One of the blogs I subscribe to and read often for inspiration is Mastery of Meditation. In a recent post New Kundalini Yoga Classes and The Courage To Live Dangerously I was excited to see some great words on having conviction of vision and moving toward success in anything one decides to do. Here are some bits from the post that struck me but you can read the whole thing if you wish.

As some of you know, I used to teach a popular Kundalini Yoga class in Jersey City and run the Zenmind Yoga & Meditation studio in Hoboken, before my wife became pregnant and we moved to Old Bridge to be as close as possible to my dear parents who live here. This move has been a huge blessing for my family, all three generations are benefiting from the proximity, but, it also meant taking a break from my teaching days. The last three years have brought us the joy of 2 magnificent sons and although I have continued my personal practice, it wasn’t till this spring that I felt I had the time to commit to teaching Kundalini Yoga classes publicly again.

Setting up a Yoga Studio and teaching Yoga & Meditation is, in my opinion, one of the most honorable professions one can embrace. That being said, it is not necessarily easy to do. Specially if you want to do it well and really make an impact in people’s lives. In this article I don’t want to go into all the details on what goes on behind the scene to run a successful Yoga Center, but, what I do want to discuss is the risk factor involved in actually offering the classes.

So many doubts and fears can paralyze this process. “Will anyone sign-up?”, “Do I have enough time and energy?”, “Will students like Kundalini Yoga?”, “Should I do the class on a weekday instead?”, “Will Yoga generate interest in Central New Jersey?”, “Will it be perfect?” etc, etc. Who knows! We will find out and the only way to find out is by trying it. You must act on your passions despite any doubts or insecurities that you have and that is what courage is. To not try because of the fear of failing or the fear of making a mistake is the biggest mistake. The future is unknown, there are no guarantees and the key to dealing with this truth is to embrace uncertainty. Once you can do that you can take the plunge. Otherwise you will never let go of the edge and never experience the current of life. So open your heart, don’t worry about being perfect, don’t try to always play it safe, be adventurous and as Osho puts it in the title of his book, discover the “Joy of Living Dangerously”.

Having vision is great, having motivation to act is exciting but having passion and conviction to move past fears to see vision realized is a gift.

Thank you Anmol for the great post on your site: New Kundalini Yoga Classes and The Courage To Live Dangerously