キノ・マクレガ―のインスタグラム(kinoyoga) - 7月15日 23時23分

There is a pain I feel when my alarm goes off at 5 am. I accept it. There is a pain that I feel burning in my abs and thighs when I hold Navasana for longer than usual. I accept it. There is a pain that I feel when because of an injury I have to modify my practice and take it easy. I accept it. I do not run away from it.
How we each define pain is simultaneously a semantic discussion and a personal experience. One person may identify strong muscular activation as pain whereas another may fail to identify pain at all. Each person has a different pain threshold and a different level of sensitivity in their bodies. Simply saying that we should never feel pain when we practice disregards the highly personal journey of body awareness. As a general rule during your practice pain around the joints should be avoided, but even that cannot be so universally applied because not everyone can actually feel their joints when they practice.
Today’s #YogiAssignment is Pain. Called Dukha in Sanskrit, yoga philosophy says that human beings have a tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain and that this cycle is a large part of why we suffer. Yoga offers a path out of that darkness through the cultivation of the strong, equanimous mind that is not disturbed by the inevitable fluctuations between pleasure and pain, attachment and aversion. Along these lines, saying that you should never feel pain in yoga misses the point. It’s well-intended but not exactly right. It’s like when I was sixteen years old and a boyfriend broke up with me and my Dad told me, “Sweetheart, you should never have your heart broken.” While a perfect world without pain or broken hearts seems to be attractive, it is neither real nor authentic in my opinion. Your heart has to be broken for you to know what it truly means to love. You cannot spend your life running from heartbreak or pain because suffering is a basic fact of life. Running away from pain is a false belief that you can actually keep all the pain away with your own efforts. Surrendering to the small pains of the yoga practice teaches you a spiritual lesson in how to respond to painful and difficult moments in your life. Photo by @beachyogagirl

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