I Will, I Do, I Can

I want to know if you can live with failure, with sorrow, with pain and still stand with your toes sinking into the sands of the ocean shore marveling at the infinite beauty and peaceful rhythm of the glistening water. That you can throw your hands up into the air and say, “I will!” “I do!” “I can!”

Yoga can bring you to the place of marveling at beauty in sorrow, of acceptance in failure and peace in pain. As you stand in Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II), quadriceps engaged, looking out over the tip of your middle finger, energy extending out through your arms your claim personal power. Bringing breath into the back body, expanding the ribs and spreading the shoulder blades across the back in Balasana (Child’s pose), you remember your connection to the living, breathing, true self. Yoga teaches you to marvel at the simplest of movements – turning the foot a degree inward, lifting the kneecaps, or spreading the toes. Each movement brings your mind to awareness. Each reaching out brings focus to the inhale, each melting brings attending to the exhale, utilizing the power of the breath.

The mind, the body, the breath no longer operate independently but merge into one beautiful rhythm giving you power to claim for yourself, “I WILL!” “I DO!” “I CAN!”