This week in my yoga courses, I focussed on the thought of making movement to let go. Little did I understand how a lot I used to be going to want this! Not one however TWO of our vehicles died on the identical day as I used to be attempting to get to a category. Loopy!
Like mountaineering, yoga creates a movement of breath and motion within the bodily physique. However yoga additionally creates movement within the energetic physique. What does this imply? Think about one thing occurring (for instance, your automobile not beginning) which shoots a response by your physique and thoughts. Think about vitality touring alongside paths forwards and backwards between completely different elements of your physique and thoughts. You get tense, you maintain your breath, your fingers get a bit numb, chemical reactions happen, your ideas start to whirl… That’s the energetic physique.
Ideally, when one thing occurs to place your energetic physique into overdrive, it flows round these pathways after which leaves. You’re feeling, you react, it flows by you and dissipates.
However this solely occurs when your vitality paths are away from particles. In case your abdomen is feeling heavy due to a greasy meal, your response might stick round for longer. Your response vitality might journey by your abdomen after which keep there, supplying you with a sinking intestine feeling that bothers you for the following hour. Or possibly you could have a fear that has been sitting behind your thoughts. Your response vitality might get caught in your head, supplying you with a headache and plenty of further grumpy feelings.
Yoga calls the 7 huge vitality roundabouts (thanks Marlene Smits for this glorious picture) the Chakras. One of many Chakra roundabouts is within the abdomen space, two are within the head space. The others are in our throat/neck, our chest, and two in our groin areas.
So how will we put together for these inevitable reactions? How will we preserve our vitality roundabouts away from particles? Attempt to avoid meals that make your vitality lull. Meditate, pray, discuss, journal… to assist your thoughts keep considerably tidy. Follow respiration methods whereas working or throughout yoga or when sitting in mindfulness, so you need to use the breath to assist preserve the vitality flowing when the loopy life sh*t occurs.
The benefit of reactions, is that they’ll expose Chakra blocks that we didn’t even understand. When you expertise a reactive life second and that vitality sticks round as an alternative of dissipating, take it as a chance to attempt to determine which Chakra is clogged and why. And don’t hesitate to assemble your individuals that can assist you. You could want a Nutritionist or a Therapist or some Therapeutic Contact/Reiki.
Life goes to occur. You will react. The sh*t goes to movement. However we might help by taking the marathon method: these gradual and regular life-style selections that preserve our pathways considerably tidy.
And my vehicles? Each little causes that didn’t really feel little or no within the second.
And so it flows.
Till subsequent time,
Laura
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