All posts tagged: Embodiment

Finding our way Home to the Heart

By Cole Schlam We all go through times where we feel a sense of disconnect from ourselves. In my own experience of moments such as these, I often have no idea how I got so far off-center, though somehow, I know I’m not in Kansas anymore.  Yet, the beauty of our human experience is that we all have the potential to find our way back.  This journey isn’t quite as simple as following the yellow brick road however.  How is it that we find the way back and where is it that we are returning to? Building a Foundation  In the physical version of yoga, yoga asana, we can take time to build a pose from the foundation.  We firmly root whichever part of the body is connected on the ground, and build a relationship with the earth. Then, we move up the body, refining the base and the core for stability.  That incremental cascade of adjustments creates freedom and expression in the rest of the body.   When life gets busy, it is harder to …