Part of The Dance
When the bandha is perceived as the linking together of complementary patterns, then the foreground and background come into full relationship. The sense of effort and tension initially involved in the production of the bandha melts away, and the bandha transforms into a whole-body pattern and movement.
Mary Taylor • The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga
And when I practice letting go of how I think things are supposed to look and instead cultivate a trust in the unfolding that is taking place, often in unseen ways, the Here-ness of challenge or pain or depression or grief or (anything) softens even 5%, and that 5% adds up fast when I don’t assume it’s nothing.
To move toward fully living
How could you dance through the years so that even as your body ages and withers, your heart opens ever more full, as wide as the moment, shining as love’s radiance to all?
David Deida • Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life & Death and Love & Sex
Dancing like nobody is watching. Especially when the kids are watching. And their friends are over.