Is it time that your internal opposites faced each other?
It's a good thing that I've learned a bit about duality/non-duality/unity through some Eastern philosophies. Otherwise, I might still be completely convinced ( I still am a little) that I was at least a tad nutters for all the ups and downs and opposites I would oscillate between.
I've learned two main things.
1) That's OK. You're Human.
2) Congratulations, you have tools and toys for exploring what that means.
Here are two of my favorite ways to explore dynamic duality.
1) Alternate nostril breathing.
A breath that flows in one side of your body, and out the other. A way to explore the right and left sides of your body, balance the hemispheres of your brain, and soothe your nervous system (among other benfits). After practicing I like to breath deeply exploring my body again as one whole.
2) Two Part Dialogue
A technique I learned as a part of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. In a nutshell, one witnesses two different sensations in their body. Give it a try.
First, sense in to a part of your body where you notice sensation. Stay with it for a few breaths and get really familiar with it.
Then, find another spot in your body with very different or opposite kinds of sensations. Stay here and explore. Keep noticing what's happening now as you go back and forth between the 2 kinds of sensations. Notice what it's like to hold space for both.
Let me know what this was like for you, or if you'd like instructions for the Alternate Nostril breath by e-mailing me at jessicawynyoga@gmail.com
Have a balanced day. How are you going to play on the teeter totter today?
"It's ok to have too much fun"-quote on the door at PRYT training center
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