I remember as a child pointing in the air and someone saying to me, “Don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might trip over.”
I was recently reminded of this during an online Esoteric Yoga session. I have found that Esoteric Yoga sessions can really support me to build a relationship with my body and to reconnect to the natural stillness that exists within – a must for my busy lifestyle.
This yoga session happened to take place in my car as I was in between meetings, so I had pulled over to a quiet spot facing the beach, pulled out my laptop and completed the session by Skype with an Esoteric Yoga practitioner.
So here I was in my car, and as I was a bit caught up in the momentum of the day, I found myself talking really fast. The practitioner asked me to close my eyes and supported me to re-connect to my body, feeling my feet, my ankles, my legs, my buttocks on the seat, my back, my shoulders and neck, and then my head.
Within minutes I could feel the racy momentum I had been in drop away. I slowly connected to being with my body and the world around me expanded.
The practitioner then asked me to put my seat belt on, while holding the quality that I had just established in my body. It was like chalk and cheese compared to how I would normally put my seat belt on.
As I completed this gentle movement, that saying came back to me and I got that we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.
I found myself doing a very familiar movement that felt in sync in the world – which was a rarity because I normally don’t do it in sync; one could say I had made quite a few holes in the air!
My normal mode is usually one with very little conscious presence, in autopilot, and quite often I rush the ‘house leaving’ or ‘car starting’ part of my day. If my childhood saying was true, I would be “poking a lot of holes in the air,” and for sure, the seagulls in my neighbourhood would be on crutches more often than not!
But not this time: the energetic quality that I had established meant that I put my seatbelt on with such ease, one could even say with grace, and definitely it was in flow with the world. I don’t think the seagulls would have even batted an eyelid!
So continuing with this hole theory, have you ever watched someone in high emotion walk into a room – did you notice that a disturbance can be felt, ripples can be made, and that holes could be created?
I remember when a good friend of mine was dying. We were surrounding his bed during his final days, and I watched the effect of how different nurses would enter the room. Some would enter, take in the mood of the room, be in sync with what was going on and go about their duties. They graced the room. Others did not do that; they almost barged in and did what they had to do, then barged out again, leaving an out-of-sync feeling in the room.
I was then filled with a deep appreciation for Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine practitioners and modalities because they are inspiring so many people to look at the energetic quality in which they are living their lives.
We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?
It is not what we do, but it is how we do it. Do we stop and ask ourselves ‘how’ do we talk to ourselves and to each other? How do we walk into a room? How do we put the bins out? How do we send an email? How do we hold ourselves at work? How do we do the dishes? How do we put ourselves to sleep? How do we respond to critique?
These are good questions to be asking ourselves and I have found the presentations and healing modalities of Universal Medicine certainly help me to understand energy and what quality I undertake many activities in.
Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?
I appreciate that I now have a new marker as to how to put my seatbelt on – I might not remember every time but it is there.
Showing me how to put fewer holes in the air!
By Sarah Flenley, Woman and keen observer of life, Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia
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Knowing Yourself by your Quality First
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The Truth about Universal Medicine 
The HOW we go about life is far more powerful than the what we do in life. Reading this was a great reminder and one thing that came to me was “How do I put my shoes on?” something to explore there. Thank you Sarah.
‘It is not what we do, but it is how we do it’ – is paramount in everything we do. This questions needs to be asked everyday, in every moment, with everything we do or be.
Haha this does make me laugh because imagine if seagulls did indeed trip over when we impose and make harsh ripples of energy in our movements. There would be birds falling out of the sky all the time!
This ‘autopilot’ is something most people including I are living in this world. And when I’ve found myself present in my body I can feel when someone isn’t, it is quite jarring. There is no perfection but I know when I am in autopilot, my body feels completely wiped out and if there is the opportunity, I either need to lie down or do something to bring me back to me. There is much to ponder on about what is written in this blog – thanks for the gold Sarah.
“Don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might trip over” is such a beautifully bizarre image that it gloriously captures the impact when we are out of sync with the world.
Esoteric yoga is an amazing tool to set standards on how to be in the body. Yet, we have say yes to what it offers in full.
Just loving the idea of ‘Car Yoga’ sessions – I am sure you’ve started a trend here Sarah. But what a great example of the flexibility of Esoteric Yoga, yoga you can do anywhere at any time; no temple required, no incense burning, not even a yoga mat needed, just you in your full presence. … all the seagulls in the area flying safely in perfect harmony.
When we are aware of how someone can grace the room with the way they enter it becomes clear that the way we move is felt by everyone.
“Do we stop and ask ourselves ‘how’ do we talk to ourselves and to each other?”. The more and more I explore this, the more and more I realise that the way we talk and are with ourselves is either harming or healing. And when we are harming, that is having a devastating impact on the world. I know that when you eat something that is not right/good for you, it has an effect (feel bloated, tired, gassy, put on weight etc…). Well so does saying/thinking something that is not right/good for you. It is incredible harming what we put into our bodies in way of unkind thoughts/speech, I am beginning to get that it is actually way worse than what we physically put in (food/drink). Because we put it in (thinking etc…) and then we walk that around – in our homes, in our workplaces, in our communities. We walk around ‘i’m not good enough’, ‘i need to do more’, ‘does that person like me, am I worth liking’ etc…..there are trillions of these thoughts currently being walked around our world. Would that not have more of an effect than climate change?
