Ego-less

Usually when we 'do' something we apply our 'will' to it and we focus on the outcome we want from the energy we put into it always looking for a return of some kind.

When I watch some people do Asana's I see them sometimes looking for a result. What I mean by that is that sometimes there seems to be allot of effort put into 'getting it right', as if getting it right will bring some kind of reward. The reward may be simply a "well done" from your wonderful yoga teacher making you swell with joy and pride that your efforts are being rewarded in some way at least.

BUT - :) if you follow the posture from a feeling perspective and not an egoic pushing perspective you may find something more interesting. Pushing for a result takes the attention away from where you might be right now and where you are right now is the only place you need to be.

Being here and now is all there is and all there ever will be. If you choose to spend your time here and now thinking about the past or the future then (hopefully) that is a choice you have made to do that. But if you are 'spacing out' all the time with no choices then something may be calling for your attention somewhere other than this place here and now. In order for you to engage that 'other place' it may be necessary for you to focus a little more. If you are constantly focused on being somewhere other than where you are then you are missing the point literally. Here is where the information is.

'Let the posture 'do you' and not the other way around'.

We need to appreciate that these Asana'a weren't just thrown in at the end of this long and complex process of yogic exploration just to give us something to do with our body. They are there for a reason! If you also appreciate the complexity of the whole yoga philosophy ( for want of a better word), then it has to be accepted that these Asana's are not merely exercises but precise positions for the conveying of information, information by the way that is coming from a place beyond our conditioned thinking mode. Some call it intuitive thinking or creative thinking, the 'eureka' mode of thought.

Do the best in the postures that you do and then relax and see what happens. . . . . . . . .

Om Hari Om