Inside Out in Anusara
You are a phenomena called a human being. You reside in close proximity, intimately with a whole orchestra of fellow phenomena. Sometimes you exhibit great acts of kindness. Other moments, you sit chewing the inside of your cheek. One of your inherent and temporary qualities is - alive. You may take an interest in the nature of this aliveness. I certainly have.
Organic Energy is an aspect of aliveness. A phrase used in Anusara Yoga to describe one of the palpable forces we can engage with in the terrain of our alive bodies. It’s exploration lends itself to such inquiries as:
What am I most deeply called to express in this world? How can I be of deepest service? What stands in the way of my most liberated heart, as it relates to the liberation of all?
Organic Energy is a force that emanates from our depths. It reverberates out from the visceral core of the pelvis, from the dense chasm of the chest cavity, the space of the heart and from the delicious marrow of our bones out to our scintillating skin.
It balances the strength of our Muscle Energy. It presses into the walls of our most solid container. It is like imagination testing the boundaries of possibility, and also like an orgasm or a smile of abandon.
Like all else Organic Energy is relational. It is in exchange with the gravitational embrace of your planet Earth. It is in part made of electricity, as in the radiance of the electro-magnetic field of your heart organ. It surges and oscillates. It makes up a twin half of Spanda, the quality of consciousness that describes pulsation. Its sibling is Muscle Energy, the condensing aspect. It expands.
Be aware of Organic Energy as you fight to remember that you are partaking in an adventure. Feel Organic Energy as you practice your yoga. The yoga of standing at the kitchen sink or the yoga of asana practice. Press from your hips down in to your admirable feet. Expand up and out of your waistline through your fingertips and the crown of your very alive head.
Conversate with this fatty, muscly, bony body, hosting your bright consciousness. Let the conversation step you towards honest expression, so that you may lick a taste of freedom and share it heartfully from your most natural state.