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Confessions of an ex-relationship manipulator and control freak

May 4, 2012 By 14 Comments
Turning away from the truth causes suffering

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat Ok, the headline is harsh. I admit it. But also true. See, over the last while, I've been working with a relationship pattern (a samskara) of giving away my power by not speaking my truth because I was afraid of the consequences. It's an insidious pattern because it has all kinds of detrimental effects on one's self-esteem, and the relationships one is in. Plus it creates suffering as the desire to hold on to something while betraying oneself can … [Read more...]

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If you can’t publicly own it, don’t do it (easy to say right?)

February 12, 2012 By 3 Comments
John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga

Forget the Ten Commandments. Forget even the Five Yamas or Niyamas. Here instead is the Golden Litmus Test. Apply it to all your behaviour. Everything you do. Everything you say. And everything you think. (If you really want to up your game...) Can you publicly own this action, word or thought? Can you publish it in the newspaper? Talk about it on Tv? Answer to it on radio? Yes? Sweet... do it, say it, think it. No? Don't do it, say it, think it... At … [Read more...]

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Confession time people. I’ve been dodging a heart truth

June 3, 2011 By 55 Comments
Time to let go

I have a huge confession to make. I don't want the responsibility for The Yoga Lunchbox anymore, and I don't know what to do about this. Because even though I don't want responsibility for the website anymore... the website isn't just about me. It's a community website, and it's taken input from the community to create such an amazing resource for the yoga community. There's been all kinds of people who've contributed to The Yoga Lunchbox - regular writers like Alys and Jessica, … [Read more...]

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How I finally kicked my co-dependent relationship to the kerb

February 21, 2011 By 20 Comments
Strong & independent or insecure & needy?

Who'd've thought? Strong, independent, courageous Moi was stuck in a co-dependent relationship. Yep, me neither. Despite getting wind of this fact about halfway through our 3 year or so relationship, it took me another 18 months to break the pattern. Which in the end meant breaking off the relationship. This relationship had been increasingly volatile ever since I got back from Prana Flow yoga teacher training in LA. I'd made a commitment to myself on the return plane flight that I … [Read more...]

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Applying the second yama, Satya (truth), to daily life

September 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
Taisuke in Warrior I

It didn't surprise me to discover this week that a yoga asana (posture) for Satya could be Virabhadrasana 1 or Warrior 1 Posture, as this is a posture of standing forward and being forward in your truth. Before I started yoga, my entire life had been built on a lie - a lie that I'd told myself and totally believed. This lie was so embedded in my consciousness that when I first ever did Virabhadrasana 1 in a yoga class I was so challenging mentally and emotionally that I literally ran out of … [Read more...]

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Getting out of my mind – drugs, yoga, meditation and me

July 30, 2010 By 10 Comments
Kara-Leah, walking the path

If you've been reading Musings from the Mat for awhile, you'll know that I'm honest. I put great stock in presenting experiences just as they occur in my life, because I believe that there is so much we can learn from each others' unvarnished experiences. I also am mindful of my commitment to truth because it's one of the Yamas, or wise characteristics that yogis cultivate. Not because it's a "good" thing to do, or even the "right" thing to do, but because as yogis, committed to the science … [Read more...]

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