You Work!

I have some really important news to tell you. You are a machine--a cyborg! To clarify what I mean, you are a fully functional, super healthy, hugely successful, infinitely complex bio-machine--that works! But you're not a clone. Beyond the vast variations that Homo sapiens share between one other, each member of the species works superbly well in their own way.

What? Boom! Mic drop!

This is such a radical concept in a world of cultural and media conformity, where very specific body shapes are considered the paradigm: slender, hollowed-out women and muscle-bound men. What are we measuring here? Waist and bicep size? What about function and good old sustainability of life?

Regardless of your specific situation, the results are in. You work! You aren't broken or less than. The mechanics of your body allow you to get up, engage in your environment, and move around in some way. Yes? Isn't this amazing enough?

Yoga is a celebration of all you can do, not what you cannot. You are already the most resilient thing in your life. Do whatever you want to your body, it will thrive in almost any situation. As you try on shape after shape and action after action, you step into the thick of your biomechanics. And sure, you can hone your skills, but only because your body allows for honing. Your body works within its built-in plasticity, and that alone gives rise to the possibility of refinement.

In asana class we move into big shapes; these poses are beyond wild and strange. And yet, using your network of intricate gears, wires, and the very electricity of your body vehicle, you can do them all in some way. You work within all of what you've got!

May you recognize the gifts of your mechanics and leverage them always. Consider the inherent capability that you hold and the beautiful machinery of who you are; you are your own flying time machine that works, adapts, and supports yourself towards inevitable success.