If you need me I’ll be here. Ok, bye. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #weekend #upstateny #hudsonvalley
Sharing the wise words of this brilliant woman. Read her caption. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think about this a lot. Both in regards to my own healing and also to how it relates to the healing of the yoga community at large. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think we are living in a time that we are feeling and aknowledging the pain of previous “generations”. How we move forward is largely up to our ability to address it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Repost @mindfulmft with @get_repost ・・・ Oh this one gets me in the feels. It’s all passed down, friends. We get the goods AND we get the neglected stuff. We get the trauma that hasn’t been addressed, the wounding that hasn’t been tended to, the pain that continues to be stored. When the generations before us don’t look at their stuff, it DOES get passed onto us. It doesn’t skip a generation, it comes directly to our doorstep. We could sit here and complain about how unfair it is, but instead, I’d like to encourage all of us to see it as an opportunity for multi directional healing: those who came before us, us, and those who will come after us. Do you want to be a hero? If so, continue reading. Slow down and feel the pain. Acknowledge and name it. Have you ever interviewed your parents or grandparents? If they’re still with us, the generational interview is a beautiful (and informative) experience. Ask them about their lives. See if they can walk you through decade by decade. What trauma stand out? What loss stands out? What messages did they receive about gender? Religion? Culture? Tradition? How were they taught to communicate, or deal with their anger? Ask questions and learn. And then ask the same of yourself. Feel where it is you’re storing your pain (and maybe their pain). And then look at it. Hard. Stare it in the eyes and become intentional about it. You can rework your pain. You can stop the generational hot potato. Stand up, rise up, be your own hero...and while you’re at it, be the hero for the pain for those who are not with us, those who are, and those who are yet to come. #mindfulmft ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #yogarenaissance #modernyoga #yogateacher #yogainspiration