HOW CAN I TELL IF I AM “GETTING BETTER”?
Look back, not forward, to see growth. Whatever the skill (knitting, baseball, baking) or practice (yoga, meditation, recovery) we may not see improvement bit by bit, day by day. But by contemplating where we were when we started we can see the progress.
A daily practice grows at its own pace; no amount of emotional, verbal or energetic encouragement (or force) will increase its rate of growth. You only practice and let go.
The Patience of Cultivation
“When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.”
Kyczy Hawk is the author of Yoga and the Twelve Step Path and founder of S.O.A.R.(tm) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. She offers training on line and teaches in person in Treatment Centers, and Jail. She also leads Y12SR classes at Willow Glen Yoga in the Silicon Valley area of California.
www.yogarecovery.com
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