The premise of the Roth's teachings find residence in yogic philosophies and principles - one being that the issues live in our tissues (discussed in Part #2), and this week's discussion topic, "feel our feelings."
Yoga allows us to travel the longest distance we will ever travel in life: the distance from your head to our hearts. Quieting the chatter in our minds and getting out of our heads allows us to show up on our yoga mats and simply "be." In the sacred space on our mats we can invite the feelings to come to the surface, we can begin to be aware of where feelings live in our bodies. More importantly we can begin to answer the question: "where is my healing, my balance and wholeness being blocked?" Feeling can be scary, even the good feelings, if they are not tempered with the fact that they are just that, "feelings" they are not reality.
Reality is that the Universe brings us exactly what we need to heal, to move past the blocks and traumas in our lives. Feelings are the door that the Universe opens for us to come home. The poet Rumi beautifully offers;
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival,
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
In the end when we allow ourselves to really feel our feelings, we might stumble on the unexpected path that leads us to the answer to the question, "What is it I'm really hungry for?"
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