It’s humbling yet inspiring to have a teacher “hold a mirror up” in front of me.
Yogis use the phrase “maya” koshas (“illusory” layers) to refer to our various physical, energetic and mental aspects – fully aware that they are inseparable and interconnected.
Unbeknownst to me [so much for my self-awareness!], I physically “stand back on my heels” (I lean backwards, albeit subtly): defensively.
Back to our interdependent layers, if I physically lean backwards, what might that say about me mentally and energetically?
Hints: I’m neither a good skier nor motorcyclist. In the fist case, I can’t get past the part of my mind that screams “Lean WHICH way?! DOWN that steep-ass hill?! Uh, No!” Same question on a bike: “Lean WHICH way?! TOWARDS the pavement blurring past underneath me?! Nope!”
Just this morning I told our daughter she’s world’s braver and tougher than me – though I didn’t realize at that moment there was physical proof!
I’m a chicken.
I did win a couple schoolyard scraps as a kid (something about having to wear pink glasses), but for the most part I kept to myself and took any chance (no matter how embarrassing – sigh) to Casper.
Some sixty years later, a lifetime of unvented fears & desires still keep me back on my heels – but the good news is that I’m now aware of it.
Marching on (pun intended):
TOES DOWN!!
As one of my qigong (“energy work”) teachers reminded me this morning, sometimes the teacher is also the student.
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