Sat Nam,

We are at week two of A Journey through the Virtues – Patience.

I was thinking about patience and my relationship to it and I know I’ve definitely struggled with patience over the years! I was a bit of an A type personality, never delaying gratification unless I was forced to, getting frustrated when things didn’t work out the way I wanted quickly and having little patience for myself and others. I found it difficult to relax and moved quickly from one thing to the next avoiding any quiet space in between. This thank goodness has significantly improved, particularly since I started practicing Kundalini Yoga because there’s nothing like a 2.5 hour chant, holding a pose for 30 minutes or a 40 day meditation to teach you patience!

What I realised whilst reflecting on all of this, is that patience comes from the soul and is essentially Grace. The ego has no patience and if allowed, will do everything it can to sabotage Grace.

Patience is the stillness between the pose, the space we give the universe to do its thing, the understanding and tolerance we give ourself and others, it’s the breath that diffuses the drama, the calm we find in a frustrating situation, acceptance when something we want doesn’t happen and trust in what’s coming next, it’s the peace in the wait and essentially it’s connecting to our Grace.

This week we will practice a Kriya that will test our patience and flex our patience muscle. We will aim to find Grace in the pose and take what we learn into life.

As Yogi Bhajan says:

“Patience pays”

How patient are you? And what do you do to connect to your Grace?

I’m excited to share I’ll be now teaching a 9.30am Thursday class at Soul Flow Yoga starting this week!

Soul Flow is located at 12/51-53 Spring St, Bondi Junction NSW 2022.

Classes this week:

7.00pm Tuesday – Adette
9.30am Thursday – Adette at Soul Flow
7.15am Friday – Bartek

See you on the mat. ❤

Love and light,
Adette