Hi Michael-
I’m sorry I was unable to make it to class on wednesday. I found out last minute that my dad needed a ride to and from an eye doctor’s appointment. However, I thoroughly enjoyed our class on monday. I felt a greater understanding physically of the different postures, especially downward facing dog. I’m not quite sure about utinasina (it feels more released than active), but I still feel improvement. I think I have actually come to embrace the idea of an embodied philosophy. It is actually quite similar to many philosophies I already accepted, and even unites a few of them in interesting ways.
Also, the embodied philosophy applies really well to acting. When my acting is the best, my body shakes and resonates and I can feel it all the way from my toes to the tips of my fingers to my nose.
What I found particularly interesting about our extended meditation session was that, after a certain point, I woke up with a start, not remembering where I was or what I was doing. I only felt that I was late for something. I think this is pretty telling of how we live in our society today- we can’t sleep freely because we are always late for something. My friend Carolina related a similar experience from the same meditation. Crazy!
Do you meditate daily, outside of class? How do you go about meditating? Where? How long? I’m curious. Do you usually practice postures beforehand? Do you sometimes meditate without the postures?
Zak
Zak Houston 