~ BABY STEPS ~ Sometimes I see other yogis doing these amazing asanas and I feel behind or like I'm taking too long to improve on a pose. Then I remember #yoga isn't a race, nor a contest. It's a personal #practice for you and only you. Sure, it's great to be a part of the community of yogis on social media and otherwise to learn from and be inspired by but in the end it's a journey you take for yourself at your own pace. I'm not yet able to do a fully controlled #liftedlotuspose but my journey has lead me to be able to at least pick myself off the ground on my own power and will. There was a time I would've been like, "pssh ...I'm too big for that. That's for athletes." Now, I'm recognizing my strength and seeing that I'm capable of so much more, not just physically but in other aspects of life and that's what yoga is about. In the words of Lao Tzu, "The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step."
