Touch
"We can never touch just one thing; we always touch two at the same instant, an object and ourselves, and it is in the simultaneous interplay between these two contiguities that the internal sense of self- different from both the collection of body parts and the collections of external objects- is encountered... my tactile surface is not only the interface between my body and the world, it is the interface between my thought processes and my physical existence as well. By rubbing up against the world, I define myself to myself."
Deane Juhan, "Job's Body"
I read this quote from the brilliant bodyworker Deane Juhan in my Restorative Yoga class last night. I am fascinated by Juhan's lucid and poetic description of how we continually define ourselves by what we touch. And- I surmise- since we are always touching something, then we have the opportunity to continue to define ourselves all the time.
Everything that is happening around us is also touching us, affecting us. Every news we hear, every piece of information has the ability to remind ourselves of who we are and what we align with. Each moment we get to connect and reconnect with who we are and with how we want to be.
Yesterday I taught three classes at Still and they all went so well. I feel that with my recent craniosacral learning experience, I have an even greater appreciation for Prana, for the energy within and without that is really our true teacher. More than anything I am a student of Prana! I want to continue to explore and share information with the students that will help them connect to their own wisdom, their own energies and move from that place.
Off to teach. And later deeply honored to take one of my clients, who I have worked with for over 8 years, to Radiation therapy at UCLA. What an honor that she asked me to drive her to radiation. Yoga brought us together and she has given me so much. Now I get to be of service to her during her cancer. Every day I am so deeply grateful to all the ways yoga has changed my life.
Maria, here is a quote I think you will like...
In reality, each reader is, when he reads, the own reader of himself.
-Marcel Proust
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Thank you dearest angel...
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Hi, Maria
Yes, we are always in that process of discovering the great inner teacher. The outer teachers we admire are the ones that made that leap themselves. I have an ambiguous relationship to Christianity, but one quote I always remember is "Call no one teacher but Me". It's open to different interpretations, but what I get from it is that our connection to Source is ever present, pure and strong, and we don't need anyone to sell it to us or convince us we need them to reach it.
Thanks for a great blog. I read it all the time but I usually don't post to blogs.
Best wishes, Jimmy
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Thank you Jimmy for posting on my blog. Our connection to Source is ever present.
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