Sunday, September 23, 2012
Yoga (with my) love(s): Enthusiasm
When people ask me what it is that turned our group (i.e., SGV batchmates) from mere officemates to friends, I always respond with, 'We just clicked. We are on the same wavelength and we like the same things.'
But as we travel to foreign places together, take life-threatening adventures and sign up for new things that are far from our comfort zone, I finally discovered what it is that truly sustained our friendship.
It's not just our common taste or our desire to travel; It's our nature of always giving out a YES.
Whether it's a remote place, 13 hours away from the city or a new restaurant or a corny movie or a vespa ride with strangers, we accept it. Wheter it is heartbreak or disappointment or criticism, we embrace it. We go through life with arms ready to accept whatever the heavens are willing to handover.
This week, we, again, tried something new together. Eloisah and I have been practicing yoga for a couple of months already but it's all our first time to do it together. We gladly took on the challenging poses, rested when necessary, accepted the modifications that fit our strength. We came out of our first session laughing about how much we sweat and how we much we trembled during the difficult parts. That's our best weapon through anything, really: laughter! Our yogini even mentioned that she's proud of the group for being game despite being newbies.
By the end of our second session, as if the yoga gods were giving us their blessing, our yogini shared these beautiful words:
Enthusiasm trumps mastery. Your attitude, your willingness... it's always more important.
Oh, we know that by heart.
Friends on the mat, friends FOR life.
Namaste. :))
But as we travel to foreign places together, take life-threatening adventures and sign up for new things that are far from our comfort zone, I finally discovered what it is that truly sustained our friendship.
It's not just our common taste or our desire to travel; It's our nature of always giving out a YES.
Whether it's a remote place, 13 hours away from the city or a new restaurant or a corny movie or a vespa ride with strangers, we accept it. Wheter it is heartbreak or disappointment or criticism, we embrace it. We go through life with arms ready to accept whatever the heavens are willing to handover.
This week, we, again, tried something new together. Eloisah and I have been practicing yoga for a couple of months already but it's all our first time to do it together. We gladly took on the challenging poses, rested when necessary, accepted the modifications that fit our strength. We came out of our first session laughing about how much we sweat and how we much we trembled during the difficult parts. That's our best weapon through anything, really: laughter! Our yogini even mentioned that she's proud of the group for being game despite being newbies.
By the end of our second session, as if the yoga gods were giving us their blessing, our yogini shared these beautiful words:
Enthusiasm trumps mastery. Your attitude, your willingness... it's always more important.
Oh, we know that by heart.
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| Yoga with my loves at my home studio, Bliss Yoga! |
Namaste. :))
# posted by Liana : 6:58 AM
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