I didn't know how to truly rest until I ran twenty-one kilometers.

My body always had something to protect. The race was the first time it didn't.

Has effort ever opened something that rest alone couldn't reach?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c

#savasana #runningandyoga #halfmarathon
#embodiedpractice #effortandease #yogalife
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #yogaphilosophy

The hard kilometers make savasana real. And savasana makes the hard kilometers worth it.

Effort and ease aren't opposites, they're partners in a long and patient conversation.

When has effort made space for deeper rest?

#effortandease #yoga #runningandyoga
#contemplativepractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife
#savasana #halfmarathon #mindfulrunning

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?

A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.

Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c

#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana

The hard kilometers make savasana real. And savasana makes the hard kilometers worth it.

Effort and ease aren't opposites, they're partners in a long and patient conversation.

When has effort made space for deeper rest?

#effortandease #yoga #runningandyoga
#contemplativepractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife
#savasana #halfmarathon #mindfulrunning

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice