Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Meditate on This...

When working with alignment in yoga, one is generally focused on alignment of form. The outer ankle being parallel with the inner ankle. The left leg in alignment with the right leg, and so on. But what about alignment of energy? When we are in ardha chandrasana, is the energy that we are using on the standing leg aligned with the energy of the lifting leg? Or conversely, is our energy solely focused on the lifted leg to the detriment of the standing, perhaps being left to compress with a locked knee? And what about the rest of our energy? Is is directed only towards our points of contact with the floor, or are we working to align the energy throughout the entire body.

Can we fully align our energy - physically, mentally, spiritually --- or at least begin an awareness within our practice of the many realms of alignment???

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