Imperfectly Perfect

The most common underlying theme in Yoga and Tai Qi schools is that unless you train with us for years and do the form exactly like us then you are not a part of our group. This is a trick that many people use to play with our emotional insecurity to get us to come back, after all they have a vested interest in your presence in their class, be careful of these people.

I am only interested in your development of awareness, and it doesn’t matter what form you do or how perfect you do it, but rather if you approach this as a form of moving meditation then a whole different quality is born, your candle will continue to get brighter and you will eventually become so bright that others will be attracted to your light.

Ok, let me tell you a story, I was sitting with this Yoga Teacher at the Spa before I started my contract and we were having a cup of Tea and a man who had never done yoga before came up to talk to him to ask him some questions. He then introduced him to the idea that yoga was not just about stretching, but rather it was a complex system designed to get people to breath and become healthy.

Wow I was impressed by this but like many he talked the talk but could he walk the walk… well the next move he made both shocked and disappointed me. He turned to this man and asked him could he touch his toes and the man bent over totally vulnerable in his domain and then the teacher said ‘I will have you touching your toes by the end of the class.' This might not seem much but I have met many who didn’t want to do yoga because they had been hurt and thats my passion to introduce them to the real Yoga - Tao Yoga.

Now this teacher has gone to teach English, I asked him about his knowledge in the Chakras and he had none. Choose you teachers carefully, question everything and trust your own intuition. Your inner feeling will guide you to the right person or you can start from books, DVD’s anything.

I am not really interested in running classes for a while because for me right now the biggest problem I see in people minds is this common repetitive feeling of not being good enough and most forms of meditations are not being taught very well, and it is my desire to pass on my knowledge so I must write down the essence of my world.

I am having conversations with people from all around the world and this theme of feeling imperfect is common and I understand it well. When people come to my class, workshop or online the first thing I point out is that you are not here to improve yourself, you are here to bring awareness and once you light it then many things become possible and you see the perfection of your reality right NOW.

When your awareness burns the veil of your own imperfect illusions, then the joy that can be seen with children will once again become your very nature and way of living. Children are very innocent and have no idea of becoming something, they are just over flowing with energy and they want to share or play. Meditation is not a system of control or improvement, but rather it is a way to embrace who you are right now and to celebrate your differences and also see your connection with others around you.