Lessons from the Mat.....
I got reminded of an important mantra/saying this morning. And it's related to fear. For the past year of so, I had decided to "embrace my fear" and "do it with fear!" and have certainly been preaching it to many others. However, I realized today that I wasn't always embracing my fear at every opportunity that I could. Today I was reminded that I still play it safe with my yoga practice.... I totally admit it, I'm very easily intimated by other teachers and taking their classes, especially if they are more "advanced" in their practice than I am. Today, I was fortunate enough to be able to take a yoga class after the class I taught this morning, and it's one that has been deemed a challenging one {at least in my mind anyways}. So today in class, the amazing Jackie at Roswell Yoga Life encouraged us to "flip our dogs" aka " wild thing " while in downward facing dog. I froze. This transition/asana has alw