Amanda Ramcharitar Yoga

“DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY: Distribution of weight in body while in the āsana implies distribution of energy on physical, emotional, intellectual and conscious levels. Just as we have to learn about distributing our weight correctly in the asana, we have to learn about distributing our emotional, intellectual and physical energy.” – Iyengar Institute

There is energy underlying all of life, it forces us to breathe, to eat, for the tree to grow, for the ground to absorb and give forth.  To come in tune with this energy is not an everyday occurrence, we might get a glimpse of it visually when we see a flower bloom from one day to the next, or tap into it when we have to provide a muscular force such as picking up a child.

However when practicing Yoga we come into contact with this force regularly, this life force in sanskrit is called “Prana” the vital force.  Through regular use of postures somehow we come closer and closer in tune with the true nature of the human, and this somehow brings us out of the ruling cerebral mind and touches the indescribable origin of feelings & instinct, which seems so elusive in our modern day overuse of the mind.