Brilliant observation Sarah …no wonder we get exhausted and low when we continue to carry all those statements, that become beliefs, around with us. We could shake them off like a dog shakes water off when it comes out of the pond or the sea and bound about as they do unencumbered by these belittling and totally disempowering thoughts. We do not have to stay in the misery because at every turn we are given opportunities to rid ourselves of it….more often than not it is a matter of saying yes.
When we appreciate that every movement we make is a direct reflection of how we are with ourselves, the quality of our livingness, we realise that it is our responsibility to raise our quality and live in a way that keeps our movements consistent, without allowing ourselves to get out of step with the quality we truly know.
Greatly shared, thank you. A beauty that is in the words and quality described.. an ease, that is which is the quality of movement where we can connect to and live from – every day more and more.
This is a great example of the impact of our movements and a stop moment to appreciate what we offer when we walk into a room. Every movement is clocked, be it in excessive motion or exquisite stillness. All is our responsibility as to what we offer.
As I head out to work this morning I am definitely going to be taking these words with me. “we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” Working with children of all ages is certainly a great learning ground at the best of times but today I am going to be as aware as possible if the day flows more smoothly when I am in sync with what is unfolding around me. I love how life is the never ending classroom.
Thank you Sarah, this is a timely reminder of bringing more conscious presence to all that I do. It is so obvious when someone is out of sync but to look more deeply at how we are moving in each moment is so important.
There is a one movement that we can all be in harmony with, or we can choose our own movements and all bump around in the world.
When we stop to feel the impact our movements have on others (as per the example of the nurses coming in and out) we start to understand that everything is connected and that we are only pretending that we are not hurting others by our emotions and movements when we bully our way through life.
Moving in sync with the world, in sync with the flow that is there is such an extraordinary feeling. It is what poets of old wrote about, people waxed lyrical about it, and yet it is there for everyone to experience
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it. Do we stop and ask ourselves ‘how’ do we talk to ourselves and to each other? How do we walk into a room?” so true to note all this about ourselves Sarah, and equally the same it’s also not the words we’re using either or even our delivery of them per se, but instead having a level of attention towards specifically the energetic quality of what comes from us, knowing that that quality of what’s within us is having a direct effect on others either beneficially or otherwise the reverse.
“Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?”.. the perforations, punctures, holes, are such a great way to look at our quality and the ‘image’ brings responsibility to what we’re doing in the space around us.. definitely you can feel jaggedness when there is emotion, and also the graceful beauty when there is a flowing glide of harmony.
Its also interesting watch the energy at play in a room and how we all curtail to it, enjoin it, It can be challenging if how you are does not fit into the mould of this, it stands out and it is noticed and is often misinterpreted as being personal, when it has nothing at all to do with the person, but what is needed at the time. When we interpret things as personal we are caught in our own reaction to an event rather than feeling the grander offerings being made in life.
How we are in every moment not only affects us but those around us – thank you Sarah for this beautiful reminder!
The moment we actually stop and let ourselves feel the body, we actually get offered an opportunity to clock how racy or off we can be and this in itself, though unpleasant to feel, is actually super powerful as it allows us to then know and make choices from there that are different, that allow the natural pulse of the body to return.
I simply love the fact that Esoteric Yoga is a portable modality; you don’t need a healing room to do it, you can, as you have so beautifully demonstrated, do it anywhere even in a car. It is my go to wherever I am, when I feel that I am not connected to me. A few gentle moves and it doesn’t take long before I am back with me 100% and the seagulls are safe once again!
A great consideration that everything we do matters and the quality we bring to ourselves is shared with all others.
I have found that Esoteric Yoga sessions can really support me to build a relationship with my body and to reconnect to the natural stillness that exists within – a must for my busy lifestyle.” I so agree Sarah. Recently I was caught up in some wild fires and my Esoteric Yoga practice supported me to stay calm and open and reflected this out to others, who later appreciated that fact.
How do we do what we do, in everything that we do,as everything is everything and in what quality is all of our doings being done. I am again reminded today that the quality I am in is what is reflected out to the world.
Great to return to this today, and be reminded of what I wrote :-). Last night I did an activity that was all about the output and I was not taking in the quality of the energy that I was doing it in. Gosh it felt a bit foul as I was quite stressed doing it. I would have poked quite a few holes in the air! This is a timely reminder that I do know stillness and harmony, and a call to return to putting quality before quantity!
Yes the beauty of having markers in the body is they are always there for us to return to. I also find it is amazing the wealth that flows through us when we are connected to the quality of stillness within.
Its like the saying ‘less is more’ although in truth there is no less, only seemingly. There is much more that we can explore in quality and what this means to how we live and our choices and the effect of this throughout day and life and it is something that we can choose.
It really is amazing to feel the power of our stillness expand through the body, and feel the quality of that essence re-establish its presence – there is nothing like it. When we move in connection to this we are moving in the graceful power of who we are, rather than with the imposing force of who we are not.
It’s quite amazing to consider the effect and quality of our every little movement we make in a day and how that movement can in turn effect another. A very cool blog indeed thank you Sarah.
When we do feel and flow with the natural rhythms of the world it is like a fast track to interconnectedness
Introducing a different quality to what already is around would no doubt cause disturbance – maybe this is why many of us are so good at enjoining and following others – to avoid any reaction?
When I focus on the quality of my movements and not being in the ‘busyness’ of life, I can feel I am in the flow of life and am in harmony with everything around me. Thank you Sarah for this beautiful reminder.
There is an natural flow, a resonance and a rhythm that is all around us and within us. And we simply have to listen to be a part of this extraordinary flow
I can feel the ‘music’ in that comment Chris. I also feel the same, there is a vibration that has a natural rhythm and flow and when we are connected we move with it.
