Do you base a level of self worth off of whether or not you can achieve a certain yoga pose?
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For so long I would get caught up on this pose: Pincha Mayurasana.
After I got my permanent break in my back, poses like dolphin were incredibly painful, and pincha seemed so far from reach.
So many simple poses would bring on such incredible discomfort.
Sitting with all of this discomfort, trying to rebuild my strength and turn my body into something better than what I saw it as would bring up so many painful memories and emotions.
People that I know in the real world would almost mock me, laughing and doing the poses in front of me that they knew I was desperately trying to achieve. Looking at me like they were better than me somehow for being more physically capable than I.
Living inside of this bubble where I always judged myself for an injury that happened to me,
Led me to unconsciously but constantly judging myself for traumas that happened to me.
The himsa I was holding towards myself for “not being good enough” began to seep into my past and come out in my present.
Through active awareness, journaling, meditation and a connection to my own breath— I was able to break past this barrier of not thinking I’m good enough for pincha.
A compression fracture will get in my way, yes.
But it doesn’t determine my self worth.
Neither do my traumas.
Neither does achieving a certain pose.
Focus more on the way it feels
rather than the way it looks, or how fast the progression comes. .
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