Creating Space: Reflections on Yoga – “Off the Mat”
19 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
in Montreal Yoga: Off the Matt Tags: Awakening, Lachine Canal, Montreal Yoga, Running, Spiritual
Running before yoga along the Montreal Lachine Canal
Before a yoga class, I was running along the Montreal Lachine Canal yesterday, back towards the city. I looked at the amazing view of the city; however I noticed that I was seeing through different eyes. For some reason I was seeing and appreciating the city as though I was a tourist.
I then asked myself “What brought about this change in perception”?
What does bring about changes in our perception or our change of awareness? I have always has the belief that one needs to have a major event occur in ones life to bring a spiritual awareness. However what about the small changes of perception that occur on an everyday basis? What brings about those “paradigm shifts”?
For example…It was as though I had “opened my eyes”… And I thought of this saying, “open your eyes”. What actually happens in the physical body when we open and widen our eyes? If you think about it, space is created around the pupil and more light is allowed to enter.
As I say so often, what happens in the physical is mirrored in the mind (meaning the mind expands and opens) and manifested the outer world (thus seeing that your life has changed).
Thus by creating space in the body, we create space in the mind. Then we allow room for grace and new awakenings to enter into our consciousness.
