The Daily Devotion: The Practice of Change

A yoga instructor I admire greatly says, "You're either expanding or contracting in life." Simple.

With this in mind, here are some quick and raw sentiments from a great majority of the middle schools students I've introduced the practice of yoga:

Me: Are you ready for some yoga?

Child: Yoga? I HATE yoga! Yoga is.....(insert course and crude mischaracterization here).  

Me: Well, I invite you to try the practice and have an open mind. Ya' never know...maybe you'll like it.

Child: I DON'T. WANT. TO. DO. YOGA!!! AHHHHH!!! (Signal meltdown mode).

Me: (With a tinge of playful wit). Well, the most important part of yoga involves breathing, moving and being. Sooooo...you're actually experiencing yoga right now.

Child: I DON'T WANT.............fast forward to after the practice..............Hey yoga dude. Yoga's fun!

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Now back to the subject at hand. I'm realizing that life presents change in the exact same way:

Life: Are you ready for some change?

Child: Change? I HATE change! Change is.....(insert course and crude mischaracterization here).

Life: Well, I invite you to try the practice and have an open mind. Ya' never know...maybe you'll like it.

Child: I DON'T. WANT. TO. CHANGE!!! AHHHHH!!! (Signal meltdown mode).

Life: (With a tinge of playful wit). Well, the most important part of change involves breathing, moving and being. Sooooo...you're actually experiencing change right now.

Adult: I DON'T WANT.............fast forward to after the practice..............Hey, change can be (enter possibility here).

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You're either expanding or contracting. Touché, life. Touché.