How often do we move in sync with the world, in harmony with all those around us? How often are we so focused on the task at hand that we forget ourselves or those around us and are just keen to get the ‘job’ done? I am certainly learning that life can get away on me in that way, if I do not pay more attention! And so it is about me bringing more of ‘me’ into what I do – such as the simple act of going to the toilet when I need it rather than waiting till a task is completed (and then feeling like I am tied in knots trying to get things done fast, whilst holding tight in my muscles!) – something like this is a simple example of the ways that we do not work in line with natural ways, and hence can get racy and do things in abrupt ways! Of course at times we do have to wait a little while to go (to the toilet for example), but if the intent is to go as soon as is possible, the body responds accordingly and we are listening to all aspects – those around us as well as ourselves, and this does bring more harmony overall.
Great question Henrietta. There is so much more of life, the world, each other, and ourselves for that matter, that we could be living and moving more harmoniously with. Our bodies certainly are the key to being guided as to how harmonious are movements are in any moment. As such it is wise move to develop a loving and honoring relationship with this incredible vessel and intelligence we all have on hand.
” we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.”This is an important teaching and can be verified by seagulls or any other bird in flight , they move with the energy of the wind , they do not fight it .They flow and move effortlessly , this is also available to us humans by synchronising with the energy of our true source , not what the outside world wants of us.
Becoming aware of the energetic quality of people allows us to develop true power of observation; one that does not play ball with what appears to be at the surface.
‘We can move in sync with the world or we can move against it.’ This really struck home to me today. Having had a headache for three days and nights, today, with the support of a friend I reconnected with my body. I had constantly been in my head ‘trying’ to fix my head. Once I returned to my body and moved with it – with the world – my symptoms changed. Being in yoga, rather than doing yoga.
‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it’ . The anxiety in which sometimes we move is very draining. It’s always much simpler to stop, come back to ourselves and move again in sync with us and everything
What I love about this blog on Esoteric Yoga is the practicality of movement – how we can make movement of a quality that brings integrity to the body (no holes). It’s real, practical, very ‘everyday’, and shows us the way out of that momentum.
It is really lovely to feel and observe the drop in tension as you gradually come back to yourself throughout an Esoteric Yoga session. However if we do find there is an easing of the tension at the start, we really need to be looking at why we are running our bodies like that. A session is only one hour – the way we live is affecting our health and wellbeing the rest of the day.
it really is so simple isn’t it… It’s simply in the way we live that opens the doorway to our inner heart and through that the joy and love of God is there at our fingertips
We need stop moments in our lives to pause and reflect on how we are being and from there give ourselves the grace to change behaviours that no longer support us or perhaps have never supported us.
‘It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.’ So very little focus and attention is given to the quality we do any task in as long as the task gets done, but you so beautifully describe the energetic holes that can be felt in the rush, push and drive. Where as, completing a task with gentle movement and conscious presence we are enabling harmony in our bodies which can be felt by all others around us.
Inspirations from this blog and the comments I have read above are endless. What a blessing for us to have access to these and read them, learn and grow together! Thank you Sarah, and all of you commenting.
Awesome blog Sarah – and one I can so well relate to. Though I might not appear like a rushed person, there is a part of me that often feels ‘left behind’ and I often find my mind is working at a faster pace than what the body can keep up with. It takes a lot of will power to go at the pace of the body and not let the mind control the pace and rhythm. For me this is a continuous learning process.
“We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it” – This is just as important as employee appraisals and regular evaluations; reviewing the QUALITY of how we live and what we do, all the time.
I loved what you have shared Sarah, a beautiful reminder to be in sync with the energetic flow of the world and the universe in my movements, it is not what i do but the quality I do it in,
Equally beautifully said Jill – the quality that we move in is key in how we will express in more ways than we realise. I am getting to feel this more and more, and it seems that when I think I got it, then there is another layer or level of ‘getting it’. When our quality is one of our innate and natural gentleness, then there is a flow in all that we do.
You have changed my day, even as I type I can feel my fingers let go of the tension, I can feel how hard and robotic my movements have been, its like unwinding a wound up clock. My sky may just have a few less holes for seagulls today!
Interesting you say that Sarah. I read a blog a while ago and it talked about not handling things twice, which can happen a lot in my world especially in my bedroom with my clothes -“I’ll just put that there” (i.e not away) and then that ‘there’ spot is needed, so I will “just put it here’ until that ‘here’ spot is needed and so on…
But from that blog I was inspired to start no long do the – “i’ll just put that there” – and actually put it away to save double handling later, and I was appreciating how much a blog/or a line in a blog can really support you/change things and here is confirmation from you about mine saying the same thing! Love it!
Yes Sarah,I think that is why I love the these type of sites and commit to reading them daily, it is like getting a free session everyday, why wouldn’t I. I get to be inspired from people all around the country and the world. Everyday people, like me, that work have families, that are involved in all things community, people that understand that life can be tough and that demands can be high. Unlike someone removed from the everyday living, that does yoga on a mountain somewhere.
I come to these sites as I feel I can trust these life stories and if I want to ask questions, these sights are live and interactive, there is always someone there to answer or relate to, even if its not the person that wrote the blog. This is a model of how it is possible to interact online as a community who’s intention is to truly grow our relationship with ourselves and each other.
Moving in harmony we not only grace everyone else but ourselves too with every movement. It is such a yummy way to live and feels so gorgeous in the body, that once experienced exposes just how awful it feels to not move in this way.
Are we creating and contributing to a whole or a hole?
I love the description of the nurses and how some of them graced the room by first discerning what was going on before entering, and others barged in and barged out again causing disharmony. This is the choice we have each and every day and in every moment. We can discern and take care of our movements, or we can be blind to what is going on and do our own thing regardless without any care or respect. Both have a huge effect – one is healing and one is harming.
As a society we poke a lot of holes in the air as much is being done out of sync with nature and the cycles we are in. And this is felt by all, we all have somewhere a feeling that something is not right and are looking for ways to relief ourselves from this feeling. To make a change we could start for instance to become more conscious in how we are with our movements. are they harsh or in harmony with the the tenderness that lives within and everything that surrounds us. It actually can be that simple to make the world a better place for all to truly prosper and evolve.
Seagulls on crutches – oh dear! Very cute but I get your drift Sarah, that we either flow with life or disturb the grace and harmony that’s naturally there. Much appreciation also for the reminder of all those movements we make through the day, from putting on seat belts to walking, they can all be done in a gentle and harmonious quality.
It is an important aspect and science of life. The fact we are holding ourselves in harmony with the flow of the world or against it is so important to notice as it has an effect on many parts of our life.
What if we learned from little that our movements are what we bring to the world and thus how very important the quality is we are moving in and not so much the moves we do.
A deeper look at how we move and are Sarah, very timely to read, and it reminds me that we impact life and ourselves in how we move and we can change that in an instant.
I have been observing myself as I talk recently and have noticed a steady, confident, firm but loving voice begin to emerge, markers to appreciate and confirm the natural voice that is within; a vast difference to the hurried, sometimes childlike and doubtful voice that I have spoken in for most of my life. The way in which we speak can reveal so much about the quality of energy we live in.
This is a beautiful blog Sarah that has made me really ponder on the quality of how I do all that I do and the ripple effect is has on others and the world around me….
Ah the not just what but how, appreciation and confirmation are qualities we so desperately need, otherwise we run around like we are frantic!
It’s a great image of poking holes in the air. If we were to truly feel the effects of our movements on the air around us and then therefore on other people we would stop and move very differently. Moving through water can show us this very clearly. It’s great to play with this in a swimming pool.
Every movement that we do matters. Everything has an effect on everything else. The way we put our seatbelt on for example affects our body and it is our body that is with us all day and all night, therefore, every movement that we make matters. This brings a great sense of responsibility.
The more we develop our relationship with our quality within and bring our focus to implement it into our daily movements, we realize we are part of something greater and that there is a divine flow to life.
I love it any where any time what a truly supportive modality!
Every move that we make has an impact on the world, that is not always what we want to feel or acknowledge and I guess we are only scratching the surface of how huge this impact truly is. Connecting with my body gives me the opportunity to move in sync with the world and not against it and thus choose energetic quality.
I love esoteric yoga – it supports me to go beneath any wind-swell I’ve created on the surface of my life and reconnect with the depth of stillness beneath so that I can return to truth and clear up the mess I’ve created. Through esoteric yoga I get to feel how my life can be lived from this stillness.
I love the fact that Esoteric Yoga is portable; it can even be done in a car as you have so beautifully described. For me it is an integral part of my life, just like brushing my teeth, for the essence of this yoga is in every movement we make whether we are on a mat participating in a full session or simply sitting, or walking down the road. The quality that we choose for each movement is what others around us will then feel, whether they are aware of it or not; the deeper the quality the less “holes we will poke in the air”
I was reminded by someone recently how it does not matter so much whether others see us doing what we do or not as even by ourselves the quality of what we do effects the all.
It is very supportive to have Esoteric Yoga available online as many more people have the opportunity to access this deeply nurturing modality, whether that be one on one or in group classes.
“We can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” I love this line Sarah for it shows us how many people today move through life or with life depending on their movements and the connection to the body. I really find it helpful throughout my day to take moments to check in and see if I am connected or not for example at work when I give change to a customer I make sure I hold their eyes and also hold the bottom of their hand to give their change. It may be a small thing but when done with the connection from my body it is felt not only by me but by the recipient too.
To me connecting to my body is crucial to connecting to the grander whole, the world, the community, the family and the people I live with as without I am just the individual that needs his needs to be fulfilled, but coming from this connection I do bring all the grandness of the universe with me wherever I go and there is no need to be fulfilled anymore.
Holes in the air, turbulences and the wake of our walk and our every movement are very real occurrences in our daily activities, starting from the way we get out of bed in the morning. Everything being energy before it is matter, this makes perfect sense and the best example I can find is that it is like living in a swimming pool, with the water being representative of the space we share, right across the world and beyond – enter responsibility.
It is great you bring our attention to how we move, the energy we use in our movement is very important to discern without any need for perfection.
Coming back to read this today, it feels like good timing as it really confirmed the deeper understanding of this topic I gained this week. There is so much to explore in this topic – especially the ripple effects of when we live in sync and we don’t. The ripple effect is gi-normous!
‘Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?’ thank you Sarah for the reminder how Esoteric Yoga is very practical and supports us to make the quality of movement our most important focus in every moment.
I agree Sarah these are great questions to be asking ourselves. As bringing awareness to the quality of our movements is what allows us to be aware of the choices we are making, and the effect our choices have on our bodies and those in the world around us.
Thank you Sarah. The way I felt in my body before and after reading this blog was worlds apart. To begin with I felt rushed and racy but as I read on I settled into myself, felt my feet, hands and all the other body parts and became conscious of my breath. Soon enough I was feeling lovely. What a difference presence makes.
