Ishtar Darlington
We could all probably do with a little more patience in our lives, whether it’s with colleagues, family or, most importantly, ourselves.
Patience comes from acceptance. Acceptance that this is how things are right now and that you can’t change the situation with sheer will. We see this every time we’re in class and have to accept that, today, for whatever reason, this is as far as we can go into this pose. Rather than fighting the need to rest, we have to accept that sometimes we need a break and it’s okay to take some time in a child’s pose. We learn to be patient with our teachers when they make mistakes or hold you in poses for what seems like a lifetime and not the ‘just 2 breaths more’ they announced 10 breaths ago (we are notoriously awful at counting!).
Thankfully, this patience filters down from practicing it in the classroom through to every aspect of our lives and helps us to become kinder, happier people.
