There is a saying in Chinese goes: 人在，心不在。
Which means that " you're physically here, but your heart has gone somewhere else."
The easier the pose, the more challenging it gets.
Seated forward bend ( paschimottanasana) is one of my favorite. The teacher was busy with others, who were sweating over to even mini- touch the toes; " Gaze at your big toes!" Obediently, i focused on my toes. I observed my 10 toes one by one--- long nails, time to cut... checked. Dry cuticles, time for lotion boost... checked. Maybe a pedicure session later...checked. And my mind drifted to what i should do after the class.
I am pretty sure, that we all have experienced or still experiencing the same thing. We may be talking to a friend, but thinking some other stuff. Its very obvious for the other to the other party to realise that, because our dhristhi ( gaze) shows it all. As our gaze is the window of our soul.
A teacher suggested to look beyond the point of focal. Direct your gaze further, and your body will move according to the direction. Explore how our gaze can direct us into the pose more deeply.
Let's take the paschimottanasana--- when we flow our gaze forward beyond the feets, observe that our shoulders are moving to the oppotion direction ( back). And thus, leading the chest forward with rooting the sitting bone firmly down--- to achieve spine lengthening effect.
Dristhi, should happens all the time. Without a gazing point, we are like a headless chicken--- its meaning-less. In life, we practice dristhi to open our vision for insight and foresight. It gives us a purpose to our action, a direction to travel towards to. The more we look inwards, the further we are able to leap forward.
Dristhi shows me how to look beyond: people, situations, thoughts--- that i learn to see things less superficially.
Like a birthday cake: We look at the outer layer, the cream and decoration. Then, we cut the cake and see the layers of slices inside. And if possible, we break down the ingredients.
Dristhi is the ability to break down the ingredients one by one, the the cake untouched.
Go deep.
Which means that " you're physically here, but your heart has gone somewhere else."
The easier the pose, the more challenging it gets.
Seated forward bend ( paschimottanasana) is one of my favorite. The teacher was busy with others, who were sweating over to even mini- touch the toes; " Gaze at your big toes!" Obediently, i focused on my toes. I observed my 10 toes one by one--- long nails, time to cut... checked. Dry cuticles, time for lotion boost... checked. Maybe a pedicure session later...checked. And my mind drifted to what i should do after the class.
I am pretty sure, that we all have experienced or still experiencing the same thing. We may be talking to a friend, but thinking some other stuff. Its very obvious for the other to the other party to realise that, because our dhristhi ( gaze) shows it all. As our gaze is the window of our soul.
A teacher suggested to look beyond the point of focal. Direct your gaze further, and your body will move according to the direction. Explore how our gaze can direct us into the pose more deeply.
Let's take the paschimottanasana--- when we flow our gaze forward beyond the feets, observe that our shoulders are moving to the oppotion direction ( back). And thus, leading the chest forward with rooting the sitting bone firmly down--- to achieve spine lengthening effect.
Dristhi, should happens all the time. Without a gazing point, we are like a headless chicken--- its meaning-less. In life, we practice dristhi to open our vision for insight and foresight. It gives us a purpose to our action, a direction to travel towards to. The more we look inwards, the further we are able to leap forward.
Dristhi shows me how to look beyond: people, situations, thoughts--- that i learn to see things less superficially.
Like a birthday cake: We look at the outer layer, the cream and decoration. Then, we cut the cake and see the layers of slices inside. And if possible, we break down the ingredients.
Dristhi is the ability to break down the ingredients one by one, the the cake untouched.
Go deep.
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