With kindness, even now, this day this morning- in a few minutes I will sit. I will sit and practice coming back to the moment. Time and time again I know my mind will wander - she does- it is her way. And even though I know this fact, I will deal with the disspointment, the frustration and sometimes being cross. WHY CAN'T I JUST STAY HERE NOW! I cry inside my mind. And then I remember, it is her way to wander. And with kindness I come back. Come back to now to the breath and be.
Just as I veer into emotional intoxiation of one type or another - the longing for a waist line, the desire for a car, the outcome of a certain action- I practice letting go and coming back to what is. I come back to sobriety; I return to the practice. So simple; so very difficult.
So Simple, So Very Difficult
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I have no doubt about the teachings. To live right here now, moment after moment. So simple, and so very difficult.
- Peter Matthiessen, "Emptying the Bell"
You can join Kyczy and a host of other people in recovery every Sunday morning at 7am PT (10 am ET) on In The Rooms for the Yoga Recovery meeting.
Author “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” and “Life in Bite-Sized Morsels” and “From Burnout to Balance” among others. She is the founder of S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse. Publishing “Yoga and the Twelve Step Path” was the happy conclusion to years of study and research into the inter-relationship between the philosophy of yoga and the principles of 12 Step recovery.
A leader of Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) classes for five years and a devoted teacher to people in treatment centers and in jail- Kyczy created a teacher training program for others who wish to work in this field. Trauma sensitivity and the somatics of moving home into your body are some of the basics taught in S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse
With deep bows she thanks her teachers; Sarla Walters, Durga Leela, Annalisa Cunningham and Nikki Myers.
More about her work can be found at www.yogarecovery.com.
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