Yoga and I have had an on again off again relationship since 1996. We were always sort of friends but neither of us could fully commit to one another, that is until 2011. Late in the year I came across a RYT200 training course right down the road from where we were staying so I took a chance and dedicated myself to 5 months of an intense yoga training. We did not get along at first, but before I knew it we were best friends and early in 2012 we succeeded and were RYT200 certified. And then 2012 happened and we sort of grew apart gradually throughout the year until finally as the end of the year approach we had hardly spent any time together.
I remember back when yoga and I were friends I felt better, physically, emotionally, spiritually. So in 2013 I have decided that it is time to re-dedicate myself to yoga. Each day for the entire 2013 I will spend at least 30 minutes a day doing some yoga. Today on the first day of the year I pull out an old friend to remind myself of some leg and knee strengthening poses, plus Iyengar sets up this fantastic outline for a six year asana course.
For the first and second week he suggests working on the grounding poses such as Tadasana and Savasana. Because as he states “Without firm foundations a house cannot stand.” Even though I went through the RYT200 course and feel confident that I can lead a very pleasant and satisfying class I feel that my foundation is in need of work and my feet need to be reawakened to the earth and re-grounded before I can move forward in the rest of the year.
Day 1/365 for Project 365
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