Lara Christine

Week 10: Ishvara Pranidhana // Surrender & Devotion 🙏

Yoga invites us to cultivate union amidst seeming opposites.

There is a beautiful paradox in being called to show up wholeheartedly, practice with discipline, live with integrity, and take responsibility for my life, while simultaneously being asked to surrender.

Ishvara Pranidhana is the practice of surrender and devotion to something greater than the individual self.

My teacher Bill Plotkin speaks of shifting from egocentric to ecocentric living, where we learn to trust the path of the soul and the greater forces of Life guiding our unfolding.

For me, surrender is not passive resignation. It is an active relationship with the Sacred, one in which I am willing to listen, be guided, and trust the Divine intelligence moving through Life, even when I cannot fully understand it.

My practice is to show up wholeheartedly, offer my best, and surrender the fruits of my actions.

Perhaps this is where all ten teachings have been leading me, inviting me to move from effort toward grace, from control toward trust, and from separation toward communion.

I close this ten-week journey with a deepening devotion to living my yoga, not merely practicing it.

May I continue to listen, trust, and allow myself to be guided.

🙏 Yoga Beyond the Mat: The Yamas + Niyamas

These ten ancient teachings offer a lifelong practice of living in greater awareness, integrity, and relationship with all of Life.

Join me at Yoga Pod South Boulder for our final week of practice! @yogapodboulderlongmont

🧘 Wednesdays 2–3 PM | Unheated Pod Flow 2
🔥 Fridays 9:30–10:30 AM | Heated Pod Flow 2

Come practice, explore, and embody these teachings together.

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