Letting Go Is a Practice

Letting go sounds soft.
It isn’t.
It’s one of the hardest things you’ll ever train for.

The Illusion

Everyone talks about release like it’s an event.
You just breathe, and let it go.
But the truth is: you don’t let go once.
You let go again and again.

You let go of the pose that didn’t land.
Of the story that showed up in your hip.
Of the voice in your head that asked if you’re doing it right.
You let go not to escape, but to stay.

Letting go isn’t quitting.
It’s choosing presence over performance.

The Ritual

Letting go is a practice.
Just like handstands. Just like control.
It takes repetition, sweat, patience, stillness.
It happens when your muscles shake, when the heat kicks in, when your breath wants to leave but doesn’t.

On the mat, you rehearse it.
In hot flow, in Yin, in Savasana,
you learn to stay without holding.

The Resistance

The ego hates surrender.
It wants to grip.
It wants to prove.
It wants to perform strength instead of embody it.

But strength isn’t gripping tighter.
It’s knowing when to soften.
When to stop bracing.
When to bow.

Letting go isn’t about collapse.
It’s about choosing not to fight what’s already happening.

The Mat

Your mat is the altar.
Your breath is the offering.
The moment you stop resisting,
you become more available to the truth of what is.

That’s the first death.
And it’s not the end.
It’s the beginning of everything honest.

Letting go doesn’t make you weak.
It makes you real.
And being real is rare.