The Love Knit

At first glance it is easy to overlook these two very simple words "just breathe".  Breathing is a very taken for granted act that is responsible for the very life that exists within our bodies.  Pranayama, the conscious control of the breath, also known as the vital force, allows us to bring our awareness to the breath and as such refocuses the mind.  Biologically, pranayama triggers the parasympathetic nervous system which activates the relaxation response, reducing stress leading to a loosening of the body and a lightening of the mind.   A consistent practice of controlled and deliberate breathing helps...

Sat is the word for being, chit is the for knowledge and happiness is the word happiness.  These three Hindu words capture what Richard Rohr describes as being in the flow of life.  There is a difference with having an intellectual understanding of flow and being in the flow.   To establish being in the flow is very difficult for most of us, especially since Western culture privileges perfectionism as an individual character - flow is perfect but usually not in human terms. Flow is indeterminable and uncontrollable and it is unselfish.  Flow cannot be held tight for oneself as...