I've been taking meditation classes with Kim Trimmer. One class a few weeks ago, as we were practicing yoga before we sat, she asked, "Are you in your feet? Not are you aware of your feet, but is the essence of you in your feet? Do you inhabit your entire body?"
What an amazing question. I would say, as I think most of us would, that I am in my brain, or I am in my heart, but rarely do we inhabit the whole body. The body is a vehicle that the brain or the heart or the soul drives. I like the idea of trying to really be in the whole car.
I have been embracing another quote from class, paraphrased here - You are not a human being having spiritual experiences. You are a spirit having human experiences. Or, said another way, one I've enjoyed for years - You do not have a soul, you are a soul.
Be in your feet!
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