The Power of Light
I could write for hours about how light has been present in November & December!
In a bid to keep things as short & sweet as possible, here is a list of some of the things that have combined to bring light into my days: Christmas lights, the morning & evening skies, exploring the duality of light & dark, light & heavy, inner light, candle light, illuminations, phospherecence, sunlight landing on mountains with shadows…
As we’ve been travelling towards the darkest days (I don’t know if it’s because the topic of light is present in my mind!) it seems the idea of light seems to be quite universal at this time of year. In one of the Christmas films I’ve watched (you know the kind, channel 5 kind of ones where you know exactly what will happen!) there was a line:
“That Christmas Eve I realised in the vast black night even a little light shines brightly and all we can do is our best to find that light and share it with others.”
I had to pause, rewind & make a note, as it seems so relevant with our current theme of cultivating light and reminding ourselves of our inner light, our place of consciousness, our heart centre (hrydyam), our being.
In reference to yoga philosophy, this is from the Bhagavad Gita & was the seed for the classes we’ve been practising together.
"As the darkness of night vanishes when the sun rises, so too the darkness of ignorance & delusion is dispelled when you gain knowledge of your True Self."
Ch. 5, v.16 - The Bhagavad Gita
To remind you of your light that resides within, under the layers of the thoughts & stories. Tying this in with our golden light visual as our dharana ~ focus for the mind, connecting to your breath & your inner light.. particularly in these dark & maybe somewhat heavy days.
Whilst classes are designed for bringing balance to the whole of your body physically, we have had quite a focus on our neck, shoulders & thoracic spine over the last few weeks - the cold weather possibly adding more tension into these areas! For the remainder of this block of classes we will be getting a little more restorative…
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