The Modern Urban Warrior Series – Part 3

Each one of us who lives in a metropolitan city is a modern urban warrior.  An important quality of such a warrior is humility.

Part 3: Humility

In a competitive urban environment, it may seem that the only way to get ahead in the rat race is by pushing yourself forward and crushing others.  However, doing this only causes unhappiness and misery.  Instead and to be at peace with oneself, put the needs of others before our own and think of others before yourself.  Perhaps also we need to learn to acknowledge that we may not always be right.

Reverse Warrior : Viparita Virabhadrasana 

We worked on the Reverse Warrior posture to explore humility further.  On one side we reflected on the open palm recalling when we were not so humble in our interaction with other people and the feelings which overcame us then.  On the other side we again reflected on the raised palm recounting occasions when we have been humble and the positive peaceful feelings we were enveloped with then.

So, from a practical off-the-mat perspective, we can practice humility by spending more time listening than talking, giving due credit to others, giving opportunities to others, praising others, seeking advice and admitting when we are wrong, etc.