Comments on: Passion or Obsession? http://staceyshipman.com/2010/05/12/passion-or-obsession/ Feel Good Living Wed, 02 May 2012 10:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hilary http://staceyshipman.com/2010/05/12/passion-or-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Hilary Sat, 15 May 2010 08:14:18 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=1543#comment-1057 Hi Stacey .. passion for something is the key - you're constantly looking forward to expanding and improving on your passion - & because you're happy .. you have time for the now. The wrong obsession can be debilitating and stressful - so the good sort where we do put in 110% is good .. I'm working towards that passionate stage again - lots going on & I'm still behind and tired after my Mum and my uncle .. so all things as they come. I feel better than I've done in 3 years since this all started .. which allows me to feel more settled and look to the future. Thanks - and you certainly seem to fulfil your life with your passions .. enjoy the weekend - Hilary Hi Stacey .. passion for something is the key – you’re constantly looking forward to expanding and improving on your passion – & because you’re happy .. you have time for the now.

The wrong obsession can be debilitating and stressful – so the good sort where we do put in 110% is good ..

I’m working towards that passionate stage again – lots going on & I’m still behind and tired after my Mum and my uncle .. so all things as they come. I feel better than I’ve done in 3 years since this all started .. which allows me to feel more settled and look to the future.

Thanks – and you certainly seem to fulfil your life with your passions .. enjoy the weekend – Hilary

]]> By: Stacey Shipman http://staceyshipman.com/2010/05/12/passion-or-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 Stacey Shipman Fri, 14 May 2010 11:08:14 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=1543#comment-1056 Leanna - I need to find a studio, and want to try the one you're talking about. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying yoga so much! Evita - I definitely understand what you're saying. It's important to keep the "greater good" in mind. Leanna – I need to find a studio, and want to try the one you’re talking about. I’m glad to hear you are enjoying yoga so much!

Evita – I definitely understand what you’re saying. It’s important to keep the “greater good” in mind.

]]> By: Evita http://staceyshipman.com/2010/05/12/passion-or-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Evita Thu, 13 May 2010 14:41:47 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=1543#comment-1053 Hi Stacey I can definitely see how one can lead to the other. I think passion is great to a full force degree, as long as it does not consume us in a way that is actually destructive to our health and well being. While passion can help us get great things done, if we don't keep our Ego in check during any of our passionate endeavours we can become so attached to the outcome that our actions become more self-serving then other-helping, and as well we identify our sense of self by our results, which creates boxed-in definitions and limitations of who we really are. This is where I think it borders on that fine line of obsession being healthy vs unhealthy. I definitely have my passions, and sometimes, gosh do I ever get worked up about helping to mend the world, but I also have to remember humility that the world is not broken, it is all a matter of personal perception and focus. Hi Stacey

I can definitely see how one can lead to the other. I think passion is great to a full force degree, as long as it does not consume us in a way that is actually destructive to our health and well being.

While passion can help us get great things done, if we don’t keep our Ego in check during any of our passionate endeavours we can become so attached to the outcome that our actions become more self-serving then other-helping, and as well we identify our sense of self by our results, which creates boxed-in definitions and limitations of who we really are. This is where I think it borders on that fine line of obsession being healthy vs unhealthy.

I definitely have my passions, and sometimes, gosh do I ever get worked up about helping to mend the world, but I also have to remember humility that the world is not broken, it is all a matter of personal perception and focus.

]]> By: Leanna http://staceyshipman.com/2010/05/12/passion-or-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Leanna Thu, 13 May 2010 00:43:25 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=1543#comment-1050 I've recently had my love of yoga rekindled by a new studio and teachers that I really resonate with. In the last 6 or 7 weeks my practice has become much more regular, my strength and flexibility have expanded beyond where I've ever known them to go and I'm finding myself seeking more about yoga outside the studio. I'm reading books on yoga (Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar and Erik Schiffman's Moving Into Stillness), keeping a little notebook of my practices, and studying the Sanskrit roots and pose names. It's like I'm trying to see it from all sides, not just one. Which I think does make things more enjoyable. I think it's on the healthy side of passion. And it does get me up in the morning! I’ve recently had my love of yoga rekindled by a new studio and teachers that I really resonate with. In the last 6 or 7 weeks my practice has become much more regular, my strength and flexibility have expanded beyond where I’ve ever known them to go and I’m finding myself seeking more about yoga outside the studio. I’m reading books on yoga (Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar and Erik Schiffman’s Moving Into Stillness), keeping a little notebook of my practices, and studying the Sanskrit roots and pose names. It’s like I’m trying to see it from all sides, not just one. Which I think does make things more enjoyable.

I think it’s on the healthy side of passion. And it does get me up in the morning!

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