“You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you’re standing in the eye.”
Brandi Carlile “The Eye”
As the world around us becomes unsettled and lives are disrupted, there is one place where there is always stillness, that quiet place within you. Whether you get there through meditation or movement practice, it is there for you.
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra guides you to be the witness, abiding in your true nature. What is your true nature? Ananda, the state of love, of peace.
Anything that is not Ananda is a temporary state.
Imagine your mind is a beautiful, bright blue sky. This clearness is the actual state of your mind. When clouds roll in, they cover the blue sky behind them. But the blue sky is still there. If you could fly through the clouds, you would see the sky again. The clouds are temporary. In time, even the worst storms pass. In the middle of hurricanes, the sky and sun are visible from within the eyewall. Getting to the eyewall requires facing the turbulence around it. But within the eyewall, you can watch the storm without being buffeted by the storm’s winds.
Take a few moments, on the mat or not, and imagine yourself the calm in the center of the chaos. The fears, the uncertainties, are the storms that swirl around you. Allow yourself to be the witness, to watch to notice from your place within the eye of the storm.
I invite you to practice the Blue sky mind meditation.
I wish you all health and peace.
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