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100 Days of Gladness, Day 8
In 1992, I was introduced to yoga by a teacher in Bellevue, Washington, named Aadil Palkhivala. I absolutely loved his classes, and became a regular there. Why? I sensed his authenticity, but he was also strangely hilarious. So, you know. YOGA. Only well into my journey there did I learn he was a world renowned ‘teacher of teachers,’ and that he had been taught from childhood by BKS Iyengar himself.
That’s how I originally got into yoga. But eventually, I wanted to share it. So when I moved here to Long Island, NY with my wife, I took courses from Yoga & Polarity Center in Malverne and learned to teach it.
As a beginner in yoga, one of the most difficult poses for me was always Savasana (corpse pose). Which is weird, because it was the one I couldn’t wait for — and it always came at the very end. You just lie down flat and rest.
That’s why I loved it.
But what was so hard for me was the “rest” part. To let go. All through the class, I’d be waiting when we’d get to Savasana, wishing we were there already. When we got there, I’d spend the whole time wishing it would never end. Very rarely was I actually in Savasana.
So today, I am especially glad for the whole world of “lying down.” The pallette of lying down has many colors on it. In yoga, it’s…