‘Poking holes in the air’ – basically leaving ’empty’ pockets of energy that only adds to more emptiness for everyone; emptiness meaning the absence of inspiration and confirmation for evolution.
‘It’s not what we do, but how we do it.’ So true Sarah. Before attending Universal Medicine presentations I hadn’t been very aware of this, just going about my day, trying to achieve xyz…. I am now aware of how my movements and their quality affect not only myself but those around me – near and far. Esoteric Yoga is such a practical resource to enable this still quality from within to become more consciously our core.
Beautiful Sarah, reading that was like having a yoga session. I came back to my body and a marker of how moving in sync feels. Beautiful reminder for my day ahead. Less holes will be poked today.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” It’s true Sarah, we can either, ‘move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ Something can be done in a rush and stress or it can be done with grace…each has far reaching ripple effects.
Sarah, what you are saying is profound. It makes me more aware that whatever we do affects the world around us and if we occupy space with lack of awareness or tenderness we cause a bumpy turbulence that would affect the seagulls. In reading Serge Benhayon’s latest book Time, Space and all of us I came across a passage that struck me deeply: “…you are not in Co-creation if you occupy space – occupy space within space. When one is in Co-creation it is said that – they are space within space.” Being in our natural rhythm we have a sense of spaciousness within and everything seems to flow with ease.
The quality of energy we choose to be in is so important and its effects are either healing or harming. Everyday activities such as walking into a room, opening a door, speaking to somebody, writing an email, can bless or hurt others.
I watched a woman in the supermarket, whom I didn’t know, walk with such a grace that it immediately allowed me to appreciate the quality of our movements and how loudly they can speak. Out of everything that was going on in a large, busy, noisy supermarket the quality in which this woman moved spoke the loudest by far.
It’s beautiful how our bodies appreciate these quality movements and imprint them in our body memory so that we can return to them at any time and celebrate the joy there is in moving in sync, or in harmony, with the Universe.
Love reading this again, what a great example of how we can be in a quality that supports everything around us by being in harmony with that or where we can be in opposition to that possibility.
I love that you were able to do your esoteric yoga session in the car and it was just as applicable and profound as if it was in a quiet room lying on the floor.
The world of technology offers us great opportunities such as sitting in your car doing an online Esoteric Yoga session! At the same time the complete abandonment of self awareness to mobile phones (for example) while walking the streets is showing us how much technology can destroy our connection to ourselves.
It is powerful to feel the effect we have on all those around us by the quality that we move in; connecting to our stillness and living it consistently allows others to feel what is also deep within them.
We can fight and make it all about us or we can feel and see that we are part of a larger whole and that everything we do impacts us and all around us, so how do we do it, in what quality? And then to notice that and stop and feel what that does to us, and what happens when like you note here with the seat belt Sarah, what happens when we bring real quality and care to what we do – it changes everything, us included, and it introduces a tenderness in how we are with ourselves and others, pure magic.
Thank goodness for Universal Medicine and everybody who plays a part in raising energetic awareness. The quality we do things in is so much more important than what we do.
This is a beautiful sharing bringing our attention to our every move, that all that we do has an impact. Something for all of us to understand and learn and then abide to.
I have found the same thing in the difference between someone walking in awareness and those that do not.
The difference in the room they are entering is very evident. One may be rushing and just doing their job and ruffles the energy and the other may walk gently and consciously all the while observing the energy that is in the room at the time and not leaving any remnants of disruption at all. Thank you Sarah.
Thank you Sarah for a great question, am I poking hole in the air by not being aware of the quality I bring to every movement, or am I moving with the flow of the Universe, when we stop and feel from our body this brings that awareness.
Sarah thank you for this simple reminder that when we bring conscious presences to what we do, we can bring that quality of gentleness and then the quality supports the changes in movement. I have noticed so much change in how i move now, as my body starts to open up.
Yes, the conscious presence is a game changer and without it we have no idea of the quality we could bring.
It’s really simple – do we move in flow with the Universe or against it?” That’s the question we have to ask – we could go off into our heads, with stories, excuses and complications – but this question simply cuts straight to the point.
Poking holes in the air is a great analogy for a way of living and moving that is out of sync with the rhythm and beauty we are a part of. With all the many holes that are being poked into it constantly, it is certainly easy to forget that there is a divine completeness sheathing us – but nonetheless, it is there and very palpable if we but dare to stop, feel and change our movements.
Experiencing people getting on with their jobs with different levels of awareness of how their movements are affecting people is often fascinating. What can’t be denied, is however much they may keep themselves wrapped up with what’s in their head, perhaps their priority of getting the job done, their movements are never not felt. A great reminder for me that I too can’t get wrapped up in putting a task ahead at the expense of the quality I allow through me.
Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us? A brilliant question to ponder on and to appreciate the gift of esoteric yoga in offering us a choice to surrender and be in stillness within ourselves at one with nature and the oneness of the universe with no holes in the sky.
Yes I have seen recently how anxiousness makes lots of little holes in the air, like the pellets of a shotgun blast and if I remain anxious then that is what is there all around me. No harmony in the smooth fabric of space.
That is a great visual Jeanette.. ‘No harmony in the smooth fabric of space.’ If we could literally see what we can all feel, though may often override we may be more aware of the qualities we are adding to the space.
I can fool myself into thinking I’m doing OK. On many levels I am, but usually in a session like Esoteric Yoga, I get to feel the difference between moving in harmony with myself, and the stark contrast to how I was before the session.
