Tuesday
Dec042012
Is Hot Yoga Awesome?
Sticklers argue that overuse of the word “awesome” has dumbed it down.
“Awe” is defined as an experience so life-changing, it alters your perceptions; your worldview actually has to expand to accommodate it. Following an experience of awe, people experience an expanded sense of time; suddenly you have a lot more of it.
More time? OK, that's awesome.
And it explains beautifully what I tell students who lament their lack of time to do hot yoga:
Get yourself to hot yoga and the time will show up. Not just for hot yoga, but for everything. Hot yoga has the potential to change your time/space reality, because hot yoga is fertile ground for awesome experiences. Here's how that works...