Motion of Self-discovery

Motion of self-discovery:

yoga, in regard to the practice of asanas, has been described as the motion of self-discovery, that by moving into a pose, settling into stillness with a soft focus on breath and posture, we enter into a realm of understanding and intelligence, coming to know firsthand the fiction of the body, how it is truly made of space and motion and not a solid thing at all. Yoga moves us into this understanding, slowly easing the body into revealing ourselves as a structure of mystery in the midst of emptiness. 

indeed, it's the motion of self-discovery. 

for me, it's the Sun Salutation that seems to bring this revelation to light, a soft, beautiful flow of events with only a brief pause between each pose, just long enough to catch the underlying stillness that allows my body the motion that it needs. This is how I discover the fiction of the body, how it only appears to be a solid structure, that in reality there are layers here, subtle fields of energy, thought, intelligence, and deepest yet the pure joy of my true existence. 

it's through motion that I come to this discovery, being revealed, and if I proceed, deepening my attention as each asana flows in seamless order - there's another body that makes itself known, both larger and more subtle in its presence, energy, pure, and organizing the potentiality of my form. This is what guides my physical body through its functions, the wisdom of its communication between cells and vital organs, the true cause of my appearance. 

my other body is prana, energy, the pure intelligence of my being. 

and one more, another body, one that knows itself as aware, consciousness itself, and that really this is entirely what I am, the only true body of my existence. This is the bottom line, motion takes me no further than right here, simply being aware, vast, spacious. What's I've found is that yoga is the art of letting go, surrendering the notions of my body, the fictions that it holds, and to give myself to the motion of self-discovery, what's revealed, even as it's shown in mystery. 

the secret is to let go of all of these bodies, surrendering myself to motion...

and the stillness resting just beneath it all. 

~

Peace, Eric