Working undefeatable strength is not always the way.

Culture wise we are told we must stay strong when adversity enters without even knocking the door. We learn strength must be tangible and often relate it to distinguishable solidness. And how wouldn't we if even in the process of growing up, physically our bones solidify through ossification?

When I started practicing yoga about 7 years ago, one of the main breakthroughs was acknowledging that waving all through, made it not only easier but also it soothe worries that were mainly happening only in my head. What started as a heavenly pause in my day, later on transformed into the fuel of my everyday mission.

As many who have integrated yoga into their daily routine, I found the parallelism of practice an idyll. Enjoying the personal journey of being on a mat challenging myself, unexpectedly turned into a stressful experience when I enrolled into acroyoga.

Despite my self-assured sense of life equilibrium, the whole idea of trusting stranger not to fall, was a pure rollercoaster. A tornado of anxiety came by, I have conditioned myself to be the one who holds responsible for others and I really enjoy it but what a neophyte I was on manifesting my fears.

Fear paralyzes, strong suits wear off and life always kicks in teaching us what I call the 'tungsten irony'.

Tungsten posses the highest melting point, the word comes from a Swedish term meaning 'heavy stone' and back in time, its first uses where as porcelain pigment. Undoubtedly, nature hides wisdom and fables everywhere; after processing this, I came to the conclusion that aiming to have undefeatable strength comes as a burden, achieving it won't allow you to blend in and most of the times, holding into the traditional concept of strength might only turn out to be an element of color for the outer finish that holds our fragility.

If we look closer into our most endearing moments we will realize, that the most magical puissance position comes from allowing our deepest vulnerability meet life. Little have we foreseen that whensoever death and pain come by, life enters to show us what a privilege it is to feel, love and break free from our own readiness to put back the shields.

Life happens through pain, unshielded bodies, flexibility and softness. That is how we make one's way into this world and how we reconnect with our higher selves. Embracing the power of our tangible labyrinthine fragility enhances our depth instead of turning us only into brittle replicas with an ordinary sense of brawn.