Deep Gratitude to Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy

Originally posted for the Phoenix Rising School of Yoga Therapy on August 14th, 2013

For not giving me the answers, for not giving me advise, for not telling me how to be, but for instead, teaching me how to find this all within myself.

For reminding me that I am my greatest teacher, and teaching me a way to tap into wisdom that is always with me, beneath what I perceive as struggle.

For acknowledging that what I perceive as dark, and what I perceive as light, and everything in- between, are all essential parts of my wholeness. For not dismissing aspects of my own personal experience as being invalid.

For being a constant source of support by holding a safe space, being patiently present, and unconditionally accepting.

For giving me room to be just as I am, without holding me up to an ideal of who you think I should be; for accepting me, and all my changes along the way.

For providing me with a practice that I can return to again and again to fulfill my own self-determined needs as a human, to strive for goodness, and to understand myself and my relationship to the world more clearly.

For indadvertedly giving me a constant goal to strive for, goals to make it back for more training, and personal goals to strive for within myself.

For providing me with tools to slow down, turn inward, and find a greater sense of clarity.

For space and silence. For more space and more silence.

For teaching me how to listen deeply with my whole body.

For giving me room to grow and for allowing me to unfold in my own time, even when I feel stuck.

For leading by example.

For letting me find my own way, into my posture, into my body, into my own wisdom, and into my own full expression of who I am in the present moment, and for who I imagine myself to be in the future.

For being a mirror for me to see myself more clearly.

For non-judgmental witnessing.

For providing me with an avenue to discover my ever-changing truths, and to set them into action in my daily life, helping me to live out my full potential.

For teaching me how to recognize that all I am grateful for in you, is a reflection of all I am grateful for in myself.