I think how we talk to ourselves is a good one to remember – as we can be vile, really self bashing and critical to ourselves without even opening our mouths or physically doing anything. This is and can be deeply damaging health and mental wise. It’s almost like you are chipping away at yourself daily till there is nothing true left of you. That’s not truly possibly as there will always be that speak of God inside, but you know what I mean and it can feel that way. If we ever heard anyone speaking to another the way we speak to ourselves, we would report them to the police.
‘I slowly connected to being with my body and the world around me expanded.’ This is how we get to experience more time and space – by re-connecting deeply to the stillness that lies within and doing life from there. What Esoteric Yoga offers is indeed an antidote to the busyness and stress we have injected into our daily lives.
A great reminder of the effect we have on ourselves and the world around us when we move in conscious presence, aware of the quality of energy we’re bringing and the impact it is leaving.
I noticed yesterday how easily it was for me to get frustrated with very minor things and when I look back I realised it was because I was moving in a way that was disconnected to my body. My movements were hard, causing my body to be in tension but the choice to reconnect to stillness is always available. So by being willing to stop and observe myself and ask what energy I am moving in certainly supports me to be more loving instead of being frustrated.
I had not heard this expression before I read your sharing! Now on re reading I can really get the picture! Thank you for giving us an opportunity to be much more aware of our emotions and the effect they have on others as well as ourselves.
When we are in sync with the world, we are more solid. There are far less ups and downs. The roller coaster life that so many people live on, which tires them, is less. It is a much more simpler way to live. In sync that is.
Yes there is indeed Jane and that is why I am eternally grateful to Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and its practitioners and students who are continually exploring that there is more and inspiring others to look beyond what we see, and delve into what we can feel.
Sarah, it is always very supportive to read your blog. It reminds me to reconnect to my body and continuously check in with myself what energy am I moving in, in stillness or hardness?
Oh me too Chan. I keep asking myself the question – did I poke a hole there? And it supports me to either confirm and appreciate that I didn’t, or come back to me if I did.
Great questions Sarah – I know that I often do not stop and check-in on my breath and my body but when I do it is quite exposing how far away I am from being in connection to me.
Indeed Christine, a good point to come back to.
I often forget too Christine, and these stop moments don’t have to be long but I find they are very supportive.
I have been coming more aware of what is going on around me and being more observant of the different emotions people choose to live in. It is pretty much every where yet we go about life pretending it is not happening. I have been realising how much I have been allowing this to affect me on such a subtle level and that this is why I have been walking around on egg shells, with complete caution and apprehension. This is so cool to become more aware of and now I am working on simply seeing more clearly what is going on instead of ignoring that fact that there is so much emotion that the world lives in.
Thanks, Sarah. I know what you mean about moving in sync with the world…early this morning I went for a long walk and it was super still and frosty. I let go of any thoughts or pictures, and in the end it was just me, my breath, the trees…and God.
It goes to show that every movement counts in its quality and not just a few that we are aware of.
I agree Esther the quality of every moment counts and it is building this consistent awareness and willingness to choose the quality of stillness that will assist our evolution.
There is so much in your blog that comes up for me Sarah, and it is all about how I think and about the void I leave behind because of my indulgent thoughts. I can feel that what I think creates all sorts of holes around me. As the process of feeling my body and inner-heart allows a connection that brings much more harmonious thought processes, my life is slowly turning around.
We can either be in sync with the Universe or not and most of the time I am probably not but it is great to know and this blog confirms it that at least we can set markers and make being in sync more of a reality more of the time.
“…we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” Before encountering the Ageless Wisdom presented by Serge Benhayon I had never considered such a concept. Now that I have, have experienced moving in this way and endeavour to constantly do so, though that is an on-going learning process, it is a delicious way to live and move in relation with the world.
That quality factor based on how we feel quality was not even in my consideration until Universal Medicine. The world focuses on making life functional regardless of the true quality that comes with that function, how we wake up every single day, with joy or dread and everything in between. Making life about how it feels to live life is a game changer as there is so much more to experience from everyday tasks, like putting on our seatbelt or how we sit with ourselves on the sofa.
One day this week I was feeling aware of how innately harmonious the space around us is. Then, suddenly, someone walked through a nearby door and allowed it to slam hard behind them. It actually felt painful in my body to experience this. In our lack of awareness, is it possible that we are leaving behind us a ‘trail of destruction’ energetically? Do we consider space to be empty and void and therefore ignore it? Being aware of the ‘seagulls’ could serve us to live more harmoniously with each other and change our relationship with space. In my experience, this offers us an opportunity to live in tune with life itself rather than in opposition to it and is very beautiful.
The world is all about movement. Realise this, and you hold the key to true freedom in the palm of your hand.
I love this Sarah. How many holes are we poking in the air with how we go about our day? Well for me it is similar to you. I need to be more aware of the quality with which I am going about my day. I can get into simply ‘doing’, getting the job done, but not really with any of my natural grace and gentleness – essentially poking holes in the air. But when I allow myself to be present with what I am doing there is a different feeling, a respect for not just myself but the impact I am having on my surroundings. This I need to practice more. Thank you for the timely reminder.
Getting to know ourselves by the quality of our movements is the greatest gift we can offer to ourselves and others around us as there is no more denying of the true nature of who we are.
I am also feeling how much the details of my posture have an effect not just on my body, but on the world around me. Just by gently rolling my shoulders out I am opening myself up to the world – letting love in and letting love out.
I keep coming back to your blog Sarah, it is always a joy to read yet has a profound message. Do we choose to pollute the world with our ill movements or do we live and move in a harmonious way that supports the Universe?
Our actions all have an impact on the world at large in one way or another.
