I even think that is why so many people year after year make resolutions, because they must like who they are when they are making their resolutions- someone hopeful, someone who believes things can be better, someone who is going to try their very best this time to make a change! And whether it happens or not that is another topic, but the person who makes a resolution, that is one optimistic and powerful person! And who doesn't want to inhabit that, even for a moment?

So I've been thinking about the many people we become every day.

And how there is this other part of us that is always there, always being.

I think for us as Tantric yogis the challenge is to love the dance of becoming and to also remember that there is a part of us that never changes, that is always there, full of peace. Just like the outside world. Right now as I write this blog entry it is night. In a few hours it will be day. Right now my mood is a little tired. Tomorrow it will be different. Right now we are in winter. Soon it will be spring. And yet there are constant states about the outside world that never change: the path of the stars. The phases of the moon can be predicted far in advance. There is order and chaos. There is something still and something changing all the time.

I've been enjoying that dance and teaching about it.

I also think that if there is a challenge we are facing, we get to see who we are becoming during that challenge. For instance, one of my hardest poses to do are backbends because of past spinal injuries I've had. So every time I try to do a challenging backbend I become someone who is a bit afraid and who is overly efforting. Since realizing that, I can now do my best to change my attitude and try to be more courageous and sensitive as I attempt them. Our attitude is something that we can always attune to and change. If you don't like who you are becoming in any given situation, you can always change it, making better choices in your life.

May we enjoy who we are becoming all the time, how our mood changes during different poses. 

And how still there is something in us that never changes. A "still point," as T.S. Eliot referred to it.

Anusara Poster Project Pose: Marichyasana #1