Use the light.

Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,

This week in class we are considering using the light.

Use the light.

Come home to your true nature.

Don't cause yourself injury:

This is known as seizing the truth.

-Lao Tzu

As human beings, we have been born with the capacity to make choices. No other creature has this capacity, and no human being can avoid this responsibility. Every day, whether we see it or not, we have a choice of two alternatives in what we do, say, and think.

These alternatives are: what is pleasant and what is beneficial. The first pleases us now. The second may be unpleasant at the beginning, as anyone who has begun a physical fitness program knows; but it will improve our health and contribute to our peace of mind.

Both choices promise satisfaction. One we get immediately, but it comes and goes; the other requires effort, but its benefits stay with us and often benefit those around us as well.

Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran

The homework is to reflect on the hard work, or effort, that you bring to you Yoga practices and how we often do not get to the "final" pose. Work to let the practice unfold by itself watching the progress. Be aware of how the little changes cumulatively make your practice more strong and bring more light to your life off of the mat.

Blessings,

paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994

www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com

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