Day 19~ Down Dog Laughing

onthemat • December 12, 2017

It was about two-thirds of the way through the class when I found myself laughing while in down dog. Not out loud, of course, but with sweat streaming and muscles straining I reached some point of euphoria. For a few seconds I felt so light I could have floated away. It‘s the kind of experience […]

It was about two-thirds of the way through the class when I found myself laughing while in down dog. Not out loud, of course, but with sweat streaming and muscles straining I reached some point of euphoria. For a few seconds I felt so light I could have floated away. It‘s the kind of experience that you can’t intentionally construct. If you think about making happen it will never will. That’s one of the things I’ve found so intriguing about yoga practice. Yes, we go through the motions, but the motions are not what is most important, it’s the intention we find in the breath that fuels the motions. And the breath allows us to break away from patterns of the mind that get tied up in our muscles. Yoga is work and play, effort and release, and sometimes a good deep laugh.

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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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