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Namah Vol. 31, Issue 3, 15th October 2023

more of the Divine within us. Then our eyes While you are doing the yoga exercises,
can see more clearly and our deeper hearts integrate it with your bodywork. Be fully
can guide us more directly. aware of your body on the surface and
depth. Be with your breath. With each
We then see that the challenges in our life are movement touch your body inwardly with
arranged for us. The support and solutions for your awareness and senses. Any tightness,
the same are also arranged for us. We need to stiffness or old patterns connect the body to
make our choice — to not get entangled and the space or consciousness above your head,
offer the challenges to the Divine. We need sacredness below the core of the earth or
to wait till we receive the solution and new the deeper presence within the cave of your
states. We need to connect to the Divine and heart. Surrender your body to the higher
remember that She is doing the work in us. consciousness and wait till the body gains
First, this is a mental belief and slowly we new capacities, becomes more fluid, develops
can feel the presence of the Divine and the strength and gains greater flexibility.
changes naturally unfolding within us. Then
we slowly discover that what we do as our We share some examples of how you can do
a
a
sadhana is just a way to bring us to a state of this practice. Once you get the hang of it, you
aspiration and sincerity. Things evolve by a can apply this bodywork and surrender, for
greater Hand at play. We slowly aspire to the entire duration of all your physical body
cling to the will to surrender, so that we can workouts.
be open to the continued inflow of the Divine
moulding us. During any yoga asana be aware of your body
a
and its sensations. Connect to the substance
Practising surrender with the body as a of your body — the matter or more solid
base part of your body’s flesh, muscles, bones
and organs.
Surrender is practised at all times and with
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all parts of our body. It becomes tangible • Slowly learn to do the yoga asana by staying
when done during physical exercises like in touch with the substance of your body.
yoga aasanas along with inner bodywork. So Whatever stiffness and limitations you
we shall explore surrendering while doing experience in the body, offer it to the
something concrete like a physical yoga asana, Divine. You must also remember that there
a
and then we shall take our exploration of is Divine in matter and offer the challenge
surrender into its other aspects. to the belief of pure substance in the depth
of your body. Surrender and wait. Aspire
Here is an example of how we can bring that the body releases its limitations and
a yoga aasana practice, inner bodywork and resumes its natural flow, flexibility and
surrender together. One way this practice strength states.
can be done is hinted here. You can explore
this while doing your yoga routine or any • While doing any yoga aasana or physical
other physical workout. exercise, connect to the cave of your heart.
During each interval or tiny break in your

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