#morethanapose

[lindseyannabarnett]

Repost from @morethanapose // photography by @loyallhart More Than a Pose is a concept developed in Atlanta by @loyallhart and I LOVE IT! ... It's difficult to summarize WHY Yoga is #morethanapose but I feel in my heart to help spread this ideology and message driven practice because it's so TRUE! ....... I've been practicing Yoga for about 12 years now. ... I too once thought it was just exercise... But what you learn over time (and everyone's "time" is different) is that you can not "do" Yoga. The word Yoga is sanskrit. It means to yoke, or unite; and it's referring to the union between your personality (your earthly ego) and your higher Self (which is often referred to as your spirit or soul.) ..... when these become united, MAGIC happens! Magic = freedom, peace, joy, love and happiness. ....... We can practice Yoga in a multitude of fashions - the poses (asanas) are just *one* route to release the tensions from your body - the unnecessary bullshit that is just sitting in your physical being, preventing you from moving towards healing and connecting to your true inner spirit (which is always at peace.) ...... Asanas (the poses that we thought were just exercise) teach us how to move freely in our body. It doesn't matter what you're wearing or where you're at or how easily you can touch your toes... YOU ALWAYS have the freedom to move the way you want, feel the way you want, breathe the way you want and be happy through the thick and the thin. The world is not throwing things AT us - it's opening up FOR us... we can choose to *resist* and become stiffened and locked up and suffer under ailments and sicknesses and sufferings.... think about it: the more uptight and stiff you are, the more miserable you are. *ORRRR* we can choose to GO WITH THE FLOW!!! the more we stretch our bodies, the more our minds relax and become one with our souls.... you'll have no choice but to smile!! There's no end with Yoga - it's a practice every single time - you never become the greatest Yogi ever - you just learn how to go with the flow. (at Atlanta, Georgia)

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Life. Finding comfort inverted once again. The moments between are my favorite. Transitions. The juicy little parts of life that all to often go unspoken of. We are born, then we die. We celebrate our birthdays once a year, and hold memorial services for those who are now out of their physical bodies- what about all the moments inbetween- those transitions, all the growth, all of the days, all of the mornings, all of the times we sat and waited for something- those moments are to be celebrated, those moments are the moments we make decisions to act and be- that's the delicious part of life, become aware of those moments- and be present when there is nothing to do and nowhere to be. When we have nothing to do and nowhere to be, we are so conditioned to think we are "bored" and our minds travel to "what's next", taking you away from the now. We are all beginners at something at some point in our lives- and so often we focus so much on what it will be like when we are more advanced at that "thing", and we get so lost and pulled away from the beautiful newness of what is. Be a beginner, embrace it, own it, and smile- take comfort in the not knowing welcoming so much space for growth- but oh so happy to be here now. A little over a year ago I fell, hurt myself and had to take a major step back in my practice. It was quite possibly one of the best inbetween moments of my practice, it was humbling, made me appreciate slowing down, paying attention and also checked my ego reminding me that what I can do with my body is my business and that noone else will remember or care one day- but what I could do to be of service to others- that's my yoga. #MoreThanAPose