I’ve been getting a lot of mass e-mails from yogi friends lately promoting the new documentary Home. From watching trailers I knew this was an “Inconvenient Truth”-style documentary. I was a little reluctant to watch it, not because I wanted to stay in an ignorant bliss, but because a lot of these movies try to convey the urgency of the matter by throwing a lot of hard-hitting facts at you. I do understand and completely believe the urgency, but having them bundled up together for dramatic effect sometimes overwhelms me, causing me to lose hope momentarily.

This is where my yoga and meditation practice really help. Knowing this is my pattern, I try to be aware of this reaction. I then try to sit in meditation for a few minutes exploring this feeling of hopelessness. I allow it to rise, even grow, but as all things do, it also disappears. Read the rest of this post»