While in yoga last night, my teacher was wrapping up her last words and finalized the night by saying... "In this room, much like life, you have very little control of anything." This was of course, followed by lots of laughs as she went on to say.. "Sometimes the room will be too hot or not hot enough, the person next to you may be having a wobbly night and distract your entire class, your teacher may be pissing you off. But you can only control YOUR reaction and how you CHOOSE to respond to these annoyances." (and yes, she emphasized the words in caps).
This got me thinking of course, and I know I have blogged about this in the past. The part about us having absolutely no control over anyone but ourselves. How amazing is this to know that we can choose our day to day mood because we have sole control over our OWN SELVES. I love this.
So it makes me wonder. Is your reaction over someone else's actions really necessary? Change and control your attitude as fast as you can into a positive one because you CAN. We naturally get caught up in others and how their actions imprint our lives. But why do we let them? This is to me letting go of things and people I can't control and focusing on this life that was preciously given to me. Focusing on the real and not the pretend. The love and not the hate. The simple and not the complicated... Because there are "very little things you can control in this room, much like in life." ~Ryan, best Bikram teacher ever! I love her. :)
A couple classes ago, my teacher Mark, asked one of the students in class who needed to take a rest and kneel down.... "What are you feeling?" I thought it was a quite obvious question. The guy is totally hot and feeling like his heart is going to explode out of his chest. Ya know, he's probably thinking he would do anything to be drenched with a cold hose right about now. But his response was, (as he stuttered a bit) "I-I-I can't find the emotion." I loved this response more than anything because I feel like there are many times in life (and definitely in that yoga room), that I just can't find the emotion to describe how I'm feeling. But maybe I'm one of the only ones....?
