Consider that fifty years ago, it is highly unlikely that I would have been your yoga teacher.
A. I would have been considered by the general population to be colored. If you were not colored, our social milieus would rarely overlap. If they did, they would be suffocated by cultural and legal barriers.
B. Colored or not, I would not have had access to the education that has informed my teaching. I have attended excellent institutions of learning as well as pursued higher education at universities because of the movers and shakers and dreamers of the Civil Rights Movement.
Remember that you are living in someone else's vision; remember that someday someone will be living in your vision. Martin Luther King, Jr said, "it is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning." Whether or not you are a Christian (I'm not), he conceptualized a world where people could do the simple things together- pray together, work together, join hands and "sit down together at the table of brotherhood."
Someone lived their life so that we could breathe together. Someone lived their life so that we could dream together.
Make your dreams, however unrealistic they may seem in the present moment, beautiful- "even in the United States, the power of a dream can change the most entrenched reality."
Namaste.
PLAYLIST:
1. "MLK- I Have a Dream 1963" from Inspirational Speeches Vol.3
2. "Compassion" from film A Little Princess
3. "Strong World" by Ivri Lider and Idan Raichel
4. "Love Vigilantes" by Iron and Wine
5. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" by Nina Simone
6. "He Got Game" by Public Enemy
7. "Ordinary Love" by U2
8. "Be the Change" by MC Yogi
9. "Dreams" by Game
10. "Soldier of Love" by Sade
11. "Just Breathe" by Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson
12. "Sketches of Pain" by Audible Mainframe
13. "MLK" by U2
14. "Om Shanti Om" by Deva Premal
15. "Gregorian Chant 1: Amen" by Gregorian Chant For Meditation
THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED TODAY'S BLOG:
"The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources" by Lynne Twist
TODAY's POSTURE:
Virabhadrasana 1- think focus and determination
Alignment- front knee tracks over your middle toe, all four corners of your back foot plant into your mat, bend your back knee to spin your hips forward
