Did you ever wonder why in Yoga there are so many Asanas named like animals, as the Adho Mukha Svanasana (the Down Facing Dog ) or object like Navasana (the boat)?
Our incredible teacher Ricardo Gil, he always says to us, "Lots of warriors names".
Yes, correct, in the ancient time in Yoga, imagination has been used to create body shapes because there was no science as a reference for a good alignment.
But not just for this reason.
The art of visualization is also used wisely to break habitual mind-body patterns.
Just think the use of the line to lift the spine or the heart open to arch and open the chest.
This fantastic tool has been used for a long time before the integration of a proper scientific study has been added to the Yoga Practice.
As Italians, We can’t avoid mentioning all the studies during the Renaissance made by artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, which became also anatomists, giving to their characters a realism that was never reached before.
In these modern times, We are lucky enough to use the science tool combined with a more subtle or abstract Anatomy.
Let’s imagine how useful is to perceive and express lightness if We associate the sense of a feather resting on our head.
Doing so, as Richard Freeman writes in his book “The Art of Vinyasa”, The Natural intelligence of our body, triggered by the image, knows what you should do to achieve a proper alignment.
Developing and repeating (which is always a key point in Yoga) all these imagination-based expressions of internal forms, We create a new link with an actual anatomical structure. The repetition of this practice produces an inner experience which creates new, healthy and correct body movements, on the mat and outside it.
Also the mind finds infinite benefits from these new body mantras.
First, because We link the practice with positive memories-experiences shaped by Us only, but also because We flow into postures guided by our inner wise teacher.
We look forward to hearing your experiences…
With love…
🕉️
Samu&Lav
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