02/03/2023
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Postures are a great introduction to the basics of yoga practice, but theyโre not meant to serve as your sole path to inner knowledge. ๐
The postures are an introduction to the core elements of a spirituality beyond religiosity. Sometimes, simply moving the body and connecting to the breath are all you need to set foot on the path toward transcendence.
Postural work is a familiar recitation of the same narrative weโve been fed since birth. A narrative wherein physical health is the ultimate wealth, and the decay of the physical body marks the end of all that matters.
But whatโs the real purpose of keeping your body in perfect condition?
To prevent it from aging?
To keep it frozen in time?
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But the art of aging is lifeโs great crescendo.
Your aging is your loudest moment, your greatest depth. You exist to age. I think the art of aging is to age with humility and grace. To age and enjoy the process. To welcome age with open arms. Obsessing over the human bodyโs physical condition and postures is another way of trying not to age.
Ultimately, mastering postures is a moot point. Postures arenโt about getting s**t perfect. After all, you were already perfect before the postures and being able to practice them isnโt gonna shift that truth. ๐
Postures exhaust your physical body so your mind can arrive in the present moment. When a yoga pose kicks the s**t out of your physical body, the mind is (finally) able to rest. When the muscles, bones, and ligaments work together, itโs like plugging into the truth of all that Is, and only when your whole body is integrated is it possible to see within yourself.
But just because poses arenโt the most important part of yoga doesnโt mean theyโre not still lit. When you focus on your body, you situate yourself in the present moment. Thereโs nowhere else to turn toward but right now. Working on your postures is beautiful and it offers so many lessons. Postural work is like a really good metaphor, and like a really good metaphor, every posture is so much more than it seems on the surface.
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