Enhancing Practices

Ah, dear Ashtanga yogis, how intriguing it is to ruminate on our penchant for rigidity in the fluid dance of existence we call yoga. Much like the overzealous dance of economies clinging stubbornly to growth, we grasp tightly to routines, sequences, and postures, as if progress is found only in the unbending allegiance to form.

It’s a peculiar spectacle, really, our determination to control what is inherently meant to be a flow. As in life, so in yoga—a delicate balance of strength and flexibility, both physically and metaphysically. Weaving through fixed sequences with the determined grace of systems operatives, guided by the whisper of a larger interconnected world, we are reminded that change is the only constant, yet how we wrestle with that irony!

Perhaps it’s time to venture beyond the rigidity and see our practice as less of a compliance checklist and more of a living system—dynamic, evolving, and deeply interconnected with the ebb and flow of the world around us. So, let’s not tether ourselves so disastrously to the rigidity of certainties but rather, embrace the beautiful uncertainty of the journey. As a wise system thinker might muse, even the firmest of structures are meant to change.

If this strikes a note of curious resonance, you can explore these deep, enticing waters of systems thinking and their correlation to your practice further at the following link: Discover More.