Remember who you are

Remember who you are

I believe that one of the main purposes in Yoga is to remember who we are. To remember our Divine Nature.

But what does this actually mean?

Is recognizing that:

- We are not only our thoughts, roles, or identities

- We are not separate from life, others, or experience

- There is an underlying awareness, spacious, alive, interconnected, that we are part of (and not apart from)

There’s a word for this in the Tantric tradition, which is Samāveśa. And it refers to a deep immersion into universal consciousness, a moment where the sense of being a separate self begins to soften, dissolve, or expand.

In the words of Christopher Wallis: "Recognize it as a state in which you're fully present with yourself and your surroundings, relaxed yet focused, expansive and free yet grounded in your real situation, embracing the reality of what is in the now".

It is not about escaping the world, but about entering it more fully.

And I’m sure that you’ve experienced this state of presence before, not only once, but many times in your life. As this is not reserved for special moments, but is available within the unfolding of everyday life.

I experience Samāveśa almost every time I teach and practice Yoga. When I see a sunset, or when I’m in the presence of someone that inspires me love and authenticity. When I’m dancing for sure!

It can also be a moment of stillness while watching the sky or a moment during your practice in which movement is no longer something you are doing, but something that is happening through you.

It is an embodied experience of presence, of connection. Is not a concept to understand, but an experience to allow. And the more we shift the attention from the noise in our head into the intimacy of our bodily experience, the more we are in connection with our nature of Divine presence

In gratitude,

Lucia