May 24th: On the Board at Good Life Yoga
Shraddha – Trust in the Practice – Faith in the Process
Shraddha is the Sanskrit name for faith or trust.
This week we are reminded that the practice of yoga can be a sacred experience. We have a choice to practice with Shraddha or without. With Shraddha, with this faith or trust that everything is a form of divine goodness every attempt we make on the mat is an expression of that goodness and is therefore never wasted. Without, it’s a pose; it’s all muscle and bone and no heart. I choose Shraddha. I choose to practice with faith and trust overflowing from my heart.
When you step onto your mat you are trusting in a practice to take you to a place of equanimity, peace or at the very least to a place where you feel a little lighter in spirit. You have faith that you will find goodness, and you do, as it runs through you in every form that you are - your breath, your heartbeat, your experience of the pose - the imbalance – your steadiness, everything is a form of divine goodness. It is Shraddha that allows you to make every experience a sacred experience of yourself.