"the place inside us that is always steady"

{SX-70 at Bar Jules, San Francisco with Sheri of Today is Pretty, 02.06.10} 

Consciously making our breath steady at such a time isn't about suppressing our feelings, it is about understanding that every high and every low arises out of and returns back to a potent neutral place.  The point is not to control the breath or to control the situation but to use the regular, metronomelike availability of our breath to remind us of the place inside us that is always steady.  The breath then becomes like a companion that is always reminding us of who we are.

-Donna Farhi, Bringing Yoga to Life

Comments

[Richenda]

Wonderful! I think I'm getting to know this place inside me finally.