call it challenges)

– Blocks normally disrupt the flow and may give us pain.

– We have learnt or wired our brain to overcome pain, work on it, put in efforts, struggle, and work hard. Either embrace the pain and move forward, or after tons of effort, overcome it.

Whilst

– We had to do a simple thing of focusing on adjusting the block and creating a flow. By doing this, we bypass pain.

– But we are wired, life is all about challenges, struggle, pain, and when you live with it and still go on, then you are a “Superman” or “Superwoman”. Some may feel life is meaningless without struggle.

When we adjust the block, there is a flow which allows us to experience smoothness, stillness, and magic. It teaches us life is all about “effortless effort” (Guruji B.K.S Iyengar principle). Effortless effort is knowing where to put the efforts that the whole process feels like effortless. Understanding this is life changer for me. Now when I will see a block or pain in doing asanas or in life, I shall focus on creating a flow and work with a mindset of effortless effort.