Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The Autistic Yogi Reflects on the Path of Life.

Walking the path.

Imagine that you lived in a dense forest that was difficult to travel through because of how thick the growth was. You felt capable of surviving as the food here was sufficient for you to live. First you slowly made your way through the thickness and found shelter and then over the period of years you build paths from one section to another, depending on resources. The paths that were well travelled became easier and easier over time to travel as you carved your way through the thick and learned how to manage it. The unbeaten paths still could be quite difficult.

Our bodies are the same way.

Life is the thick forest and as we move through life we start to carve our trails. Our friends, family, work, hang out spots, shopping locations, vacation locations are the resources. Even the activities we engage in can be seen as resources, do you weight lift, jog or run, dance, yoga, swim, meditate? These all are resources and how much time we spend discovering more about our preferred activities or friends or working then the  easier it becomes to navigate that trail to that resource.Ultimately it is each of our responsibility to decide the paths we take to the resources that we claim.

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