Surrender

"Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being." Joel Kramer (author of the passionate mind: a manual for living creatively with one's self)

Few weeks ago, I had a short chat with a friend from Singapore. He reminded me this important lesson; That and the tough days of dealing with the Coronavirus, have urged me to write this blog in relation to life and business. My Yoga teacher always says that surrendering is the most difficult pose in Yoga.

Eckhart Tolle, in his book ‘The Power of Now’ mentions that, Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. To surrender is to accept the present moment unconditionally and without reservation.

In fact, it is not the overall situation that you need to accept when you surrender, but just the tiny segment called the "Now".

Many business owners worry, about the consequences of this tough time instead of planning and taking action. In order to grow, you first need to surrender to the current situation, embrace that it can’t be changed and embrace the now. After that you can find the mental space to be proactive and find ways to grow and learn from this situation.

However, surrender doesn't mean sitting down waiting and doing nothing. As Eckhart Tolle says, it is about accepting the Now and acting from acceptance

"Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass".

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