Another Yoga Day…

“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”

– Some Yoga wisdom from B.K.S. Iyengar

There is a lot in this – thanks B.K.

I was thinking of a friend of mine who died all-too-soon from cancer when I drew this yoga quote from my pile of books today.   Treatment for cancer has come a long way, and survival is more often the rule.  Sadly not for my friend.  It’s a difficult reflection but I do have fond memories of days hangin’ out post-diagnosis yackin’ about things, including yoga.  My friend and I met at one of Sydney’s prominent yoga centres so it started as a bit of a yoga journey.  Weirdly – she had a theory that lots of yoga practitioners got cancer because they were “mobilising energy”… can’t say I agree.  Also weird, but in a weirdly postitive way was how the cancer changed things – over time we retreated from the yoga centre to the couch and that’s where most of our conversations took place in her last year.  I LOVED the time spent just hangin’ out.  It was like the cancer gave us permission to do so.

So that’s my yoga wisdom for the day – couch time, pizza, whatever.

Yours,

Yoga Genie

Chief Bloggist, Yoga Whatever…