18/08/2025
Calibration is something that we do all the time naturally. Our bodies are constantly calibrating without us even being aware of it. For example, if you were to stand with your feet right next to each other and close your eyes, you would feel your body shifting to the right and left, perhaps a bit forward and back. The body is naturally programmed to find balance.
Or breath, for example, is dominant in either the right or the left nostril. It shifts from the right hemisphere to the left about every 90 minutes bringing balance to the brain. The regular practice of alternate nostril breathing can help to balance the hemispheres of the brain consciously. This is a practice I recommend doing daily. ➡️ Click the link in my bio for a recorded audio practice for you to try.
If we consider the dosha’s of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, they are always in flux depending on several different influences. The weather, time of day, our state of mind, what we have perceived through the sense organs, or even the environment.
The way that we avoid an imbalance is to be aware of the constant shifting and moving of the dosha. If we can learn how to be able to pivot and adjust the breath, mindset, or even the body position to avoid getting stuck in a thought process action that is not serving us.
The art of calibration includes regular activities that help us to remain present. Maybe it is a regular yoga practice, breathwork or mediation. It might be a hobby that increases devotion. Or possibly consciously connecting with nature. We want to implement practices to help nourish, replenish, and restore the tissues of our body. This will have a direct effect on our mind and emotions.
Mantra will literally shift our organism and affect the prana moving through the channels of the mind and body. Sound vibrations can be very healing.
Any practice of concentration, meditation, and devotion will develop equanimity and stability of the mind. Developing a stable mind will allow intentional and automatic calibrations to be more fluid. A gift of a stable mind-body connection is the foundation to shift and adjust more easily.
