Little Nemesis

Yoga with Noga
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read

We all have fears and things that make us uneasy. It’s okay. That is human, and we are all humans doing human things. Sometimes we find something that makes us not feel so great or sends shivers up our spines. Others might not understand, but they have their own fears.

My fear is of spiders. I do not like them. They are creepy, gross, and have too many legs. I don’t trust them and I am convinced they are all trying to kill me. I decided to write about this today because as I was working from home, I happened to look up at my ceiling and there was a spider the size of a quarter crawling around. Obviously, I had thoughts of burning the house down, but I refrained since that would be a lot of money wasted on my enemy.

An issue with this fear is that Aaron really likes spiders and doesn’t want me to kill them. As a yoga teacher, I also feel like killing them is a little counter intuitive to the whole yogic lifestyle. So we have spider catchers that we use to snag the little creeps and put them outside where they belong. At first we only had one that was hand held and you had to get up very close to the spider to actually catch it. Therefore, I caught few because I don’t like to be near them and would make Aaron get them. Now we have another catcher that has fibers that encircle the spider, grab it, and then you can let it outside.

As much as I don’t like thinking about spiders, I know they are good and I know that it is a good thing to save them. Killing them is not right and I should try to respect all life forms. Needless to say, that will not change the fact that I am afraid of them, don’t trust them, and don’t want them in my house. But at least now I can find it in myself to tolerate them and not have my first reaction be to snuff them out. Maybe someday I will conquer my fear… but I find that doubtful.

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southern nh based yoga teacher | finding balance between life and motherhood