In The Subtle Body Now

In the subtle body now; 

asanas, my physical point of yoga, seldom last over 20 minutes anymore. Gone are those hour long sessions, sometimes longer, when I would challenge myself to hold a posture longer or approach its most difficult aspects. Some of this is due to a back injury that has resulted in more measured approach, cautious, but mostly it's the injury that has caused me to reevaluate my practice and approach in a different light, more mindful and with less focus on the physicality of each pose. 

I'm more interested in the subtle body now.

the energy of my practice. 

with this everything shifts to breath and gaze, fewer postures and never for the length of time once held before. I'm no longer challenging mind or body, sinker deeper past the point of needing to do so - surrendering myself to the pranic energy that guides me through these asanas I've selected. This is where my practice turns into the fifth limb of yoga, pratyahara, withdrawing my senses from an outer focus to an ever apparent world within. 

I'm in the subtle body now, 

or at least that's where my practice takes me. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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