There is no distinction between yoga and life, in fact, there aren’t any distinctions in life at all all distinctions are defined by the mind. There is no end to this journey of discovery and unearthing more of me, my understanding to life and what there is, and I think that is what is fascinating about this journey. Over time, it deepens my understanding of my practice and deepens the understanding of life. And I really enjoy having the ah-ha moment, the epiphany when I begin to uncover a different side of things, a different side of me. What I enjoy about Yoga is taking the lessons on the mat off the mat, and I particularly enjoy contemplating and experiencing these lessons in real life. This depicts the process of self-realisation ultimately leading to the liberation of our souls. The Flow State is the foundation, the starting point for the liberation of ourselves.įlow State → Greater Connectedness → We see things as it is (Truth) → No fear, No anxiety, No uncertainty (All-knowing because we are connected to our highest self and highest truth) → Liberation of ourselves and our souls What does it mean by being connected? It actually means to be in the Flow State. When practicing asanas, we are also releasing the energy blockage in the body, for me I have come to believe that releasing energy blockage is to enable us to be more connected with our highest self and the universe. We were discussing Truth (Turiya) during class last week. Once in this Flow State, there is no struggle, just acceptance, and with acceptance, there is peace.ĭuring this period of time, the understanding of “Flow” deepened a little more. As the saying goes “Change is constant”, change is not easy to deal with, but what helps us cope and adapt to change is being in the flow Change is the situation, Flow is the state of being. I start to realize that the Flow State is not just a way of life it is a fact of life. This realization astounded yet fascinated me! I started to realize that everything is about Flow. It made question why am I not able to feel the peace in daily life when conceptually the state of the situation is the same: Asanas change in the Vinyasa Flow practice, situations change in our daily lives. And I slowly started making the connection (although making connections is not what meditation tells us we should be doing), I started to wonder how to feel the peace in the practice of Vinyasa Flow in our daily lives in the Vinyasa Flow practice, the asanas change constantly yet I still feel at peace. And then I started thinking about situations at work and family situations change often too, and sometimes we react negatively to it. With different seasons, the landscape and local food will be different and the information we share with our guests changes accordingly). One day while at work, I was thinking about seasonal changes (I work in the hospitality industry, which is very sensitive to seasonal changes. Even though I first started doing flow sequence in 2010, but it was only last year in 2017 that I suddenly was very intrigued by this concept of “Flow” and the state of my being when practicing Vinyasa Flow. And in that state, I have moments where I do not think about myself, about my body, it is almost as if my physical body, my mind and the present have all merged into one there is almost a transcendental element in the flow. At that time what I understand of it is: being in the moment, flowing with the sequence, flowing with the rhythm. I enjoy doing flow sequences because I like the state that flow sequences bring me to. I wanted to find a deeper understanding why we practice Vinyasa Flow. Exactly one year ago, I started contemplating the concept of “Flow”.
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