f*ck originality.

For all of us working to hone our craft: keep going. To all of the individuals just getting started and feel pressure to be new or exciting: master the basics. Imitate your inspirations and take that understanding to explore. Maximize your effort with smart technique, repetition and intention. Rinse and repeat. Practice until you’ve memorized your own quirks, nuances and idiosyncrasies enough to develop your approach to modernization. Besides, I can almost promise that if you’ve had a great idea, it’s already been done. The earth is 4.5 billion years old after all.

yoga, musingsBriana RandallFebruary 16, 2020yoga, originality, asana Comments

on vulnerability.

Being vulnerable is hard. But being vulnerable is the only way (in my opinion) to allow the heart to feel true pleasure so real it scares me…

Through my fitness journey and the practice of yoga, but more importantly through my meditation practice I have slowly begun to fall in love with myself. I have realized that I'm vulnerable, strong, and powerful.. I've become more assured in myself and my practice, and that's a peace of mind I hope anyone who practices yoga (and everyone in general) experiences.

yoga, musingsBriana RandallSeptember 17, 2017yoga, vulnerability, asanaComment

ego trip.

In his classic work the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali describes yoga as "the progressive quieting of the fluctuations of the mind." He then explains that through dedicated practices and the cultivation of detachment, we will stop identifying with the thoughts, feelings, and sensations that can cause us so much pain -- and we will open to an experience of our true self.

yoga, musingsBriana RandallSeptember 3, 2017yoga, ego, asanaComment

asana is not the goal.

Asana is not the goal of yoga, I promise it's not. Anyone new to yoga, or anyone with an Instagram account may not realize this, but it's true. Don't get me wrong, I fucking love asana practice. When I'm teaching or even just on my mat as a student I feel strong as hell, powerful, dare I say - invincible? But all of this is beside the point. The purpose of my yoga is to allow myself to observe the space I'm in moment by moment, to not be afraid of the madness in mind, to live in this space without fear of judgement or rejection. Ultimately the goal of my yoga is to not want to blow my brains out of my head every second of every day, and to generate enough awareness to recognize that when I do have these thoughts to not let them consume me.

yogaBriana RandallJuly 2, 2017yoga, asana, InstagramComment