What are the stories we tell ourselves that limit us, that limit what we will try to do, that stop us before we even start?
These limits define what’s possible for us just as our abilities do.
Try that impossible yoga pose. Push your limits a bit. Often our limits do not become visible to us until we challenge them.
Notice in what ways your mind or body say this is too hard, I’m not strong enough, my balance isn’t good enough….
And still try! Like The Little Engine That Could, counter these habitual limits that often lurk in the background furtively keeping us their captive.
What are your “stories” that define your comfort zone? Is this really how you want to live?
This is not to say we do not have “realistic” limits. Nor should we abandon reason and become foolhardy.
But our assumptions that keep us from trying, that keep us limited in ways that we do not like and ultimately keep us unhappy–these “stories” are just that, illusions that keep us from from knowing we have wings to soar into truly new possibilities….
The Every Day Yogi 