Turning Into Difficulties

TURNING INTO DIFFICULTIES WILL TEACH YOU WHAT YOU NEED.

While I remain thoroughly and completely powerless over my substance of addiction, I am not powerless in my life.  I dont' control what comes down my path, but I CAN be mindful about facing it.  What hurts me teaches me. It can be hurt for others or myself. Some things may be very small touching only me. It may be an event or experience others might not see or understand.

The importance does not lie in the event itself but how I acknowledge it and how I respond.  Both nicks and stabs, trips and falls show me the way. BE BRAVE, see, accept, learn and heal. 

Finding a way through the pain is our gift to ourselves and can be our gift to the world.

Feeling alarm or devastation can guide us to a deep sanity, reminding us of who we are and what we need. Our power to act, our power to take part in the healing of our world, our power to bring things back into balance, comes from the same source as that devastation. Our pain for the world, and our power to take part in the healing of our world, both come from the same place.- Joanna Macy, "Allegiance to Life"

Kyczy Hawk 500RYT, 200E-RYT is a yoga teacher and author. She has recently published "Life in Bite Sized Morsels". "Yoga And The Twelve Step Path" was released in 2012.

The founder of S.O.A.R.™ Success Over Addiction and Relapse, she teaches recovery oriented yoga online and in person. Kyczy also leads recovery infused yoga classes online with Studio Live TV. 

Read more on her website: www.yogarecovery.com