New Awareness – Part 2

Fall is here! Would you use a fork to eat a broth-based soup? Or a vacuum cleaner to rake your leaves? Or a drill to stir your favorite beverage?

Of course not!  Using the wrong tool is a tedious waste of time or  can even be downright dangerous, and trying to use the thoughts from our brains to run our lives is no different.

“We need, somehow, to move out of our head and into our body. People being consumed with thoughts and daydreams do not live in the present…they are totally lost in the pain of the past or the fears and the desires of the future….The function of the brain (and it’s an important function) is to recall the past in order to benefit from past experiences or to anticipate the future in order to make realistic and positive plans. However, to be lost in the past or in the future kills one of your most powerful mind qualities: to be in the present. For it is only in the present moment that changes, that improvements can be made in your life.” -Goswami Kriyananda

Easier said than done, which is why it’s a practice. And which is why we practice together. We start this week with the gross (external body sensations…and Kristyn has a fun surprise in store for us!) and as we become more proficient, we’ll move over the weeks to the more subtle realms. 

Are you up for it? We’ll see you on the mat.