Do what you love, and love what you do—it’ll help you succeed, practically-speaking.
Got pre-game jitters? Shake it out, with a smile. In Buddhism, before a big moment—applying for a job, a first date, a loan application…we reconnect with heaven, earth and human.
That’s kinda what Australia’s Michelle Jennekes is doing, here: transforming fear and tightness into energy and focus.
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Waylon, this is one of the most funniest posts I have ever read in my entire life.
Yeaaah! Thanks Reddit. ;]
God Bless.
Christy: thanks i need this really badly right now!
This is lovely.
I used to act like this when I attended yoga classes in the studios. Invariably, the yogini control freak who was teaching the class would try to get me to "behave" or would make a disparaging/shaming comment about being TOO eager – which means, of course, that she felt upstaged by me – just being myself? No one else was complaining, just her.
Here's to exuberance in all your affairs – especially in the yoga studio. If your teacher can't handle it, and you, get her – or his – stupid ass fired. Your fellow students will cheer.
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