Unity

I am ever more in awe at the way we as humans fit together. We are mere manifestations of elemental components which have been combined to create a harmonious process of being. I was first exposed to this idea upon an introduction to Thai Yoga Therapy practices, and felt a sense of inner illumination when shown how the arches of one's feet create a perfect seat for another's sit bones. I have always been eager to embrace mental connection, and I now see how physical connection completes the bond. Now I am experiencing this in acroyoga, too. It's possible to dissipate the energetic walls that so often find themselves creating gaps in our connections with others. We all do it or have done it at some point. There is sometimes a disparity between what we think, feel, and say, and this inconsistency limits the extent to which we can interact with humanity. I've learned only somewhat recently that reaching out tends to help me more in times of distress than does retreating. And maybe this is because reaching out allows one to interact with the greater being of humanity. Through speech, we can extend thoughts and fears to the greater web, and suddenly not everything we think is so daunting. There is comfort in the relinquishing of thoughts. Even speech, though, can become a barrier. Speech is the mind element - it's the way we navigate and communicate energy, but it does not necessarily engage the physical being. In order to create balanced connection, we must engage the mind, body, and soul proportionately. Why is it that when we are feeling down, sometimes we say to a friend, "I just need a hug"? Perhaps it is because we are longing for the physical connection, and have likely been too caught up in the mental realm. The imbalance creates a physical need, a basic comfort we know can be satisfied with a simple embrace. Physical interaction dives right in, eliminates linguistic articulation, and gets right to the core of human interaction. The notion of personal space does not quite apply, and instead we open ourselves up with trust and acceptance and allow for shared space. By assembling parts of our bodies together such that they operate as one, we create a shared experience of energy and movement. Mind and body are so intricately connected that a lesson learned in the physical realm is translated with ease to the mental realm. Using the physical body to learn lessons of the mind is putting to use the vehicle of life we have been granted, and in doing so, we become strengthened mind-body beings. Our bodies are organic, and our vast interconnectedness is apparent in our basic skeletal organization. We are meant to intertwine, we are made for connection.