The Next Asana

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I remember a yoga teacher jokingly saying to a student If you don't blah blah blah I won't teach you the next posture. Her discerning reply was I don't want the next posture which caused the class to chuckle. However at that time I was the opposite of that. I wanted the next posture. I wanted to progress. It was what drove me-I was young in my yoga journey. I saw only the physical benefits of what I was learning.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the Ashtanga sequence I wanted the next posture it is part of the process. The postures get harder and more difficult as you progress. It's a sign that I'm getting better at this yoga thing. It's what I wanted. And as a person with Multiple Sclerosis it takes my mind believing I'm not so bad. MS is not defining me. I can do this.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But I learned yoga is much more than a way to get a healthier body. MS does its best to define what I can't do. Ashtanga showed me what I can do and improved me physically mentally and spiritually. I started as a skeptic but now I live as an enthusiastic yoga ambassador.</span></p>