Yoga Fails, Swear Words & Upgrades to Life

Want to go to yoga? Namaste right here.

The very first time I joined a yoga session it was a complete failure. Wobbling on one leg at the back of the class, I didn’t feel peace or calm. I felt frustration and annoyance because I couldn’t do the poses with ease and grace like everyone else in the room.

I was NOT graceful and muttered mild profanity under my breath with each exhale.

Any benefit coming from contorting my body into the shape of a downward dog, a crow, an eagle, or any other impossible animal shape was completely lost on me.

Disgruntled, I abandoned the class halfway through and didn’t try yoga again for another 2 years.

Two. Years.

Of course, I’ve since let go of my terrible attitude towards failing at something the first time and have rejoined the yoga community. I’m a completely different person today than I was before I introduced this . . . sport?… and habit into my weekly to-do’s.

Now I can’t function without honoring a regular practice that helps me find inner calm and experience emotional release following an hour of flow.

And I’m bendier now.

But I’m not here to chat with you about all things Namaste.

I want to drive home the point that you can believe and think and act in one way that…