I call this my wishbone backbend…..
Ok, actually it’s called “Back Bend Camatkarasana Pose”. Some yogis call it the Wild Thing. It is a great heart opener pose. And an open heart is the perfect segway into this September National Yoga Month themed post.
“Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be” – Elizabeth Gilbert
Modern Day Americana societies version of success is this: You get into debt earning a degree in a field you aren’t sure you love, buy the biggest house you can afford, fill it with things you don’t have time to enjoy, marry anyone before its “too late”, procreate a few times, spend all your time maintaining your oversized possessions while climbing the corporate ladder to the maximum level of your occupation.
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“Really?!” to quote the great Jerry Seinfeld
I’m MORE interested in the experience of life than the “success”.
And if that means I never hoard up piles of money & get labeled RICH, that’s ok.
If I don’t reach the highest position in my field or pay for the highest degree, that’s ok.
It’s a dynamic life I am chasing. The experience, the chance, the peril.
A hunger for adventure.
What do YOU hunger for? What do YOU wish for?
Do you wish you could run that marathon, do that yoga pose, see the 7 wonders, taste that delicacy, hear God speak….?
Stop wishing and start moving towards your dreams.
A dream is a wish your heart makes. And a wish is ambition satisfied by action.
GO
xo
