Embodied Spiritual Practice
- Jennifer Hoffman
- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 27, 2022
be here, now
lately
i have found myself wanting to rush
my way to the ending of things
interactions
experiences
feelings
silence
right now
i am in the practice of not pushing so hard
rather
dropping back into my body
taking the extra moments
to really feel my feet
on the ground
and being with my breath
and what i find there
in its wholeness
- Danielle Doby
Hinesburg, Vermont
When I read Danielle Doby's poem it reminds me of why yoga is so relevant. Danielle Doby is a writer, yogi and breast cancer survivor. Her yoga practice was essential to her healing. In her own words, "My yoga practice has been a tool that has helped me become more present in my experience. From the moment I step onto the yoga mat, I am invited to be in my body and emotions, just as they are, without the need to fix or tidy up anything. Yoga teaches me that to be embodied means to honor both the light and shadow. When I allow my pain to exist, I allow love and joy to exist too".
I will often describe to students in class that the poses are considered sacred architecture. It is as if in each pose through our attention to the alignment, that we are tuning the instrument of the body. I will often equate the alignment in each yoga pose to the tuning of an instrument so that the instrument (much like the body) plays at its most optimal ability. The yoga practice takes your body through a set of postures that encourage your mind to quiet, your central nervous system to settle, to connect with your breath, to find balance between rest and movement and to be present to your experience unfolding just as it is.
If you are a yoga and meditation nerd like me and curious about how science and psychology supports these type of practices I recently read an article by Holly Lebowitz Rossi entitled, Embodied Spiritual Practices Are the Way to Calm.
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I hope all of you all find time during the holiday season to take time for yourself to quiet the mind, replenish the physical body and to feel well and relaxed within.
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