Yoga Practice 121 - How do we get to the This-Here-Now

The practice of yoga brings us back to our Self. First, the physical practice of Yogasanas makes us aware of the injuries we carry in our physical body. Next, the practice of Pranayama connects us to our emotional body, taking us through the wall of anger, fear and grief by releasing these charged emotions and bringing us into the this-here-now present moment. It is only when we are present can the practice of Meditation connect us to our vibrational energy and to the Universal Absolute Self, Brahaman.

Michael Brown describes our experiential process as having four aspects: vibrational, emotional, mental and physical. We are pure energy or vibrations in our mother's womb, as an infant we have access only to emotions, once we begin to recognize words we develop our mental faculties that then begin to describe and ground us in our physical reality.

Overtime we tend to disconnect from our emotional and vibrational energies and move away from who we are as children into a world of pretense for our need to be liked and accepted as adults. A wall of emotions separates our adult selves from our child self. That wall is impenetrable because it is made up of anger, fear and grief. Question is how can we ever go through these emotions that are so painful in order to get back in touch with our emotional and vibrational selves?

I have carried my share of anger, fear and grief. I have found that the only effective way to "dis-charge" these charged emotions that give us our present day experience is to first become aware that they exist and then with intention and trust work through them. Awareness for me has come much more easily whereas trust has been the hardest. I am finally beginning to trust, mostly because I found a way that feels safe: a daily routine of yogasanas, continuous connected breathing twice a day and chanting at the temple on weekends.