Keeping Our Balance

An audio version of this blog post is here.

“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.”

Rumi’s quote offers a beautiful insight about the dynamic nature of balance. Balance includes both opening and closing, exertion and rest. It’s important to recognize that there’s a continuum of possibilities between open and close. This is part of what Rumi is talking about here–your deepest presence is in every aspect of the movement itself.

Your whole being is conveyed in every gesture that you make.

This kind of exploration is delicate, deliberate and requires a quiet sensitivity to ourselves. You can learn to listen for your own open and closing via this guided somatic audio.

Reclaiming these rhythms is restful. The potency of our exertion depends upon the depth of our rest. One student I worked with recently said to be able to give herself the permission to rest was profound. What a curious world we live in that we need such permission!

Need Support in finding your balance? Reach out! 

Be Well, Meg