I love to hear my yoga teacher utter "Peaceful Warrior". As soon as I hear these two words, my mind calms down and I transition out of Warrior 2 and into "Peaceful Warrior" smoothly, one hand wrapping around my back, the other gracefully lifting up obliquely like an elegant wing. I look up, eyes closed, my face settled into tranquil bliss. Today when I transitioned into "Peaceful Warrior," I felt I could stay in this asana for a long time. I simply melted into it. Words have more effect than we can imagine. And the effect of positive words, signifiers that carry energy, gosh, they can move mountains. My warrior soul that is forever trying to live from moment to moment could rest blissfully when it heard "Peaceful," the word resounding solidly in the ears and reverberating into the whole body, lifting it out of itself.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Peaceful Warrior
I love to hear my yoga teacher utter "Peaceful Warrior". As soon as I hear these two words, my mind calms down and I transition out of Warrior 2 and into "Peaceful Warrior" smoothly, one hand wrapping around my back, the other gracefully lifting up obliquely like an elegant wing. I look up, eyes closed, my face settled into tranquil bliss. Today when I transitioned into "Peaceful Warrior," I felt I could stay in this asana for a long time. I simply melted into it. Words have more effect than we can imagine. And the effect of positive words, signifiers that carry energy, gosh, they can move mountains. My warrior soul that is forever trying to live from moment to moment could rest blissfully when it heard "Peaceful," the word resounding solidly in the ears and reverberating into the whole body, lifting it out of itself.
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