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13/03/2025
Finding balance between stability and comfort off and on the mat ✨
"Sthira Sukham Asanam ", this famous sutra of sage Patanjali teaches us that asana should be a balance between steadiness (sthira) and ease (sukham).
Asana means posture and not any posture … asana is a posture in which you find stillness.
On the mat, some postures might be challenging and it’s only when you push little bit further to come out of your comfort zone while respecting the body limits that you can witness those moments of bliss between strength and flexibility.
It’s the subtle conscious breath that you take and give to resist and adapt.. It’s the pop up thought that you witness its presence and let it go gracefully…
It’s this present-moment awareness that you cultivate during the practice ..
it’s about finding a balance between effort and surrender.
Now Off the mat 😏
Finding stillness in every Asana/ posture/ situation in life seems like an impossible mission (specially when you are a woman dealing with your hormonal seasons every month🤤…oups no sexism, we can all do it!)
Ouf, I am tired. This blood full moon is really playing with my mood but wait am I not supposed to be overcoming the thoughts and finding stillness in between my breaths? Isn’t it the deal after 15 years of yoga?
Now between my wild thoughts, I take a deep breath IN and I realise the situation as it is from the observer eye and yes yes it’s working ..I can see it clearly. The cause and effect vicious circle .. it’s here again..yalla come to mama Habibi! Your own self-awareness that you’ve been trying hard to build (on & off the mat) comes to you at this moment (ya hala) and helps you to witness the root cause of the situation.. you see it, realise the trigger, work on it, become at peace with it and let it dissolve in the ocean of your forgiveness so that you come out more resilient and soft, steady and stable, strong and comfortable🤍
Yoga is a state of being… it’s when you experience oneness everywhere ( دخيلكن خلصنا ما بقا بدنا🥹🎈)
📷 taken in Rishikesh, Nov 2024
