It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale is told. Today new seeds are growing ...
This week we move to the second chakra, Svadhisthana, a subtle body energy centre considered to be "located" in the area below the navel and in front of and above the upper sacral edge. This chakra is associated with the element of water, as well as creativity and emotional intelligence. Our reading is from Rumi:
It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale is told. Today new seeds are growing ... For the next session (and the one following), we'll continue to explore our lived experience of the chakras (energetic "wheels" in the subtle body - rhymes with woodchuck). For the next few weeks we'll begin in the root (base of spine) chakra (muladhara), exploring grounding, and the element associated with this chakra, Earth.
Our readings this session relate to the elements associated with the various chakras, and come from the great meditator Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) Perhaps [we] are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots (Rumi) |
AuthorMisha Butot RCSW, ERYT 500 is a longtime clinical social worker and senior yoga teacher living in Victoria, BC Archives
April 2024
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