The Thing About Fear

Alaskans have a phrase for traveling to the lower 48... it's called “going to the outside.” And I've never truly understood that phrase quite like I did this week.

After spending the better part of the last few weeks off-the-grid in the Brooks Range prepping for our Far North Northern Lights + Yoga retreat, even returning to mainstream Alaska felt like stepping out of a dream into a harsh reality... it’s a world filled with ongoing news stories, scary updates, and a bit (ok, a mega dose) of mass hysteria.

All I could think was: Where the heck is all the toilet paper?!

In all seriousness, with everything going on from election sagas, to virus watch, to the economy, to toilet paper's disappearing act, I find it hard to pull away from the news sites and my daily news podcast. I find it hard to not worry about the future of... everything.

How do we stay up-to-date in the world without constantly diving into fear? 

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: It all comes down to the unknown, and our relationship with it. And our ability to ask ourselves realistically: What can I do right now?

​In fact, this concept is so important that it's the basis of the FIRST yoga sutra — Yoga is now. This is the most important sutra, as they are to be practiced sequentially for maximum benefit!

So we avoid asking What does my future hold? Or How should I have done the past differently?

A yogi will ask: What is this moment asking of me right now? 

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