Our energetic quality is a responsibility to move and express in a way that shares our true grace and way of being. I love exploring my movements more and more and can feel a real difference when I move from my connection to my body or when I am off with the fairies in my head. This is a very cool blog, thank you so much Sarah.
Amazing how quick we can be to drop our momentums once we gain awareness of them! This I am finding so powerful and so easy! The hard part is bringing the awareness to the momentum!
So so true Henrietta! The fact that everything is energy and that we need to be aware of that to know true truth is key to our evolving as a race. Yet it is , as you say, the willingness to open our awareness, to clock the emotional reactions which cloud our awareness, and to have our hurts revealed to us so that we can be truly aware, that is not so easy. The proud human spirit does not like to be humbled even though this turns out to be the most divine beauty in our lives.
Recognizing the imperfection but appreciating that I do know it and have at times embodied this quality that is still and supportive, which can be built upon, is an observation that I can carry out everyday, thank you for the reminder Sarah.
This dedication to be constantly aware of the quality that we are moving, talking, sleeping, expressing in really does require focus, honesty and truth. It can so easily be pushed aside and we use what ever is around is to blame or accuse for the problem or issue of loosing such an exquisite quality. It goes no where but we choose to check out and dis-connect from it. When we keep coming back and getting back in the steering seat we can see how much fun we can truly have then to focus becomes a joy. Always remembering there is nothing to do and that we only need to be all of who we are.
Anything with a hole is not representing the whole we are all a part of. How inspiring to feel what is possible when we are responsible for our leaky bits.
Esoteric Yoga in the car, love it. We do not need any particular ‘set up’ or environment to stop, feel and re-connect with our bodies. Everything in life can offer us an opportunity to come back to ourselves and feel what quality we are moving in. This is supporting us all.
Thank you Sarah for a great article on the quality with which we do life and the ripple effect it has on the world around us. A reminder for me to gently put my seat belt on the next time I am in the car, a beautiful start to my driving experience.
When we are out of sync with the flow we could be living in, it does feel like we damage everything around us, including our bodies. The damage may not be visible, but is very clearly felt.
The presence with which we leave determines the wake we leave behind. Energy is truly everything, so we can’t deny that our behavior and presence has an effect on the space we live in.
This saying ‘don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might fall over’ made me laugh. I had never heard it before but I like it because it says to all of us that everything we do affects everything in the universe and we either support or disturb everything with every movement we make in every moment.
I have also found Esoteric Yoga to be invaluable in reconnecting to a level of stillness in my body that I had previously not felt. It is a complete game changer to observe life from the point of view of the quality of our movements, not just what we do or achieve, and the potential of this simple revelation is huge in terms of changing the quality of life we currently have in the world.
It is so true that we can all feel the energy or feeling in a room change when someone moves in way that is disturbing. The fact that it feels disturbing means that we actually do know what stillness is and that it is the rhythm of the universe, with its own quality and vibration that is our natural way of being. When we are in the flow or rhythm of the universe we feel at ease and there is no anxiousness or exhaustion created in our bodies.
‘We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?’ By the state of the world, obviously not enough! A fantastic and pertinent reminder, thank you Sarah.
I have never heard this expression before but I love it. As a student of The Way of The Livingness it perfectly sums up the theme of my life at the moment. I am learning once again (for we have known this wisdom long ago) that our every move is either made in accordance with the divine love that we are, the intricate yet simple Universal order that we belong to, or it is made against it. As we are made from love, to not move with love creates a jarring effect because we are moving the opposite way to how we are designed to move. That is, we are impulsed to move in accordance with the Universal rhythms we are governed by and to not move with this flow means we have to call on a huge force to resist it. This takes an enormous amount of energy to pull off, much like trying to swim against the current, so not only does it leave us exhausted in the process, it also creates disharmony in the water in which we swim. What all this calls to our immediate attention is that any gesture, no matter how simple it is, whether it may be switching off a light, opening a door etc., either has the propensity to heal or harm depending on the quality of energy (is it love or is it not?) that we call upon to move as we do. Thankyou Sarah for this exquisite and very visual reminder that we each have a responsibility to move with each other in tune with the All we are held by.
Also… I do feel that over the years I have really understood the level of responsibility called for in how we go about our days. We can choose to be ignorant to the energy we are doing something in or we can choose to be aware of it. Either way it affects another person. The key is to make This level of awareness our normal so that putting your seatbelt on in that way is normal. I am so up for choosing to bring more focus to this area.
I so love this Sarah!!! Gorgeous, I will choose to build this into my every day, starting with my seatbelt. Thank you!
This is a huge reminder of the level of responsibility each and every one of us carry. What a huge inspiriation it is to feel this.
These sayings that we band around can appear surreal and humorous at first, but are they actually so strange? As you show beautifully here Sarah, we really do have an effect on life we do not see. It is proven scientifically we only see a certain limited range of what truly exists, so it simply makes sense to me that there is more to life than just what we perceive. The importance of quality of energy just makes absolute sense to me and goes straight to the heart of life, regardless of what it seems like on the surface. I don’t know about the seagulls but we as a race are certainly condemned to repeatedly trip until we come to see the power of energy.
There is a warmth and flow to movements that I’ve noticed throughout my life. They don’t come when I’m too busy, distracted, or pushing to get things done. They come in that space when I feel there is all the time in the world and it’s not about the speed at which I do it, but the very conscious presence I bring to moving with my body (rather than trying to force it).
This gorgeous blog takes me back to the responsibility I have in each moment in life and the details of this. There is always an offering to deepen the quality of love in my expression through my movements.
