Recently, while reading Light on Life by B.K.S Iyengar, I came to a section of the book that focused on pain. I found myself underlining, double underlining, and starring even more than usual. Something about this topic really had my attention!
“Pain,” Iyengar writes, “is a great philosopher. It thinks constantly how to get rid of itself and demands discipline.”
He goes on to talk about how pain focuses our attention, and can be a very persistent teacher. Some key lessons from pain include the following:
Avoiding pain is not the same thing as coping with it.
Read the complete article at Teachasana.com.
