Room to ....

"Give the person next you, all the room they need."

   ...what my yoga teacher said this morning as we were going into a spinal twist, for whatevever reason, this struck a cord with me. It resonated on a level of which it seemed to allow a handful of things to fall into their rightful place. An, a ha moment if you will. I had to concsiously bring myself back to the moment because a hundred understandings flew through my mind, and I wanted to jump up right then and blog about it. Instead, I sat with it, I breathed with it, and I had an amazing practice this morning. This is a beautiful example of being concious of what you say, because you never know when or how your words will move someone else, sometimes it takes a single sentece to change a life.

"Give the person next to you, all the room they need." I say it twice because it can be a very powerful statement. Of course this goes far beyond the yoga mat.  Room to be who they are, become who they are. Room to expierence. Room to grow & change. Room to take the path laid out before them. Room to think, create, and even self destruct if that is what is happening at that moment. Every expierence, whether labeled good or bad... got us exactly where we are right now. Who are we to interfere? How often do we intrude our thoughts, beliefs, expierences, desires, etc onto other people's space? How often do we inturde their space because we want what they have? I'm not saying to not love, not be there, not offer a helping hand... just give them the space they need at that moment. As each moment fades into the next, they made need less space, they may need more.... but give it to them.

Thank you Roxanne for being such an amazing teacher <3

Love & Light,
Dottie