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You may have noticed a distinct lack of blog-posting here at knittish over the past year (or more?).  Aside from the over-tasked excuse of "I've been busy", I think I have discovered, or more like admitted, that the reason could be a lack of commitment due to indecision.

knittish began as a blog of knitting and other fiber-related activities a few years ago, and my interest in such crafts and arts is still strong, although in fits and droves.

Another passion has compelled me to become more introspective over the past 10 months, and that love is yoga.

So I've been dancing around what I want to do with this blog.  In a way, I want to continue blogging, but would it remain as a knittish blog?  I like my domain name.  And I still enjoy knitting and my knitting friends.

But how do I incorporate more of my thoughts, questions and observances about my yoga practice on a blog that seems geared toward knitting?

Yoga has become a huge part of my life.  It is something I try to practice and explore daily, both on and off the mat.  And my regular teaching schedule has picked up between weekly classes as well as substitute classes. 

This weekend, I spent at a series of amazing workshops by ashtangi Kino MacGregor who was teaching at Georgetown Yoga. I'm quite a newbie with respect to ashtanga yoga and this experience has piqued my curiosity to the point where I'm considering taking some more ashtanga classes, both led Primary Series and Mysore-style.

Certainly, I'm interested in the physical practice, the asanas.  However, beyond that, I also seek the continuous "transformation" and "the magic" that is yoga, that are part of the whole experience of which Kino spoke this weekend.

Kino mentioned that the challenge in yoga is there when one is ready for it.  (Or did she use another word instead of "challenge?")  In a way, it's sort of like, "seek and ye shall find."  

But one must be committed to the long haul because it's the journey and not the destination that will bring the transformation of the self.

 Thankfully, yogi Mark Whitwell assures us that whatever it is that we seek, it, the answer, is within:

"Yoga is your direct participation
absorption in the given wonder
the extreme intelligence of life
that is of course in every person..."

It takes the right moment in time to realize that which we seek, the question of the moment we need or want to ask. 

And at the right time, the answer will reveal itself from within.

It takes patience and compassion with the self.

Commitment to the consistent practice leads one along the path of transformation.