"An aging Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so one morning sent him for some salt. When the apprentice returned the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and drink it.
'How does it taste?' the master asked.
'Bitter', grimaced the the apprentice.
The master chucked and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake. The apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, and the old man said, 'Now drink from the lake', which he did.
The master asked, “How does it taste?'
'Fresh', remarked the apprentice.
'Do you taste the salt?', asked the master.
'No', said the young man.
At this the master sat beside his serious student who so reminded him of himself, and took his hands, 'The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less.' he said. 'The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things... Stop being a glass. Become a lake.'"
- Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Dearest Yogis,
I will be out of town from August 10 - 16. I have substitute teachers lined up for all my yoga classes except for Saturday, August 13 at 10:30 am at the Council on Recovery. Unfortunately, this class will be cancelled. I look forward to seeing you when I return!
In the mean time, there is a wonderful Yoga Nidra workshop taking place at the Yoga Institute in Houston this weekend (August 12 - 14). I have taken a workshop under Amrit Desai, the father of Kamini Desai, who is leading this event. These are true yogis. For restoration and renewal, I highly recommend this workshop. Here is the website: http://www.yogainstitute.com/relaxing-into-life.html. Be well my friends!
Namaste,
Dominique