A Tool for Life

Everyone has some tool for which they utilize in order to strip down to their barest of emotions, feelings and true self. Many people will work what may seem to be endlessly to discover that tool, and once it is found, embrace it for all that it is. For me that tool is the practice of asanas and pranayama on my yoga mat.
Not to say that after my first experience on the mat I was able embody the feelings found at the deepest point inside of my soul, it was after years of commitment to exploration, that I am able to celebrate my personal path to finding balance, peace, and acceptance within.
Through the practice of yoga, as I spent many days, months, and years developing a wholehearted, devoted and passionate work of art through movement, I have found in myself the ability to acknowledge all that takes place inside of me, from the physical body, to soul. With that ability, comes awareness of inner-most and deepest of emotions. The practice that I have developed on my mat, has taught me to be able to let those feelings in, watch them come, watch them stir, watch my reaction from almost a third person point of view, and finally watch them go.
The acceptance of these inner reactions, is truly a gift, but not something that I believe will ever come easily. Every soul here with us on Earth, carries within, a beauty that comes along with truly living to the fullest. That beauty develops with time, with life and with living each moment to the fullest. Remember this, and next time your heart tugs, be a witness and acknowledge all that is going on inside.