Day 17: Yoga Interior

onthemat • December 17, 2015

It’s impossible to describe the level of peace and relaxation of a successful corpse pose. It doesn’t come without hard work, both physically and mentally, but when you find it, you know it. For me, it starts with tuning in to the interior environment I discover in my body on that day and at that […]

It’s impossible to describe the level of peace and relaxation of a successful corpse pose. It doesn’t come without hard work, both physically and mentally, but when you find it, you know it. For me, it starts with tuning in to the interior environment I discover in my body on that day and at that hour. It is so very different each and every time I tune in that I marvel at the physical affects of stress and worry, of sadness and disappointment, and of joy and fulfillment. And this is just emotional energy. There’s also the nagging physical problems  – a pulled quad muscle from running, a sore rotator from tennis, a sprained ankle from a fall, a tight hamstring from sitting too much, tension in your neck and wrists from computer work, the list is endless and fluid. You don’t know what you’re going to find until you look inside. The irony of all this work is that it may not go away, even if you look for it, identify it and then breathe love and kindness into it every day. Our body is a receptacle of all that we are physically and emotionally. It is our job to notice and take care of it as best as we can.

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
“There is a light in the core of our being that calls us home—one that can only be seen with closed eyes; We can feel it as a radiance in the center of our chest. This light of loving awareness is always here, regardless of our conditioning. It does not matter how many dark paths we have traveled or how many wounds we have inflicted or sustained as we have unknowingly stumbled toward this inner radiance. It does not matter how long we have sleepwalked, seduced by our desires and fears. This call persists until it is answered, until we surrender to who we really are. When we do, we feel ourselves at home wherever we are. A hidden beauty reveals itself in our ordinary life. As the true nature of our Deep Hear is unveiled, we feel increasingly grateful for no reason—grateful to simply be.” —John J. Prendergast, PHD, The Deep Heart

SUN!~ Day #6 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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