Dear Yoga Student,
Have you seen the movie, “The Secret?”
I saw it. I loved it. I think I watched it three times. It made me
feel really good about my life and my dreams and my aspirations…
… but you know what? It doesn’t work!
The ideas in the movie are amazing – positive thinking, setting
your intention, creative visualization, abundance mindset – but
that’s not enough.
Never has been. Never will be.
Everyday, I meet bright-eyed positive thinkers who never get
anything done. I mean nothing. They can’t pay their rent, they
show up late to class, they don’t go to the dentist… I could go
on and on, but I’ll stop!
What the world needs is NOT more dreams. We need more action
takers. More people who wake up in the morning when their alarm
clock goes off (instead of hitting the snooze button 4 times). We
need people who eat more broccoli and less T-bone steaks. People
who are serious about creating radiant health and abundance in
their lives…
… people who are NOT AFRAID to actually get off the couch and
do something!
You can make “dream boards” or sit around “imagining” how
you’d love your body and life to be all day long. It’s fun and
uplifting, but ultimately pointless until you do something.
Let me tell you a story so you get this deep down under
your skin.
My first bicycle was a hard rubber-tired Schwinn red & white tank
that my dad fixed up for me. It was a collector’s item to be sure,
but it was not a bike that any kid in 1984 wanted to be seen riding
around on.
The one I wanted was a Predator BMX with black mag wheels and
a blue steel frame. My family didn’t have much back then, but
instead of sitting around staring at the picture of the bike in
a magazine hoping some positive thinking fairies were going to
take pity on me and give me the bike of my dreams, I forced the
issue.
I mowed lawns. I did chores. I cleaned cars.
It took me 9 months, but I saved up $268 dollars and I bought the
damn thing myself. For cash. That, my friend, is the real “Secret.”
Suck up your pride, strap on your boots, and get to work. You
want something? Great, now take some massive action and get it!
Here’s why I’m telling you all this:
I’m a really flexible guy, but it’s not magic. I found a system
that worked – yoga poses, diet, nutrition – and I followed that
system until I got the results I wanted.
My old body was like that hard rubber-tired Schwinn. It was
OK to look at, but I sure as hell wasn’t going to ride that thing
around for the rest of my life.
Now, I got my BMX…
Stay bendy,
Lucas
YOGABODY Naturals LLC
Yoga Flexibility Kit
