From Tias Little: Over time we cultivate a willingness, a readiness, to let go. The more we practice, the more we become predisposed to letting go. Like training the body to ride a bike or the brain to memorize a poem, we train the "letting go muscle" in order to be free of malice, shame, ill will, craving. We learn to let go of corrosive thinking so that it does not eat away at our soft interior. Once established in the "memory" of letting go, we are prepared to be in the world without clinging to circumstances, people, or the changing tides of experience.
In our practices, we begin to develop new patterns of being, doing, thinking... this requires a willingness to be in the moment breath by breath but also to be willing to ask ourselves questions about all we have believed about ourselves, our experiences, and our beliefs rather than remaining stuck in old patterns
From Tias Little: Over time we cultivate a willingness, a readiness, to let go. The more we practice, the more we become predisposed to letting go. Like training the body to ride a bike or the brain to memorize a poem, we train the "letting go muscle" in order to be free of malice, shame, ill will, craving. We learn to let go of corrosive thinking so that it does not eat away at our soft interior. Once established in the "memory" of letting go, we are prepared to be in the world without clinging to circumstances, people, or the changing tides of experience. Comments are closed.
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AuthorMisha Butot RCSW, ERYT 500 is a longtime clinical social worker and senior yoga teacher living in Victoria, BC Archives
May 2024
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