Chasing Fear
Recently this thought has been popping up in my head - chase fear. Perhaps I have been hearing the students talking about their fears - fear of falling, injuring themselves, fear of breaking their neck etc.. I couldn't help but peek into my own fears.
It all started when I was working through the third series and got into one of the most challenging poses - Viparita Salabhasana. I was feeling the fear of breaking something but yet wanting to experience it with great excitement and anticipation of the possibility of doing it.
How is it possible that fear can be so tempting and alluring. Or perhaps it has been a long time since my physical and mental state have been challenged.
Will anything break or it's just in my head? How will this experience help me evolve overtime. How uncomfortable am I willing to tolerate before I break (my own fears)? What do I need to work on to get me to where I want to be. I want to chase (this) fear and see where it will take me.
Strangely as I write the fear seems less intimating and more enticing. Perhaps that's what happens when you chase fear instead of letting it affect you. Or perhaps I simply want to see what will happen if I just try.
One month and counting...so far so good.
I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it. ~ Vincent Van Gogh
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