Our Deepest Fear

Megan blew my socks off last night (okay, I wasn't wearing socks in yoga class) by starting her Thursday night Yoga Mix class with this reading:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Whoa. I'm still reeling.

That's a quote from Marianne Williamson's book, A Return to Love.

Megan went on from there to teach a simple and powerful yoga pose series with some really cool "Shiva squats" in the middle.

Tomorrow she's teaching a two-hour yoga workshop, by donation. And it's all about flowing from one posture into the next, called vinyasa.

Don't miss it.

I'll see you in yoga class,

Kevin Perry

mo_yoga@yahoo.com

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