Know Your Temperament

Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,

This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”

Know Your Temperament

Motivation and action vary according to temperament. Gentle people are slow to start, level-headed, and thoughtful. They are like the tortoise in the fable. Lively people are impetuous and rapid. They hurtle into action, sometimes with great vivacity, like the hare. Moderate types have an intermediate temperament, at times gentle, at times vivacious.

We can fulfill our goals by recognizing our own temperament and using it to guide our choice of profession, relationships, and leisure pursuits. The ideal is great intensity with level-headedness. We find a broad range of temperaments in the surrounding circle, in which different tendencies create richness in the group. Everybody has a chance perhaps but it is different for each of us. That is why it is necessary to know and respect everyone’s temperament and rhythm – to favor everyone’s evolution and allow them to proceed at a rhythm suitable for them.

- Bernard Bouanchaud

The homework is to evaluate your own temperament and determine if your current situation is appropriate for you. If you need to make changes do so slowly and a little at a time. Next consider the temperament of those closest to you and determine how you can support them on their path.

Blessings,

paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994

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Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003