Yoga and the Conditioned Mind

“The challenge, and the opportunity, that yoga presents to us is the possibility of breaking the conditioning cycle. We do this by becoming aware of the depth and pervasiveness of our patterns and, at the same time, by working to change them. True transformation begins at the moment that we become aware of our actual condition.”

–          Some yoga wisdom from Gary Kraftsow

For an obsessed mentalist this rings true.  You only need to wake up at 3am obsessing about something 4 or 5 times before you realise this is just your pattern, and the things you are thinking about matter no more than anything else.

And I can see how yoga is a superior instructor in the art of witnessing your own patterns – fascinatingly, it just is.

BTW – I have knee problems and have just recently noticed that I am progressing beautifully in asanas that were too tough only yesterday.  This is exciting, and yet I hardly know how it came about… I was just enjoying myself in a yoga class one day and suddenly noticed I could do not one but 2 or 3 poses that I just fudged through before.  Could this be an unconscious change of pattern?  I am certainly trusting more and holding back less. Lets hope so.

Yours,

Yoga Genie

Chief Bloggist, Yoga Whatever…