Philosophizing from the Porcelain Throne: My Yoga Quest to God

I was inspired by my first blog comment to not succumb to my lazy ways today - hence the following post. So really we have Winnie to thank. Thank you Winnie!

Today I will ponder Yoga. I used to practice a lot of yoga, and by a lot, I mean  A LOT, like 2-3 hours a day. I was coincidentally unemployed, so that did free up a significant amount of time. However; like all responsible adults, I moved to a big city and got a "real job",  started a relationship and "didn't have time" for yoga anymore. In fact, I hadn't practiced yoga for almost 2 years. I went to a yoga class last night.  Awesome.. I cant even begin to describe how awesome, I had awesomesauce dripping off me, it was that awesome.

So now you know why yoga is on my mind. This morning, while I was, I'll admit it, on the toilet, because c'mon some of the best ideas are made on the porcelain throne; I had an entire conversation with myself about how yoga is my religion.  It wasn't really a conversation with myself, it was one of those internal conversations where you imagine someone is interviewing you and you reply with the perfect answer.  Well this was a discourse on Religion and Yoga..and it was beautiful.

I like these "interviews" with myself because it  gives me a chance to analyze and work through how I think or feel about different topics. In my case, I did not grow up a religious person but I did grow up an inquisitive person. My parents always encouraged my questions and tended to take a more philosophical approach to life.

In my mock interview, I was asked if I actually studied religion, because you cant just make a conjecture like "Yoga is Religion".  And yes, through all my Quest-ioning (because searching for these types of answers is a quest, a life-long quest) I can conclude that, for now, my quest is taking the path of yoga.  Yoga may not be a "religion" but it is a means to a peaceful state of mind, opening me up to ideas, feelings and opportunities I didn't even know were out there.

I firmly believe we are all searching for the same things and that each person has their own unique pathway and for some the answers reside in one religion or another.  I feel the pathway that allows you to feel truly at peace with yourself and aware of who you are at your core and that improves you as a human being, is probably the right path, whatever that may be. For me, it is yoga.  And after a 2 year hiatus, I feel reborn again and I'm loving it.


Om Baby,
-RF

Not Gonna Lie: My Non-Intro-Intro to a Non-Hipster Blog

I'll by-pass the formal introduction, you should know that I am lying about my name, but Everything Else is true.  Everything Else will be unraveled later.

Like you, I dream of becoming a hipsterly revered blogger segued into a small but noble literary following , however; painfully forgotten in 10 years, during which time I will suffer but it will be this suffering which ignites my best work and I will be gloriously but posthumously remembered as the great literary genius my parents purport me to be.

But let's face it, I'm also lazy and easily distracted so I've decided to spend as much time writing this blog as you will spend reading it. Hence the name "5 Minute Coffee Break"  that's about as much time as any of us have to spare in our extremely busy and important lives. To make this genuine, I wont edit and I wont think too much about it either.

I'll write about topics that interest me, current events,  thoughts or feelings that bother or inspire me, semi-confessional/semi-venti rantings.

I wont limit the subject matter so feel free to give me some inspiration!

Bring it
-RF