It Starts Small

On the most basic level Yoga teaches me to listen to my body. What we wake to as we continue to practice is nicely found in this excerpt of the Upanishads.  As we slow down, rest our mind on our breath and move in and out of our asanas (poses)  we begin to train ourselves at a very core level to become the observer.  We retrain our perspective. We watch ourselves in our most gross form, in our bodies.  From this observation stems the ability to observe our personalities with more objectivity.  The sprouting of our awakening.

Watch your thoughts; they become your words.

Watch your words; they become your actions.

Watch your actions; they become your habits.

Watch your habits; they become your character.

Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny.

ॐ

-Upanishads

'Pledge of Allegiance'

Poet Gary Snyder wrote, "I pledge allegiance to the soil, one ecosystem, in diversity, under the sun, with joyful interpenetration for all."