Flow

A dry riverbed winds its way through a deep valley. Without water, the river has little effect upon the gravel bed or the rocks and boulders in its path. When the river flows with water, then and only then does it have power to change and to carry things from one place to another. The river can now move rocks, wear away at boulders, and even change its course, cutting into and altering the surrounding banks. In the same way, asanas do not transform the body until we can effectively move force through them. When we align ourselves in a asana we find a harmonious realationship between the parts of the body so that force can be conducted into, through and beyond the body into space. It will open spaces between joints, elongates muscles, and clear a pathway for energy to flow freely. 

We need to flow with our breath, not only on your mat, practice it all the time, in your everyday life. Take yoga with you everywhere you go, follow your breath. When you feel confused or hurried, take a minute to still still and be with your breath. As you breathe, count down from ten to one on each exhalation. Imagine yourself returning back to your center as you do so. 

Breathe it all in, love it all out. 

Namaste 
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