It can be the hardest thing, doing nothing. Allowing your mind to race but not chasing thoughts, allowing the urge to fidget but not giving in to movement.
I can move my body, but I choose not to move my body. It is this physical decision that paves the way for calm, for when I am still, the only thing rising and falling is my breath. And when my focus is on my breath, I fully connect with my body. I am present and aware.
Be still. Kelly Clarkson has a song that I loved at first listen but certainly did not credit with spiritual significance. Yet years later, now that I’ve started to pay attention to what’s going on inside and around me, her refrain echoes in my mind. “Be still, let it go.”
When we are still, we can discover the truth of what’s happening. We can become observers of our own wonderful and active minds, and we can accept what we experience.
I always thought yoga was about twisting into various unlikely positions, so it fascinates me to learn and understand how yoga, in all its movement, is truly about stillness. About connecting with our deepest selves, and thus the source of creation, and letting love flow freely. We don’t achieve this bliss through the act of power yoga or other asana–we relax into it as reward for our honest efforts.
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