Amy Patee's Blog

When I first began teaching I was exuberant about it. I had no trepidation about sharing my experience and everything I knew about Yoga with others. I can equate this original feeling to standing at the foot of Mount Everest. Not yet having climbed to the peaks, but feeling as if I had by way of pictures I’d seen and books I had read.

I hear time and time again from my students things like, "I’ve been practicing yoga for 6 months and I still can’t reach my toes." Or, "When I do wheel pose my arms won’t extend straight." And, "I can’t get my heels to the floor in downdog yet, what’s wrong with me?"

My answer to them in every case is, "It’s about the journey, not the destination".

Spending time on your yoga mat may be an ideal way to stretch your tight muscles, strengthen your body, and relax your mind. But there is so much more to gain from your practice, especially if you begin to consciously bring what you do on your mat to the rest of your life.

I want to invite you to explore a practice that I’ve been working with over the last several weeks. I call it "getting comfortable with the uncomfortable".

Emotions, often defined as energy moving, express on a biological, psychological, and energetic level. They inform you about your reality. More specifically, they inform you about what you believe.