MOVEMENT TOWARDS WHOLENESS

The human body contains many of the qualities and elements found throughout the universe. Air is one of our most essential nutrients. How well we breathe influences how we feel, how we move and how fully we are able to participate in life.

The quality of our breathing affects our headspace and our present state of consciousness. Consciousness emerges, in part, through the relationship between mind and body as they work synergistically toward greater connection and wholeness. The brain does not function in isolation inside the head. It is continually receiving information from the body, the senses and the world around us. In this way, the air we breathe – and the awareness we bring to breathing – helps shape how we function in mind, body and spirit.

Practices such as yoga and meditation have the capacity to bring us home to ourselves because they invite whole-brain and whole-body participation. Through breath, sensation, movement and attention, we begin to discover who we are and how connection gives us the strength to live more freely and know our own truth.

The ritual of a daily asana practice, accompanied by periods of meditation, can strengthen the mind, support the physical body and refine our spiritual connection to life. Whether gentle or rigorous, a consistent practice encourages us to listen, respond and participate more consciously in our own well-being.

Body, mind and spirit form a triune – each one essential to our search for balance and wholeness.