Anna Scott Miller YOGA

Big change is coming. I need it. I want it. And I don’t 😝 (that’s my limited belief system talking that is afraid of change and growth). But yeah, it will turn my world upside down

I will stop with my current work!

As of 2025 I will start a new job.
After 10 years I’ll go back to employment instead of being my own employer
Mostly because I miss working in a team. With all the pros and cons that come with that. Working with different kind of people. Having each others back and being confronted/mirrored/annoyed

I’m ready to grow

Very exciting and definitely with mixed feelings too! It feels like another leap, even though this would sound like more security. I’m letting go something that’s very dear to me

The new job will also require me to teach. Mostly (physical) skills that are needed for the ones I’ll be teaching to function well and stay as safe as possible. I guess teaching is my thing

My employer will be the biggest in the Netherlands and the ones I’ll teach are there to protect, guard and serve. (Can you guess where? 😜). I’ll be there to help & support them do that in the best possible way

As the job will be fulltime, I’ll probably only teach one or two classes of yoga a week 🥹 (and it might take me a while to find my new rhythm). I’ll take a little break to recharge before I start, so I hope to see you in class and give you some extra self care during this last month of the year 💗

My body is my tool
As in, I need my body (also) to and for work
That’s a big (but definitely not the only) reason why I need to take EXTRA care of my body

The taking care consists of training in strength, mobility and flexibility. Enough rest and healthy nutrition to recover and stay resilient. An overall balance is required

Too much flexibility is a risk for injuring your joints and ligaments. Too much strength prevents mobility. My aim is to have overall health so I can stay fit and keep teaching as good as I can

But I guess something was off 😢 When I took my shoes off after climbing yesterday, I felt something was wrong. All movement with and on my foot was sensitive. And after a good night sleep, it still is….
I’m afraid it’s a tendon damage 😩

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have some guidance how to deal with it and heal it asap. But for now, I’m afraid I’m off the schedule ✌🏼
Please send me some healing vibes 🙏🏼

PC by the lovely .the.people

It’s so interesting to feel the difference!
The way my body felt in n Mysore. More open, more flexible, more light. Or maybe more surrender?

This morning, back at home, my body felt different during practice. No teacher, no others to share the practice with. Also still feel the time difference, the travels and transition

The climate, the Indian way of life, the lack of responsibility, no teaching, no work. The presence of the teacher, the like-minded practitioners around you, the spirit of all the effort, devotion & ambition. It’s beautiful to experience ☺️🙏🏼

And with that, it’s back to reality! The end of one month of study in India. Tomorrow a very busy week will start. Fully back from traveling. Hoping it won’t be 4 years before I can go to India again 🙏🏼

In one week I’m leaving on an airplane
A month later I’ll be back again 🙏🏼

It’s been 4 years since. I’m going back to the source. To Mysore, India.
It’s where Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga comes from. Where the lineage holder of Ashtanga, Sharath Jois aka Sharathji, is living and teaching

Ashtanga practitioners from all over the world will come practice with him. It feels like a pelgrimage

4 days a week we practice mysore style. This is doing the fixed sequence in your own pace. About 100 people are in the room doing their own practice. On Saturdays all the people who are there at the moment practice together while he sets the pace. The Primary led class. With about 400 people at the same time you move and breathe together. Kind of magical!
Sunday is rest day and on Mondays it’s led class again. About three third will start with Primary and one third will be told to practice Second. The first group can watch the second group. To be inspired. Or scared 😜

It’s all about dedication. Clearing your schedule for a month (or more). Having and spending the money on a ticket, accommodation and the possibility to practice with Sharath. It’s also humbling. Immersing yourself into Indian culture. Obeying and being a part of the collective more then an individual

Tapping into a world wide community. Opening yourself to different point of views and ways. Broadening your perspective. While of course not loosing yourself. This really fuels motivation. And that’s exactly what I need right now!

Can’t wait! Though I’m also slightly scared. Is my body up to it, will I be able to surrender, will I be safe and how badly will I miss my love?
I guess that stepping out of my comfort zone is also exactly what I need 😱😆

PC of .the.people 💗

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Progression Reflection

This photo was made after about 5 years of practicing this pose, named Krounchasana (Heron pose). If you swipe, you’ll see a photo of when I first tried this pose

The first time was in 2014. This was a big year for me. I found out I wasn’t able to have kids and was at the start of menopause

It was also when (and maybe partly because) yoga became way more prominent in my life. It’s the year I started my daily Ashtanga Mysore practice

Looking back (it’s a new moon day today, no practice and a good time to reflect), I think that taking up this practice was/is helping me in various ways

Firstly it looks like a very physical practice. It is. Which was/is a way for me to gain control, trust and love (still working on it) for my body. As it wasn’t able to do what it was ‘supposed’ to do

But it was/is way more than physical! It became a habit, a ritual, a moment for myself. To connect and to be. It challenged me how to take care of myself and to even take care for that matter

This (and of course with also studying & living the philosophy) made me a better person in general. Or at least more aware, present, loving and lovable

So, it’s not so much on how I can physically better/easier execute this posture. For me it reflects more that little steps every day will transform you and improves (most definitely for me) the quality of this thing called life

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Why should we open up, be vulnerable? Why share your feelings and express yourself? Why take care of yourself, invest so much time, money and effort?

It probably has to do with the intention (and especially a sense of connection) you do all of the above. Because yes, I think we should do this!

Like planting a seed, watering, caring, letting it grow so it can, eventually, bloom & blossom (and get old and return back to the earth). It’s part of nature

If you bloom & blossom everyone gets to enjoy that, YOU, too! You get to participate. Share your gift with the world. With our kind. And our kind needs each other. We’re not suppose to be individualists. We belong together

Sharing means caring. Expression is so much better than depression. It connects. And unites

And aren’t the best moments in life when you opened up? When you shared and cared? We are all just trying without having a clue anyway. So better release, open up, have some fun and cheer each other on!

Lets be together and feel alright 💗

PC

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