Empty your boat

"O Bhikshu, empty your boat! It will go faster."

The Dhammapada

Yoga stresses a lot on the act of exhalation. On emptying. On letting go.
For we tend to exhale less efficiently than we inhale.We want to keep, to store, to hold.

We think possession, owning, keeping - spells safety, security, happiness.
And we learn, again and again; that it does not.

Dec 13, 2006