Garden of Daisies

Caution vs. Fear

October 9th, 2005

I knew enough about the body, without yoga, to know that pushing your body using caution, and acceptance of its limitations, will gently and slowly allow you to reach powerful new heights. …but that if you become afraid of injury, you will tense up, and are almost guaranteed to hurt yourself exactly in the way you are afraid of.

Over the last few days of my practice, however, my caution and acceptance with regards to my left knee has turned into an intense fear of injuring it. As always my knees are sensitive right now with the weather changing, but during practice I am making matters much worse by focusing so intensly on it that my body is unable to heal itself….

Does anyone have any brilliant insight into how to calm your mind back down off the edge, and bring that cautious acceptance back?

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