tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post1131417865090113249..comments2023-05-18T11:00:46.711-05:00Comments on linda's yoga journey: feeding my soulLinda-Samahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-49185966727501663492010-07-07T03:40:06.451-05:002010-07-07T03:40:06.451-05:00As you know, I'm right there with you in that ...As you know, I'm right there with you in that place where things feel so very, very alien. <br /><br />This world looks like it's incredibly diverse, but the beauty of it all is that actually, underneath, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME. Even when we can't possibly get how that's possible.<br /><br />And I know of the heartache of wanting to run to where things make sense, and just findingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-72563763697299709932010-07-04T20:07:57.038-05:002010-07-04T20:07:57.038-05:00thank you for your honesty. sometimes it takes the...thank you for your honesty. sometimes it takes the one person to say something, before everyone else can admit that sometimes they feel the same.<br /><br />beautiful quote/idea from uma about dancing. how lovely.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201118295945904801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-61837414936551114122010-07-04T06:00:55.381-05:002010-07-04T06:00:55.381-05:00You are certainly not alone in feeling like you do...You are certainly not alone in feeling like you don't belong. That feeling of not belonging has been with me as long as I can remember. <br /><br />It's exactly this feeling that lead me to yoga in the first place.<br /><br />As a teacher, you are lighting the way for other who also feel like they don't belong, onto the path of yoga and self-realization by your example. <br /><br />IMoon light reflections of a spiritual seeker https://www.blogger.com/profile/10599953574881338053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-28690618639941676972010-07-03T09:23:54.823-05:002010-07-03T09:23:54.823-05:00thanks for reading, Rob, I love reading what new r...thanks for reading, Rob, I love reading what new readers have to say!<br /><br />I understand what you say about the connection at AA meetings -- I teach yoga/meditation at a domestic violence shelter to poor Hispanic women survivors so what I say is translated, which adds another layer! These women connect more to what the true purpose of yoga is -- personal transformation -- than what I have Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-13183880906484388762010-07-03T04:02:53.404-05:002010-07-03T04:02:53.404-05:00I just want to say that Michelle really nailed it ...I just want to say that Michelle really nailed it -- teachers are placed where people need to be taught. This both relates to the teaching you received, Linda, and your role as a teacher on another planet.<br /><br />I totally relate to how you are feeling. I teach, not formally but informally, and not yoga (per se) but philosophy, in a place where most people are the polar opposite of me. It Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-59724242599641916382010-07-02T20:48:34.668-05:002010-07-02T20:48:34.668-05:00I just posted something about this recently....not...I just posted something about this recently....not a week ago. Being outside the status quo. For me, at this wedding, the scariest part was that for a second . . . just a second . . . I hated who I was. For just a second, I thought-they've got it all right. Its about the steak and bouze and the high rollers and who's whos, and expensive cars and skinny bodies, and hot yoga in undies in Erynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733489285908640413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-21234195487305243212010-06-30T21:03:05.300-05:002010-06-30T21:03:05.300-05:00thank you so much....and yes, I understand what yo...thank you so much....and yes, I understand what you are saying...and I also know that our difficulties, our aversion, and everything else wrapped up inside it, is ALL a training, it ALL is part of the Path...and that it is my mind and my Ego that puts up the self-imposed walls. <br /><br />I GET THAT. but still.....:( <br /><br />love what you say about "vibrating at the same level" Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-74544010614244654092010-06-30T20:09:09.659-05:002010-06-30T20:09:09.659-05:00Teachers are placed where people need to be taught...Teachers are placed where people need to be taught.... otherwise they would not be able to pass on their knowledge. I understand how you feel. Sometimes our role as teachers is to show an alternative by making our lives a living example.<br />I completely understand though the feeling you have when surrounded by like minded souls. It is so nice to have that energy around you, vibrating at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com