Have you ever seen the animated movie classic by Disney called "the Princess and the Frog"? I'm sure you've heard of the tale, right? A woman kisses a frog to turn him back into a Prince. This particular movie has a great message to go along with the tale. This movie is based in New Orleans where a spoiled Prince Naveen goes to marry a rich eligible woman, Charlotte La Bouff,
because his parents cut him off from their riches, in order to teach him to grow up. In the process his gets himself tangled up with a voodoo man, who casts a spell on him, and turns him into a frog. He shows up at Charlotte's house who is having a mascarde party for Mardi Gras, and kisses who he thinks is a princess to break the spell. Turns out its a poor hard working woman named Tiana who was dressed up at the party. In the process of the kiss, Tiana gets turned into a frog. In order to break the spell they try and reach a good voodoo woman named mama Odie, deep in the bayou.
The trip to mama Odies, gives each of them a chance to get to know the other. It turns out that Prince Naveen is completely incapable of doing anything for himself, and only wants to have fun. No responsibility exists in his world. Tiana is hard working with 3 jobs and is saving up money to open a restaurant which was her daddy's dream, as well as her own. She has never taken the time to have fun.
When they arrive at mama Odie's house, she enlightens them with a lesson on knowing the difference between what they want and what they need. They of course want to be turned back to human, right? But along the way the two frogs get to know each other and mama Odie shows Prince Naveen what he really needs...LOVE...and for him that means something more than himself. Mama Odie attempts to show Tiana that life isnt all about hard work, but that you need balance as well... LOVE.
Now what does this have to do with yoga? Do you have it? Yes, balance & perception. Yes, in this movie both of the main characters leaned very strongly in one direction, a life completely out of balance. They had their eye on the prize, and nothing else existed (perception). Though the prize may be great, can you see where it was unbalanced? Even the hard working Tiana, who had great intentions of opening a business and becoming successful, had her imbalance. What is success without Love? Prince Naveen was all about fun, and though its great to know how to have fun, and find our playful side, you wont find happiness in just fun.
Next time you have your eye on the prize, ask yourself, is this where all of my attention needs to be? Am I forgetting anything else along the way? Is it about the path that I am on or the prize at the end? Yoga teaches us that the practice is more important the goal. Which is why we dont go to our goal yoga we go to practice yoga. Enjoy!
Love & Light,
Kris
The trip to mama Odies, gives each of them a chance to get to know the other. It turns out that Prince Naveen is completely incapable of doing anything for himself, and only wants to have fun. No responsibility exists in his world. Tiana is hard working with 3 jobs and is saving up money to open a restaurant which was her daddy's dream, as well as her own. She has never taken the time to have fun.
When they arrive at mama Odie's house, she enlightens them with a lesson on knowing the difference between what they want and what they need. They of course want to be turned back to human, right? But along the way the two frogs get to know each other and mama Odie shows Prince Naveen what he really needs...LOVE...and for him that means something more than himself. Mama Odie attempts to show Tiana that life isnt all about hard work, but that you need balance as well... LOVE.
Now what does this have to do with yoga? Do you have it? Yes, balance & perception. Yes, in this movie both of the main characters leaned very strongly in one direction, a life completely out of balance. They had their eye on the prize, and nothing else existed (perception). Though the prize may be great, can you see where it was unbalanced? Even the hard working Tiana, who had great intentions of opening a business and becoming successful, had her imbalance. What is success without Love? Prince Naveen was all about fun, and though its great to know how to have fun, and find our playful side, you wont find happiness in just fun.
Next time you have your eye on the prize, ask yourself, is this where all of my attention needs to be? Am I forgetting anything else along the way? Is it about the path that I am on or the prize at the end? Yoga teaches us that the practice is more important the goal. Which is why we dont go to our goal yoga we go to practice yoga. Enjoy!
Love & Light,
Kris
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