The Yoga Contingency Plan

Look! Squirrel! #42

Commentary

Sometimes discomfort appears and the mind immediately assumes something has gone wrong. It starts searching for explanations, strategies, fixes, and contingency plans. Some discomfort isn’t asking to be solved. It’s asking to be felt.

The squirrel isn’t being malicious. It’s genuinely convinced that better alignment, more instructions, more contingency plans, more analysis will solve the discomfort.

The Flower Capybara isn’t giving advice. It’s offering a different perspective.

Question: When discomfort shows up, what do I do before I’ve even given it a chance to speak?