Being a Tree in Balance

Being a tree in balance: 

I think I get my truest sense of yoga during Tadasana, tree pose, from first settling my gaze to a fixed point ahead, grounding my leg as a stable root to the floor, and then raising the opposite leg to balance as my arms reach upwards from a prayerful gesture to branch within the sky - I will only succeed through surrender, one-pointed in my concentration,

and then final absorption to the pose.

being a tree in balance.

most truly so.

every aspect of yoga is covered here, even the initial points of our ethical concerns and personal observations. I will not be able to achieve a sense of poise if at any moment I am violent in thought or motion, or I'm not completely honest with myself as I approach the limits of my balance. Each of the Yamas and Niyamas are considered in an instant, intuitively, and move through them all until I reach a steady poise, mindful of breath, senses withdrawn from outer concerns until I reach an easy point of concentration. The pose is a success through my surrender, trusting my place of contact with the ground as well as my arms branching in the air.

a perfect moment of poise. 

steady, comfortable, at ease...

most truly, 

being a tree in balance now.

~

Peace, Eric