S2 Ep7: Things WILL Fall Away
Awake Athlete Podcast
English - May 01, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutes - 5.46 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness meditation yoga breath mindfulness mindset athletes triathlon running swimming cycling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. " - Lao Tzu
It wouldn't be a season without an embarrassing story, and this one is around a time in my life when results stalking was a regular part of my race prep—a strategy I considered a necessary piece for my race day success.
Telling this story to a bunch of triathletes, especially back in my hay day of swimming with fists, would have been entirely acceptable. But, this story unfolded during my yoga teacher training, where the ego was under fire, and mine was acting up.
In response to my foolish tactics and defensiveness around them, my yoga teacher replied with a dismissive remark about how that part of me would fall away. This sent me over the edge and threatened my identity as an athlete striving to be better.
Years later, I can tell you that he was right, and I"m so grateful.
At points along the Awake Athlete path, we will face moments when we question our identity; we will see characteristics fall away, and we will realize that they are the parts we have outgrown. We never lose the essential components that make us great.