"It Bounces" spend enough time around me and you'll hear this phrase. Life, habits, achievements, vibes, friends, foes, it all bounces. Everything I have ever cultivated in my life has gone through periods of great progress and success. Everything I have ever cultivated in my life has gone through periods of great trial, failure, struggle, and abandonment. My diet, education, careers, friendships, family, garden, finances, etc. My yoga practice reveals my internal dialogue for my default thought settings through it all. My back bends, always deep, with the arch through the whole back. Took this video and saw my lower back pinched, immediately came down on myself for not practicing enough. Shame for pursuing stregnth in my shoulders and back while neglecting mobility. But it bounces. Just as I fell out, I will bounce back. And in a yoga practice that often feels like wandering in the dark, hands open waiting to grab something.. there it is. A project. A focus. Something else is sure to fall by the way side. But I won't judge or shame myself any longer. It bounces. I will bounce back. I will hit high and low. #struggleisreal #selfshame is the worst #cameldeflated One year ago I was on my forearms.