Indomitable Positivity
by Chinook
Each Sunday, Tsada Yoga offers Yoga Underground in different locations throughout Dallas. I think some people have been apprehensive to come out to the Katy Trail yogaundergrounds and that’s understandable considering the heat in Dallas in August. But last Sunday we had the biggest turn-out yet. The platform was packed and the energy was high! Trail walkers, runners, roller-bladers and cyclists were magnetized by our group.
I walk the trail often and purposely I walk it at the hottest times of the day. And I even do my yoga practice there in the hottest times of the day. I’m just your average, abnormal, weird counterculture nonconformist type of guy. I even picked my spiritual name (Chinook) after 4 years of research because it means one who swims against the stream.
Who Walks in the middle of the Day?
But I notice that there are a lot of other weirdos out there on the trail like me. I’m always surprised by how many people are walking in the extreme heat of midday. I wonder what types of minds they have. What makes these women and men so different from the norm? They all look normal to me – haven’t seen a green or purple one yet - but apparently they’re not!
Creating a Vortex or Spiritual Portal
Here’s the thing – the YU Katy Trail sessions are gaining attendance for one sole reason. The people who have come have such a great experience that they tell their friends and they’re bringing their friends. Sometimes you have to experience a thing to change your concept of it. Your preconceived notions block you from a new reality. When you get like-minded people with like goals and temperaments you create an alternate dimension – some type of vortex or spiritual portal. This may sound weird but once you’ve experienced it, you know that the power of the positive mind is indomitable! People rant and rave now after class – how perfect this spot is on the trail….. but before they came, they thought the heat would be unbearable. So many positive minds coming together neutralizes whatever negative minds existed beforehand.
Neither Rain, nor snow, snow sleet will stop Yoga Underground
We’ve been doing the YU year-round for approximately 7 years – rain, sleet or snow! One of the first classes we had it literally started pouring down rain and nobody left. We were laughing as we were getting drenched in our warrior 2 poses. The storm eventually became so turbulent that the winds started blowing our mats all around and we saw flashes of lightening and we eventually stopped only because of safety concerns. The point I’m making here – we create our own atmosphere by changing our thoughts and attitudes. We create a yogic force field that truly makes the temperature seem 15 degrees lower than what it is.
This Sunday we’ll be flowing again in the same spot and if you want to experience that alternate reality – just come and give it a try for a few minutes. You’ll be surprised by what happens. You’ll be amazed at the ultimate power of INDOMITABLE POSITIVITY!
Chinook Wusdhu is a health and fitness theorist and movement engineer. Chinook has honed his teaching over the last 30 years, sharing his understanding of movement and health. In 2006 he won the U.S. National Kung Fu and T'sa Chi championship in Houston
