At yoga today the teacher gave us a choice to do shoulder stand with a chair or feet up the wall.  “You can go right into either pose if you know it,” she said.  “I’ll demonstrate the legs up the wall,” she added and  turned to me, “and you show the shoulder stand, okay?”  I nodded.  “And would you explain what you’re doing as you do it?”  I shook my head.  “No.”  For some reason I didn’t mind having people watch what I was doing, I just didn’t feel right putting it into words.

Strange, I thought, as I balanced, my shoulders on the bolster, arms under the seat of the chair holding onto its back legs, my legs straight up in the air. Why didn’t I want to describe what I was doing as I was doing it?  Isn’t that what I am doing here every day?  Was I afraid I would say something wrong?  I don’t think so.

I think it was more that by speaking I would be focusing on the words and not on the pose.  The connection between me and the new students in the class would take place between them and my words.  By not speaking the connection would be between them and my actions.  It just seemed more pure.

That said, forgive my words on this blog.  There doesn’t seem to be any other way to do this.  However, when it comes to studying consciousness, as with yoga,  the experiences speak much more loudly than words.  Try watching yourself.  Then watch yourself watching yourself.  It’s amazing what you will see.

And do check out this link that builds off the last two and gives a little more background on ag, Silverman, and The Elder.   Silverman Here – Jan12     It might explain a lot as we head down the road.