Learning to Stand On My Own Head
This was a pivotal discovery in life My moment of emancipation and freedom came from the understanding I am not my mind I am more much more than my thoughts and emotions Thoughts are not the absolute truth, often quite the opposite! I can change my thoughts by training my mind I can change my life by taking charge of my mind Fear and Anger are choices we can make just like Happiness and Optimism. The first time I was asked to attempt a head stand was at a yoga vacation at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Kerala . My extremely stubborn and prompt response was to refuse . " No way! I could break my neck " was running through my mind and out my mouth. 7 years later I was at the same place but this time for a month long teacher's training course. I had been through a lifetime worth of lessons in these 7 years. Jobless despite attending over 100 interviews in 2 years, a ten long year relationship that ended a day after the engagement, acute social withdrawal, isolat
