On Transitions

We are always, always, in transition. It’s an illusion that life ever settles. So, we find our practice of return: yoga, prayer, community, church, meditation, medication, running, nature. Whatever it is you anchor into, yoga can help keep the channels clear in your body so the connection to your anchor is more available. It’s not the only thing, it’s one of the things.

We forgetful Americans need the reminder that in addition to our incessant worried mind, we have an entire body-system that holds wisdom and joy far deeper than anything else we have access to.

 The potent trifecta of alignment, breathwork, and attentional control opens the stagnation of living this this era.

 An inquiry for you: what is your anchor?

Sandhi is the Sanskrit word for the space where two things meet and transition from one to the next, such as the ocean meeting the shore or spring changing to summer. Night transitioning to the early morning quiet, or a breath transitioning from inhale to exhale.

Before I understood the questionable ethics of getting a tattoo of a symbol from another culture, I tattooed the Sanskrit word “satya” on my inner left wrist, left being a direct line to my heart. While in India in 2019, a man recognized it and said “ah yes, satya. Change!” Embarrassed, I told him that in the States we’ve interpreted it as “truth.”

He said “yes, it is truth, however the only truth is change. All we know for sure, is that we are always in transition.”

This month in the membership we honor TRANSITION. Instead of finding stability in the rare moments when all our ducks are in a row, can we find the ground in the in-between, the liminal space, the uncertainty? Because we are always in transition, this is the doorway to an unshakable inner-steadiness. This is why we practice.