22d • Meditations & Pranayama
Are you stuck in the "Eddies"?
Sometimes we think we’re blocked, but really we’re circling.
An eddy forms when river water hits a stone, branch, or bend and starts moving in loops. It still moves, but it doesn’t go anywhere.
The mind does this too, with extradetrimental thoughts. (EDTs or eddies!) We circle the same fear, the same hurt, the same old story. We think it again and again until it feels true.
But an eddy is not the whole stream or river. And our one nagging thought is not the sum of our thoughts. It’s just one pattern inside a larger flow.
When we get stuck, we can activate another current (cultivate the opposite!), or add a point of focus that will help us to enter another kind of flow. One small shift can create a new current in our lives.
That shift need only be awareness.
Today, notice the eddies.
Sit in easy pose on the floor or in a supportive chair. Your hands by your knees.
Begin "Sufi circles" to the left. Inhale as you move forward. Exhale as you move back. Let the movement be slow and steady.
This circular motion helps loosen the spine, hips, and belly. It can also help shift mental looping by giving the body a different rhythm to follow. Instead of circling in thought, you circle with the breath.
After 1–3 minutes, reverse the direction.
Then come to stillness and notice the sensations. What flows? What still needs to be freed?
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