Drishti

 

"Find your drishti," teachers say when we execute standing balance poses. Finding a fixed point helps the body's vestibular system to stabilise.

What is my fixed point? What holds me together when even the world as I know it is falling apart?

I asked myself these questions as I did my personal practice today. I took my time in going through the steps of the Tree pose, Bhagirathasana, planting my foot firmly onto the mat, activating my entire leg, all the while going into a self-inquiry on my own anchor. I could not find immediate answers. Eventually it emerged. My grounding force, my fixed point has always been my Mother's prayers. Always has been. Always will be. Even beyond the grave. I placed my foot onto the inner thigh of my other leg and situated my hands in Anjali Mudra, prayer hands, embodying my mother's fervent prayers for me, slowly lifting my prayer hands overhead for the full expression. And I held my center for the longest time since I began the practice six years ago. And what a healing practice it was for me today.

As always, I offer these questions to you, dear reader. What holds your center? What is this grounding force that allows you to withstand the vicissitudes of your life?

May answers emerge to nourish you and remind you that you were born into this life for the sole reason that you are worthy to live this beautiful life.

May you be held in healing today. 

Namaste.