Its one week post graduation and sometimes returning back home can be a journey of its own. Heres some insight from Don on that transition… NOW THAT I’M BACK HOME Now that I’m back home, how do I face the challenge of answering the questions about my month away that naturally arise from my friends, family and co-workers? How can I fit my experience into the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, or have a nice dinner together? Fact is, I am still in my experience when I arrive back into my old familiar surroundings. I am noticing all the changes in myself that are still in process. To put them into words and stories that others can understand is almost talking about myself in past tense. It’s sometimes hard not to want to answer the questions and tell all the stories so others can feel and experience a little bit of all that’s happened in my world. And sometimes it even seems like others want to make sure that I am still myself and I am willing to be with them in all the old familiar ways that make us friends. Much of what has changed inside myself might actually be developing the permission to choose what I say and share with others. Remembering that no one, no matter how much I want to please them or include them in my deeper process, has the power to rob me of my sacred space. I don’t have to tell anyone about my inner world just yet, until and unless I am willing and ready to share about myself. One of the most powerful conversations any of us can have with our relationships is to quickly focus the conversation onto what is going on in their lives, what’s happened to them during these weeks? And saying back to them what you hear them saying about themselves gives them a sense that you are there for them just as they are—that you care about them and their experiences matter to you. Shifting the focus onto your friends is not avoidance or a gimmick of some kind to use when you are feeling uncomfortable, or even a little unaccepted for who you are becoming. Saying back is a way of creating a bond of intimacy and authenticity for both of you. Our friends and family will feel the differences in us when we give them the opportunity to feel how good it is to be themself with you. As soon as you can, get your friend on the floor and give them a simple knees to chest press, Pranassage style, and you’ll see and feel them going into that special moment of returning home to themselves. Be with them in such a way that they feel the love. This will speak mountains about what you did while you were away. Gandhi said, “be the change you want to bring about in the world around you.” And take the plunge of teaching whenever and however you can, in your living room, your work setting or anywhere where you can offer your new skills with humility and the attitude of being a learner in process. Everything you know will come through you when you just take the first couple of steps toward creating a situation to teach. Can you hear Amba saying, “clean, organize and design a place in your home” where you can light a candle, roll out your sticky mat, put on your music and enter the place inside you that wants to breath, relax and feel home. And I know you’ll remember me saying, “It takes the time it takes”—especially when you feel the challenge to invent a new way of being yourself in an old familiar environment. Be kind and gentle to yourself. Release your expectations of how you are supposed to be, or what you are supposed to do to keep your momentum or inspiration going. You are home. And you have yourself. You have a lot of love and encouragement coming home with you—we are always here for you and cheering you on. All the best to you! Namaste Don nosarayoga/yoga-teacher-training/200-hour-ytt #yoga #yogateachertraining #nosara #nosarayoga
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 02:00:01 +0000
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