Am I a different person if I’m less anxious than I was six
months ago
because of yoga? Less worried about things that are out of my control, less inclined to
indulge in behaviors that, in their absence, now offer more space and clarity
in my life, leaving me more empowered?
Yes, that’s different. But did I change?
Yes, but in this way: my ego shrunk, and my higher self
expanded.
What does that mean? And why does it matter?
We all know what our ego is: it's that thing that takes things
personally, and gets upset at the smallest slights. It's that thing that worries needlessly, and prevents us from being vulnerable, fully expressed loving people
for fear of getting hurt (because we got hurt being vulnerable and loving in
the past).
Ironically, the ego thinks it’s protecting us, but it’s just trying to keep us
in an emotional, and even spiritual box.
What is our higher self? Does it mean we're "coming from our heart?" Is it referring to "our better angels?”
God? The Divine? Our connection to the Oneness? Something we imagine? Something that fills
us with great joy?
I know which sounds better to me.
Who knew the
practice of yoga would shrink one and expand the other and make me so much
happier?
Millions of you? Why didn't you tell me sooner?!
