Opening to Understanding | by Madisyn Taylor There are times when we may find ourselves struggling or even fighting with our thoughts and emotions. We may feel that something must be done in a certain way or not at all, or there may be some other situation that feels absolutely black and white. But life is not this way--it's the way we are looking at our experiences that is causing the turmoil within us. When we become aware that the struggle we are having is with ourselves, we can turn our attention to the source in order to solve the problem, but we must be being willing to look where we need to and feel emotions that may make us uncomfortable at first. Then we can choose to really open ourselves to understanding all the options we can imagine. We are likely to discover that we are resisting something based on a limited understanding, and we must then open ourselves to willingness. When we are willing to look at all the possibilities, we also become willing to accept that there is room for more than we can imagine. We can release ourselves from the grip we had on our emotions and stop limiting ourselves. We may have been unwilling to experience feeling loss, confusion, fear, or even joy for some reason or another, but when we realize that our understanding was limited we allow space for the universe to move in our lives. Opening ourselves to willingness may feel like we are surrendering or abandoning all that we believed. But at the same time it is an act of power and courage because it is a conscious choice we make about how to apply our personal will. Being willing is to be in a state of willing something into creation. It is at once allowing ourselves to be while also choosing to direct our energy in a focused way. It is being and doing from a place of openness, where we can work with the universe rather than resist it. It is an open hand rather than one that is clenched into a fist. When we make a step toward willingness, we open ourselves to truth, possibility, and the movement of the wise universe in and through our lives. | DailyOM Course Spotlight by Jennie Lee If you have an open mind, a willing heart, and you desire more joy and peace, then you are a great candidate for the transformative practices of Yoga Therapy. Yoga Therapy is both a physical and a psychospiritual path to wellbeing. Yoga's ancient system of living can integrate you on all levels and give you strategies to overcome life's challenges, break out of old comfort zones, and claim your happiness now. This 8-part Yoga Therapy course will help you establish harmony and balance in your life, physically, mentally and spiritually, by teaching you the various components needed for optimal wellness. The materials are based on the yogic criteria for health and the Eight Limb Path of Yoga found in the classical text, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This course offers essential and fun techniques that promote calmness and stability in the body, clarity and strength in the mind, and freedom and joy in the soul. Top 10 DailyOM Courses 1. HIIT Yoga Fusion 2. Fit and Fierce Over 40 3. A Year to Clear What is Holding You Back! 4. 21 Days to Phenomenal Abdominals 5. Combating Emotional Vampires 6. Be Free from Unhealthy Relationships 7. A Year to Get Rich with Purpose 8. 8 Week Whole Body Makeover! 9. 21 Day Yoga Shred For Men 10. Skinny Thinking: Taking Off The Weight
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