16/10/2025
For busy people, stopping to meditate can feel like you have itchy skin and your told not to scratch. When your nervous system has been “on” all day, stillness can feel uncomfortable — even impossible.
That’s why I love Moving Meditation. Through gentle, intentional movement, we give the body a way to settle the mind. We shift from doing to being — not by force, but through flow.
I often come back to Brené Brown’s definition of spirituality:
“It does not require religion, theology, or doctrine, but rather a recognition that we are all inextricably connected to one another by a power greater than all of us — a connection grounded in love and belonging.”
That sense of belonging begins within our own body. When we move with love — sending warmth, gratitude, and compassion through every cell — we are literally changing our chemistry.
Dr. Masaru Emoto’s water studies showed how loving words form beautiful, intricate snowflake-like structures in water, while harsh words create distortion. Considering that our bodies are around 70% water, imagine the transformation that happens when we fill ourselves with thoughts of love.
Paramahansa Yogananda often said that love is the song of the soul. Moving with love allows that song to flow freely again — softening the edges, reconnecting us to something greater.
And as Elizabeth Gilbert so perfectly reminds us,
“Grace will take you places hustling can’t.”
When we feel held by something larger — love, grace, the quiet pulse of life itself — we begin to soften. We return home to our body, to our belonging, and to our breath.
At Clayfield Yoga Studio, senior yoga teacher Tanya Zappala has a few more sessions running this October, check out details here: https://www.clayfieldyoga.com.au/event/moving-meditation-course
