An easy exercise to tap into the summer bliss
As I write this, I am so grateful to whoever invented fans and electricity. I love the beauty of summers here - the flowers, the blue sky, the greenery, the long days. But I definitely need a fan to help me with my low blood pressure and summer headaches. Fans are my heroes to the summer damsel in distress that I am🥵.
While I hide inside before a fan ✇🌫, I want to celebrate of the blue sky outside - yes, life is made up of contrasts. So here's an embodiment exercise I want to share.
It is adapted from the book Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche. The book is a poetic translation inspired an ancient Indian text Vijnana Bhairava Tantra and contains embodiment exercises and meditations for every moment - when dancing, when tired, when just sitting....
I love browsing through the book and reading the poems here and there and trying exercises casually. Many thanks to Jenna Ward for recommending it. Here it is...
The exercise - Embody the sky
In one sentence, the exercise would be - Look at the sky and embody it with your whole being.
And here are some detailed instructions:
- Look at the sky and feel the sensations it invokes within you. This might take a few moments to around 1 minute.
- Breathe in and out a couple of times. Let your breath be long and deep, and feel your base as it rests on your seat.
- And now loosen up, and softly, gently embody the sky with your whole body, as if you are becoming one with the sky yourself. You can choose whether to keep your eyes closed or open. Let your body lead - and soften into the feeling. There's no need to strive for any particular feeling, just welcome whatever shows up.
That was it. I like this exercise for fun - it's kind of like an excuse to stare at the sky and zone out for a few moments.
If you try it, tell me how you experienced it.
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