{"id":21117,"date":"2018-09-03T15:05:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T22:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=21117"},"modified":"2020-08-09T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T04:05:13","slug":"the-pose-begins-when-you-want-to-leave-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/yoga\/the-pose-begins-when-you-want-to-leave-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pose Begins When You Want To Leave It !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; BKS Iyengar<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the pose begins when you want to leave it.<\/p>\n<p>We forget that Yoga asana practice is to rewire us to make us stronger, more resilient &#8211; cultivating equanimity so when we step off that mat, we are empathetic, compassionate but at the same time, resilient to the core.\u00a0 For me, it&#8217;s more about increasing my flexibility so we can roll with whatever comes our way with more &#8230; GRACE.\u00a0 So not hardening or becoming rigid is the key.\u00a0 Still remaining pliable and receptive &#8211; How is that possible ?<\/p>\n<p>To be fluid &#8211; liquidy and crystalline &#8230; going with the flow &#8230;thawing the ice, defrost into flowing spring water; bubbling at the brooks &#8230; traveling the winding sometimes treacherous sometimes beautiful routes to &#8230; the ocean.\u00a0 To our original source &#8211; the vast expansive mysterious ocean that reflects the sky, the universe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20570\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0090-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0090-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0090.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20569\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0089-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0089-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0089-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0089.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mossbrae Falls &#8230; now in private hands?<\/p>\n<p>Too beautiful to not share.\u00a0 These photos did not capture it but there are rainbows dancing in the waterfalls &#8230; breathtaking not because it&#8217;s grand but rather, breathtaking because it&#8217;s so delicate &#8230; silky lacey water falls.<\/p>\n<p>Breathe.<\/p>\n<p>Mt. Shasta the Majestic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; BKS Iyengar Yes, the pose begins when you want to leave it. We forget that Yoga asana practice is to rewire us to make us stronger, more resilient &#8211; cultivating equanimity so when we step off that mat, we are empathetic, compassionate but at the same time, resilient to the core.\u00a0 For me, it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21117"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21117"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26183,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21117\/revisions\/26183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}