This wasnt written by me, but man does it feel like it was. Thanks so much Tori Hicks-Glogowski! What a great blog you write. As I stared at myself day after day in the mirrors at the yoga studio, my thought process had altered. I started cultivating gratitude for the life and the body I had been given. I started to realize it didn’t really matter what others thought of me, but what ultimately mattered was what I thought of myself. This year at the Bikram Yoga Women’s Retreat I was fortunate enough to attend Emmy Cleaves’ Posture Clinic. For those of you who may not know, Emmy is Bikram Yoga’s most senior teacher. Her experience with the yoga and the years she’s dedicated herself to the practice give her a wealth of knowledge that is nothing short of inspiring. This posture clinic was an opportunity for anyone in attendance to get in front of Emmy and ask her what she thought of a specific posture. One by one women of all ages and sizes stood before Emmy and got into different postures waiting for the adjustment that would change their practice or their lives. As each woman greeted her they would quietly mumble whatever was wrong with them at the moment. “My hips are a mess, just so you know.” “I have a slipped disk on L5.” “I had knee surgery on my left knee last year. I just wanted you to know.” “I tore my rotator cuff a couple of years ago and it never really healed correctly. I hope you don’t mind.” We went through hours of this stuff. And then Emmy, at 86 years of age, stopped the whole show. “I don’t want to hear what’s wrong with you anymore. Let the posture tell me. You need to cultivate an attitude of gratitude for where your body is today. Your body is listening to you. Don’t keep telling it what’s wrong with it. You are just reinforcing the injury.”
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:32:08 +0000
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