Yoga With Kelly

For the past couple of weeks I have been feeling pent up with anger, stress, and a constant nagging chronic pain in my shoulder that just won't leave me alone. I'd dealing with a lot of tension coming from work, struggling to find my passion there and a scheduled that was demanding more time from me than I could give and it was slowly starting to chisel away at my spirit. I was being broken down and all that was left was anger and resentment.  I found myself constantly complaining about things and then turning around doing the same things I was complaining about. I was often asking myself 'What are you doing?' 'What is wrong with you?' I struggled with these questions for what seemed like weeks. I couldn't get a handle on anything. I was slowly falling a part. I often have conversations with myself, back and forth, like talking with a therapist but the conversation is just between me and myself.  I will break everything down. I will ask myself question...

You... Yes you. Sitting there on the couch, 4 seasons deep in a Netflix binge. You say you can't do yoga?! I say you can. Part of yoga is just showing up to the mat. The rest we can work with. Yoga is a learning process. It is about progress. It's about dedication, commitment, time... It's about connecting with yourself, finding out who you really are. And these things are scary. But they don't have to be. Yoga instructors are there to help guide you to a better you. They want to help you succeed. They want you to feel relief. It is difficult to let go of things. These things that we hold on to, cling to. We have a hard time parting with them. They hold memories, maybe pain, maybe pleasure, happy/sad. They may no longer be serving us, but yet we refuse to let go. Yoga is about letting go. It is about release. It is about finding joy when you can now stretch a little farther into a pose you were struggling with. Yoga is about balance, unity, dev...