Standing on Solid Ground
October 27th, 2009 | Author: Shannon
I have just returned from my children’s yoga teacher training. It was fabulous. This weekend focused on a Body-Mind Centering approach to anatomy.
I am astonished at all that goes into movement and the human body. So starting, literally, from the ground up, I want to share some thoughts about feet.
Recently, I was on a jaunt in the woods and I noticed the beauty of the earth beneath my feet.
The pine cones, pine needles, leaves, sticks, and stones, all crunched as I stepped across them. I noticed the forgiveness of the earth as it bounced back after each step.
In some places, the moss-covered the ground with sweet softness and acted as a gentle cushion.
Branches, stumps, rotting fallen trees served as little obstacles to negotiate.
My feet held me up, confidently no matter what the terrain. As an aspiring yoga teacher I got to thinking about doing yoga in the pine trees and how different the experience would be to doing yoga on the wooden floor of a studio.
This weekend I revisited these thoughts as I learned about the feet, which are uniquely designed to navigated these irregular surfaces. So different then the hard concrete or wooden floors on which we usually walk or stand.
Standing upright with strength on any surface is as natural for our bodies, and especially our feet, as breathing.
How is it for you to stand strongly despite the uneven surfaces of life?
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missing feeling the ground barefoot as the weather gets colder.
Cool Beans. Your site is looking great!
You mean barefoot right? There is nothing like it. And my feet stay surprisingly warm when hiking barefoot.
There’s nothing like having the earth swept away from beneath your feet when rushing without grace. I saved myself from an embarrassing fall the other day when racing my TO DO list with the clock. What a fool, but in front of several PTO moms, I proved my 3x a week pilates and yoga classes work, as I managed to swagger and skip forward on one foot at 30 miles an hour and still land safely at my car without crashing.