I like water because
of its fluidity. The waves of water, its
perpetual motions, represent everything in nature that flows effortlessly with rhythms
and harmony. I like to view our life as
water. Everything comes and goes, up and
down, like waves. When I can surrender my
inner struggles to the natural flow, then, I feel the sense of grace and
blessing floods over me easily. Then daily toils are just becoming prayer like offerings
from the heart and I can appreciate life in more impersonal ways rather than
being caught up by it…I guess this is one of the advantages living a yogini’s
life, that, it is easy to be contented.
I feel the waves of
water in our breath too. I can feel its
dancing movement in the air from the studio… Though full of sweats and heats mixed
with different odors, smells from nearby restaurant and cars honking from
outside of the open windows… Every time, I can glimpse exotic beauty inherent
in life, in people, with so much going on in the studio during yoga classes…the
invisible rhythms of waves of emotions, breaths, and grunts… Through it, I see
people becoming anew again and again. Its
powerful dynamism… my heart often aches because I can never describe fully, on
how much I am grateful towards those sweating yoga students, as they do not
know how much they are enriching my life in return.
Many say life is
struggle. But it is natural to live with
fair amounts of up and down, happiness and pains, or changing fortunes and
seasons. That is the nature of
life. What is natural, cannot be
struggle. Sometimes life does present
unexpected blow, but, if we were to trust the inherent rhythms of life, then,
we can easily compose ourselves to go with the flow. As everything that has come, has gone that this
too shall pass….
Once you accept life
without struggling against it, you can see that everything serves you in one
way or another. A lousy meal helps you
appreciate and remember a good meal. A
defeat strengthens you for the next victory.
If you try not to quantify and judge things and accept then as part of
your overall experience, you become mature.
All of a sudden that power that should have been yours from the
beginning is returned to you as a calm individuality—a creative stillness that
allows you to be. Acceptance unshackles you from the restraints
that you have created for yourself, and it allows you to explore inside your
own individuality.
Another turbulent year
2012 is about to go leave our sights. It
is time for recollections and reflections.
There are many things
I am not good at it, especially regarding anything with hi-tec. My brain just freeze and I feel choking in my
gut whenever I see any button functions to figure out. But still, having to live in this 21st
century of digital era, I am slowly figuring out how to use them. So now I can at least download photos for my
blogs, for instance.
This year, I have been
resuming yoga blog writings, and besides that, busy with my Korean blogs. I am writing every day over there, and
posting different photos as well. Psy’s
Gangnam Style is not really about what Korea is. In the same way, what is true spirit of Malaysia is not well represented by the media or government
slogans. So, my New Year resolutions
include introducing “inner views of life
in Malaysia” to Koreans, through my eyes, and our Yoginis’ eyes.
So if you have any
photos that are nicely showing slices of multiculturalism and unique Malaysian lifestyles,
maybe you could send it to me too. I
could write up appropriate stories to post over there. But, please don’t send me dozens every day. I am afraid it will clog my email box.
Please check the
website in few days. There are some
changes in the Time Table and the Yoga Fee structure. You can still choose “Once per week with RM 90” if you are busy. But to encourage more practices, I am opening
“UNLIMITED with RM 120 per month”.
There will be Morning Classes as well, starting from
January 2013. There will be more classes
and Chinese Medicinal services open for
public as well. More details will be
sent to you by another email in few days after finishing updating the
website.
Don’t forget to check
out the Yoga blogs if you haven’t been noticing the new stories posted
lately. I promise to write at least once
per week in the New Year. Maybe
sometimes more often if I can put my imagination and hands in harmony
well.
Two more weeks to go
with the Year 2012, and, I would like to propose to all yoginis, to learn to go
with flow in the New Year.
I hope you all will
have a good closure and share your happiness together in the Yoga Center in
2013!
Your friend, always!
Beth.
