Vrksasana... a tree grows from a seed

This month at Yoga Shala, we take to the forest and forge our way into the trees.  Vrksasana.  It takes fortitude for students to believe in themselves, especially through standing balances.   Why not, instead, look to the seed instead of the tree?  Place a kind thought, warm wish, a magnificent moment into the protection of a seed.  Plant the seed and use your breath to nourish the seed and watch it grow to its fullest potential as it is it's own true nature.  A seed has all the potential in the world to grow and find its way into the world, if given the opportunity to find its potential.  Watch it with love and give compassion for its struggles.  Allow it to be what it is.

Likeness with the seed, a tree has a magnitude of life.  Once your warm wish, kind thought, magnificent moment comes to fruition, does it stop there?  Of course not.  In nature the tree never stands still.  The wind moves in,  through, and around its branches and leaves.  Throughout the course of its life, it starts as a seed, takes root and works its way up through the earth.  Its environment helps shape and nurture the tree, giving it a place among the others in the community.  Each season a tree will change.  In Spring, it is reborn from the cold winter's slumber.  The buds slowly emerge and open up.  In Summer, the tree is alive and alert.  In Autumn, the tree prepares itself for another cycle of life.  The leaves slowly change into it's brilliant colors and eventually sail to mother earth.  Althrought the seasons of change, the tree is stable and constant, but still it moves and breaths.

Rooted to the ground while lifting and growing to the sky.  So must our thoughts and minds, remain ground while having the inclination of thought and confidence to change and sway.