Saturday, April 23, 2016

JK - 4/23

Softness.

It's a been a theme in yoga classes and in my emotional sphere of awareness; to soften into changes.  To soften into poses.  To soften around what is.

What is...softness?  Like, when we ask "What is freedom?", there are qualities or attributes we use to identify and define things.  We categorize and classify them so we know how to identify them when they show up for us.  Because identity is pretty huge for human beings, at least right now.

So what is softness to me?  What is freedom to me?  I do not know who you are, so I can only speak for myself and hope some of what I feel resonates or aligns with you.  These are not generalizations, they are statements of my own experience.

Softness is gentle, calm and slow.  It is tender, forgiving and very humble.  It sees but does not glare, and it holds but does not grip.  It is space, content with being empty; not needing to be "full" of any thing.  It is the thing it is full of and therefore, authentic and content.

Freedom is the space and boundaries.  It is a state where limits are not constricting, and eternal universes of endless, beginningless possibilities are neither overwhelming or elusive...like too much space can often be.  Freedom is not the absence of direction, but all direction and no direction.  It is the painting, and the canvas.  The painter is free to paint what he wishes, and accepts the painting has borders and exists within a set space.

Ponder this, whoever you are.  What does softness mean to you?  What does freedom mean, to you?

How soft is your freedom?  How free is your softness?  What qualities do you embody when you feel soft and free?  What pulls you out of that embodiment, consciously or unconsciously, and what centers you back, consciously or unconsciously?

Exploration.  It's what's in fashion here at the Free4Four!!!!


...health, kindness, space, belief, hope, care, compassion, trust...

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