The deep interweaving of somatic movement and Yoga āsana with meditation inherently balances the nervous system and brings stability as we metabolize what is arising through the body. As the heart softens and the body opens through mindful movement, a natural kindness and joy arises. You can allow the hindrances to wake you up, to invite you into compassion, into being here. Bringing loving awareness to the somatic pattern of the hindrance, you read the book of your body’s intelligence, and as Ajahn Chah says, “read the book of your heart.”

As you breathe in and breathe out, notice the changing nature of breathing. As awareness receives your experience—the emotion, the currents of the mind—notice that it’s changing. Arising and passing within a field of knowing—in a matrix, or womb of awareness. Sometimes even if there’s a thought storm you can just notice. Is the awareness disturbed? Like a flock of birds in the sky—is the sky disturbed? In this way, align with awareness itself, this mysterious capacity to know our experience, and see everything arise and pass.