Food for thought… hmmm… my food for thought today… ( an alternative from vegetarian food…)
Bo says that *correction* –> not his spiritual teacher, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda ( see Siddha Yoga meditation ) but Tony Briggs; thanks for the correction, Bo! *end* said that. What it means or from what I gather is that in each and every yoga pose we do, we observe and do not make any unnecessary commentary in your mind. You know, like if you are doing a long 2 minutes handstand for instance, do not think “my shoulders are hurting”, “pain pain pain”, “so long?”, “how come that girl can do better?”… instead we become more aware of our own body… be in.
I am a good girl today… I went for 2 classes… to make up for missing yesterday’s and today’s morning classes… neck and body is not very cooperative yesterday. Glad to be back in class even though the neck is still a tad painful when I am looking up. So poses that may hurt the neck, like headstand and shoulder stands are out.
It’s good to be back in Bo’s classes.
I love having yoga as a fun, lighted hearted session that everyone can come together as a community to play. So today’s power yoga theme is about “Play”. Yoga should be a practice to connect people and to allow everyone to come together to enjoy each other company and to play and have fun. Like children, without cares and worries from our own adult life outside the studio. This is a great way to break our minds from the daily stresses of LIFE.
Well today we had a “platform” made up of all the yoga mats in the studio. We stacked all the mats into a platform with pillows to boot – for our wall less handstands and forearm balances. Just head on to the center of the thick mats and kick up into handstand and fall.
Yee haaa…!
Well not quite. Most of us in the studio were comprehensive and frightened. The thought of falling backwards without a wall is not particularly something that most of us look forward to.
We went… one by one… like sheeps to be slaughtered… haha… with much hesitation in the beginning ( me too… I thought maybe my neck is a great excuse to skip this one out… HAH… but it looks too fun to miss it 
).
However, with everyone’s encouragement ( I love the fact that everyone knows everyone in the room ), support and rooting for each other, everyone in the room tried at least once in the end ( except a new girl who is first time in the class ). It was great to see everyone trying something scary out… trying something out of the box and coming out “fallen” but however, I suspect having fun in the process. ( hey… Bo’s there to “help” us fall so there’s really nothing to be afraid of anyway ) Falling onto soft pillows helps too in softening the “frightful” thud on the mats…
All of you gals and guys in the class ROCK! 
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sheep to be slaughtered…. whahaha! how true! same sentiments. too bad i wasn’t there to play that day, hopefully we get to practice this fearlessly again soon!
yaya… hopefully tomorrow we get another chance.. hehe…
Like you say… don’t think too much but just do it…
Hi YogaPeace,
Just a note…was Tony Briggs who said “don’t add suffering to pain.” I think he was quoting someone else but he was the original source for me. Thanks for your great blog.
Bo
Yo Bo
Oops… old already… hearing also got problem.. thanks for correcting!