17/10/2025
These past few weeks I’ve had the honour of Skye’s presence in class, and I just felt she is so inspiring that (with permission) I had to share her through this virtual medium, incase there is someone who has been wanting to do something for themselves, but has been letting fear hold them back.
Skye is 84, her neighbour who is in her thirties had told her about our Thursday evening practice that she attends. Skye felt called to give it a try. She had practiced yoga in a class setting “many years ago”, and stays active, but she felt it would do her good to “be a part of something, and would get her out of the house.”
We spoke on the phone before she came, she was nervous about joining. When she did come along, Skye set her mat up in the back row, saying she “would just do what she can and would just do her own thing when needed”, which I always encourage.
After that first class, Skye said “I loved it, it felt so good to move my body that way”, but what she found most surprising was the “power of being amongst the collective energy in a group setting.” I love this comment so much, because I feel it is the most beautiful aspect of any kind of gathering, where everyone is present, intentional and there with a shared purpose - it’s that sense of belonging. I’ve posted about it before, the term used to describe this synergy is ‘collective effervescence’.
I myself, just this week started attending group Strength Training with for women over 40, because I’ve realised I need the accountability for that type of training, or else I just let it slide. While in the midst of the session, I experienced this same feeling, and it’s almost more that synergy, than the idea of any goal or results, that motivates me to keep going back!
I so admire Skye’s courage to step out of her comfort zone, and try something where the unknowns were plenty, and at 84 years of age!
We can be so diverse in our humanness and energy when we come together in a space, but in the moment of synergy when somehow it feels like everyone’s energies unite, we are reminded, that we all belong, and ultimately we are One - one of The One
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