Sometimes relaxation is not what we need.

root chakra

This past week, I was in the throes of stress. (Stupid new health insurance stress. Grrr) Nothing worked to relax. My eyes literally rolled at the thought of a relaxing yoga class. Actually, I think I was too angry to even WANT to relax. All week my body kept choosing yoga classes loaded with warrior poses. I thought it was the anger talking. So I did my angry, screw-you Warrior poses. And they turned into powerful, hold-your-head-high warriors.

That’s when I realized it wasn’t relaxation that I was seeking. It was power. I was feeling powerless.

So I did my confident-looking warrior poses, and I began to feel my emotional confidence coming back to me. By rooting down, I felt my confidence rising up. Body and then mind. Yoga calls this process of rooting down, muladhara. Mula means “root” and adhara means “support”. By supporting myself physically, I was beginning to support myself emotionally.

By the end of the week, I was reframing. I was starting to see the new insurance as a new life skill. Still stupid (LOL), but here to stay and something I can, in fact, learn.

Until next time,

Laura