One of my core questions recently, one that would not give up as an intention or sankalpah, was this: I deserve to take a stand for what I know to be true, and my heart knows.
There’s much to unpack there, but perhaps you simply resonate with pieces of it. Ask me and I’ll gladly share more.
For now, I want you to know this: Much has happened in the last two weeks of my life. I’ve been away from my wife now longer than ever before. I’ve spent three weekends with my parents in a row, interspersed with deep self work filled with movements, sounds, teaching, writing, thinking, and lots of care. Two weeks of UZAZU down, one to go.
What has happened? I’ve experienced miracles in connection with others. After 32 years of life and enough stories about myself and everyone else to keep most people trapped deep in their own misery, I’ve reconnected with each of my parents in magical ways. I’ve decided I’m tired of giving up on myself. I’ve opened to feeling what it is to be cared for. I have no doubt anymore in, forgive me, the power of love.
I’ve rethought what I’m up to, which has always been about using the body to go deeper. I’ve phrased this as bodymind healing and transformation for the last few years, holding that general container with faith that I’d figure out the details.
Here’s a next step. What I’m taking a stand for is a future where people have the opportunity to integrate their body, minds, emotions and more. Of course, that’s not exactly revolutionary. And yet it changes everything.
I’ve been an excellent yoga, physical fitness, hand to hand combat, self defense, teacher and workshop designer. I’ve known for a long time that the world doesn’t need just yoga classes to go to and get new beliefs, but an authentic approach to owning your own bodymind practice. This means curiosity, experimentation, authorship are paramount. This is the future of our lives: living in integrity, knowing how to know ourselves, and giving ourselves the possibility of rich lives.
And yet we do need a map that is inclusive, not exclusive, of what it is possible to experience.
I’m on my path. We know the map continues to evolve. So do we. Where we’re going is a place where our heads meet our hearts and our feet hit the pavement.
It’s going to be a hell of a tearful, joyful, gut wrenching, fulfilling ride.
Are you with me?
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