In Yoga terms it is really a devoted heart that all this opening moving and turning prepares us for: a surrendering internally to the radiance from above, a river of light flowing continuously replenishing. This is what the Yoga alphabet is propelling us towards - embodiment of light and bodies of light or a state of grace. Aurobindo writes of wideness in the consciousness. Dona Holleman writes of wide eyes, heart and wide mind. We widen where we feel resistance and allow grace to enter there. On Saturday, May 17 this is my subject, and my task is to create the context for devotion to well up, and then each person finds their own experience of connection and radiance. We work on quieting the mind to make room for the descent of this grace of light: sparkling prana, chi, life force energy, divine. This is why people love vinyasa. As B.K.S. Iyengar said to me once in Ann Arbor, MI, " In vinyasa you become like an electrical antennae ...". Aadil said, " you can't store prana...". I say, It is the linking of consciousness and presence and breath the fugue of stillness and movement in balance creates the opportunity for the divine descent. I'm reading Aurobindo now, it's as if the words on the page have the force of the divine infused, i feel my direction and an alignment with my purpose lining up. Feelings of peace and joy over simple things, and with the same problems i've had stress over for years. I'm working on them little by little. Just putting it out into the universe: I wish President Obama to succeed, so we all will succeed. Amen, Om!!
