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Vulnerability Car Crash
One of the most profoundly developmental practices I have in life is getting outside of myself, on a regular basis. Last week I butchered a pig, handed in the final taught assignment for my masters degree and did a photography workshop which explored the boundaries of personal expression, shame and consent. These all pushed my personal experience of life. Some days, weeks or even months I wonder what I’m doing in life, as if there’s nothing going on, it’s all a banal mess. Then I look at weeks like last week and realise, oh, I’ve been doing a lot. A helluva lot.
Is vulnerability like yoga? No matter what level you are at, it is still challenging? For instance, if I were to ask everyone to bend forward as far as they can, everyone in the world will find it challenging. Some people may reach a little distance and some a long distance, but regardless of how far they can reach, they will all find a point of resistance where their body wishes to prevent them from going any further. Even the world’s finest gymnasts or contortionists will reach a bodily limit where they will find resistance and the exercise will become challenging. Likewise, a person who has never attempted this exercise before will find their body stops moving forwards at some point, where they will also find the challenge develops.
This analogy is very much like the rest of life. Everyone is struggling, whether…
