Ashish Yoga
06/13/2022
For most of my life I have waited. Waited to feel loved. Waited to be successful. Waited to reach a certain weight. Waited for an event. Waited for a vacation. Waited for a pat on the back. Waited for someone to change. Waited to prove myself to my detractors. Waited to prove myself to my loved ones. And the list goes on.
And it has not been easy. We get into this endless cycle of waiting.
Mostly waiting to appreciate life. Waiting to appreciate ourselves.
What the last few years and my practice have taught me is that there is nothing to wait for. I have learned to live every moment. And not just live, but really celebrate it. And to celebrate myself.
Celebration is a word we restrict to events and milestones. We carry so much guilt around celebrating something the society doesn't recognize. But we don't really need that affirmation to celebrate ourselves. We don't need to wait for a party, a milestone or any external stimulus.
Every moment of this life is a celebration....of being alive, of being able to feel the navrasas(9 emotions). Knowing we have the choice to choose joy in any given moment.
📷candid thanks to
10/21/2021
Been seeing quite a few Paris posts recently so decided to go "relive" the tour of this amazing city in 2019, before the world changed.
Couldn't make up my mind on B&W vs color. Would love to hear which one you prefer! B&W or Color?
Grateful for where I am! I know its much easier to be there where I am currently in life. But what's changed is how easy it is to access this feeling. I had a horrible car accident a couple of years back with my car crushed between a semi truck and an SUV and the first feeling that came to me was gratefulness. For a long time that first feeling would have been anger or frustration, and I would have been lost in the "what ifs" and the "why me's".
This is where the practice of yoga has come in. Yes handstands are a part of yoga. But it is accessing that feeling of gratefulness no matter where you land up in your practice/life that makes it yoga. Not the "perfect" alignment or the hold. And that's true for any of the shapes/asanas. 😊
My self practice has become my handstand practice off late. And I'm having fun with it. It's a pose which challenges me. I have to become an "observer". I have to let go of judgement. I have to let go of attachment. Just observing why a given day/surface/clothes make it easier or harder.
I am striving for straighter lines, longer holds etc and yet I am very content with where I am, even on a day I can't get up at all.
I've been told letting go of ujjayi breathing will make it easier. But if it is my primary practice on a day, then I want some more time with that breathwork. So I chose to keep it. There is no one way to do any of it. Find what gets you "alive" and choose to feel your "aliveness", even if it is for a few minutes a day.
I am enjoying my journey. The journey of my poses and the journey of my life.
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