It's been a while

As we prepare to head to South Australia to walk in the Flinders Ranges I'm looking forward to getting back to writing bits and pieces.

For the time being I’m not teaching yoga or swiss ball. I’m rather more concentrated on the radius and ulna bones that I broke near the wrist, and the following day (29 March) were plated and screwed.

April was full of local walks with lots of photos that I haven't uploaded. Maybe later…

Now well into May and this month has been a realisation of ageing.

A massive loss of confidence.

The sense of the physical body being unable, incapable, limited.

The weariness that comes from dealing with the discomfort.

Still the drive to overcome, to keep on, recover, and that is tiring too.

Where has the energy gone?

Where is the joie de vivre, the passion?

What is the purpose, how can I find it? Or is that impossible to answer because it's the wrong question?

I shall try to follow in the steps of the Stoics.

Not the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings or complaint, ie ‘being stoic’.

Instead, I shall try the Greek school of philosophy, which aligns with the principles of yoga. Perhaps more on that later.

Stoic ethics centers on virtue as the highest good, cultivating emotional self-control, a calm problem-solving state of mind, and rational judgment to attain lifelong flourishing (eudaimonia). At the same time, passions, anxieties, and insecurities are viewed as misguided reactions that ought to be controlled through self-disciplined practice. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism#:~:text=The%20Stoics%20are%20especially%20known,for%20virtue%20to%20act%20upon%22)