Yoga Philosophy > East Meets West

I love it when the Universe makes a perfect circle - Chapter 8 about Indian botanist J.C. Bose who used his scientific crescograph to prove that plants, even metals, have "feelings," validates what Emerson said,"...the avatars of Brahma will presently be the textbooks of natural history." Bose dubbed his Institute "not merely a laboratory but a temple" which "led into the border regions of physics and physiology," where he found "the boundary lines vanishing." Have you ever found boundary lines vanishing during a hot yoga session?

For me, camel is where the most boundaries are blurred, both in going into the pose and coming out of it. There is something very psychological about that physical move. Which speaks to the large connection between our thoughts and our actions.

May 26, 2013 | Registered CommenterKristinaS

So true Kristina - do a Big Physical with every new script you want to memorize and leverage that supportive connection between the body and mind. For me, it's always a surprise when tears come up in a hot yoga class; I'm not actively thinking about anything sad but a body movement can "dislodge" the sadness. Lately in hot yoga I find myself in the Vortex, as Abraham calls it, for no "logical reason"- a place of unreasonable certainty of all that I desire. Setting my intentions softly, while driving to class, helps: "Wouldnt it be lovely to feel totally joyful during today's class?" Then I forget about it - I dont work on it or even think about it again. The East talks about mind/body/spirit (father/son/holy ghost in the West?); and to me that spirit fills the gaps between what I want and where I am right now; thats the co-creation that Abraham talks of.