philosophical observation for today: i am my body. the i that experiences sensations, feelings and thoughts is embodied and is an expression of this luminous nervous system, this exquisite, kaleidoscopic brain. i sing the body electric! muscle and bone, blood and guts, the tapestry of fascia, holy hormones, mighty neurotransmitters, ecstatic endorphins... i am at home in and as my body in this moment. every emotion, thought, sensation, experience i have ever had was mediated by the exquisitely evolved structures of my body to give me the full spectrum, multifaceted reality of my inner world. what we mean by being in your body has to with feedback loops between nervous system (woven into tissue and in synergy with endocrine biochemistry) and certain brain regions that are able to be aware of and experience our bodies. what we mean by being in your heart has to do with feedback loops between visceral emotional sensations and the limbic brain and even mirror neuron system giving us a sense of emotional awareness and empathic resonance. what we mean by focusing your mind has to do with activating and developing executive functions of the neocortex that can regulate the autonomic nervous system and create mindful spaciousness between stimulus and reaction. yoga and meditation give me skills to work with the sacred biochemistry that is me. there is nowhere else to go, nothing else to be. i practice not to transcend but to embrace and meet my authentic experience with courage and compassion, curiosity and wonder. the old world division between mind and body still present in our language is an understandable mistake, just like thinking the sun went around a flat earth at the center of the universe! i am my body, mind is embodied, emotions are brain states, spirituality is an expression of my sacred biochemistry being tuned up into a symphony of aliveness, emotional open-ness and fluid possibility... please share if you resonate!! :)
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 19:05:43 +0000
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