Deep within us we know when we poke holes in the air even when we go about our business seemingly unknowing of the discordance we leave behind. I know this for myself, I know the quality of universal flow but can move in opposition to it, turning off my awareness because the hurts I don’t want to feel I’ve given greater weight to than the hugeness of God. Reading this is such a lovely coming back to reconnecting with God’s flow that is greater than anything I may think is in the way and feels big at the time.
Every moment I am not expressing, moving from my essence I ‘poke holes in the air’, a disturbance in the harmonious order provided by the universe. Part of our restoration or resurrection is learning to come back and develop our essence in full once again and thereby we complete or undo the holes we have left over many lifetimes.
Wow Sarah, I get it! I have always been able to feel the anger from someone, until now I never thought that the feeling travels through the air from the one expressing it, it is energy they have left in the air that people feel and if they are not careful, get affected by. Of course there are many emotions that all have a particular energy that is left in the air, Sadness, bitterness, resentment, blame and accusation even jealousy has a particular energy. It brings us to a greater level of responsibility for the energy we leave in the air. The air does not have to stay polluted with the energy of course; it can be cleared.
I love how you have described these energies as pollution Bernard. And if these energies, including thoughts, are ‘hanging’ around it also reminds me of how present we have to be so as not to be affected by them.
I caught myself yesterday doing an action and I was like, Sarah, you just poked a big hole in the sky. I smiled to myself about how lovely it was to have that awareness (not necessarily that I poked a hole in the sky) and then I re-set myself super fast and then went in grace with this world. It was that simple. I appreciate the person that said that to me because it is such a good quick way to go – am I in sync with the world or am I fighting it?
Having an esoteric yoga session with a practitioner in your car, I just love it. How more practical can we have it, we cannot divide esoteric yoga and our life as you say it is always about our energetic quality, in how we do what we do.
It’s really worth considering and actually admitting that everything that we do affects everything and everyone else. Perhaps the reason that this is not commonly shared knowledge is because to admit this would mean having to live in a way that honours it, and perhaps this is too much responsibility for some. It is easier to remain ignorant to it.
Esoteric Yoga offers time and space to simply be. It is an absolute gift to make that window for yourself.
The ease of moving in a gentle present way makes such a big difference to us and those around.
Realising the impact our individual movements have on the entire universe really highlights the responsibility we all equally have in our evolution.
‘Do we stop and ask ourselves ‘how’ do we talk to ourselves and to each other?’ The talk to ourselves part of this question really stood our for me. Often we can think that our thoughts are private and dont see the light of day but they sure do poke holes in the air and the seagulls sure do trip over.
I really love this article Sarah. we are so much more connected to each other and so much more responsible for what we put out into world than we like to think. There is so much in a choice, a movement. I love that we can ask ourselves, are we in sync with the natural rhythm of the space around us?
Thank you for sharing this Sarah. The quality of our being in the world is so important. For me, this quality is what determines whether I am in sync with the world or poking holes in it.
I so love this title, Sarah, and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading and re-reading your blog and enjoying those moments re-lived from childhood and how this now applies wisely in your current life. A beautiful understanding to share with others to inspire and to nudge us along the road of responsibility!
I appreciate this modality of Esoteric Yoga. It has nothing to do with the yoga teachings and movements I know from earlier experiences. The quality is so different. It brings the awareness of stillness and power into my body.
Indeed, it make no sense to “poke holes in the air” and with that are causing the seagulls a bad time. It is the same if we do not live in harmony with what the world and the universe is presenting to us. The way our societies are now show clearly that we collectively poke a lot of holes in the air as in fact we are all disabled by living in that disharmonious way.
So true, how often do we reflect on the energetic quality that we do all those ‘trillions’ of activities in? I have found paying attention to some of them has transformed my life, and so there are more to be aware of , more harmony, ease, and care awaits.
Very important observations… Basically are we with ourselves as we interact in the world, and with ourselves… Because any other way we are definitely poking holes in the air… And what a great metaphor.
I can feel how creating a disturbance can actually be quite tantalising because it wins attention and recognition for sure… but how does it feel in the body? It might be a lift for the mind to get such attention but it is never nice in the body to feel the disturbance we have just created.
It seems nearly ‘normal’ to not be present when we do things and quite often I find my hand has gone somewhere, reached for something on auto-pilot without me having the slightest clue how it got there. And it is definitely not normal to be absent and removed from ourselves and our actions, it doesn’t make sense to behave like robots.
Spot on Gabriele! This happens to me too when I get lost in my thoughts or lost with all the ‘head noise’ as I call it….Not a pretty thing and it instantly affects the quality that I do things with. It is a powerful learning to bring awareness to and to keep making the choice to come back to a quality of presence that is truely supportive of self and hence the ripple effects all around.
I loved reading this again today. It is such fun and yet brings lots of life changing possibilities to the fore. I am currently allowing myself to deepen the care that I take with myself as a woman and loving the way being more present in my body is bringing such appreciation and building a closer relationship with myself and that has a knock on effect as I am more open and accepting others in a more loving yet detached way.
The corporate world shouts out for quality and pays a lot of money for it. Quality is regarded as the thing to seek, to strive for. But we have missed the simplicity of quality that we can choose in every moment, no striving needed. Simply an energetic choice when we accept the magnitude of the responsibility we have.
I love your blogs Sarah, they are always very refreshing, very everyday life and very practical and picturesque at the same time. How beautiful for you to took the time wherever you where to take your yoga session and what a blessing this is to be able to do so with all the technology we have at hand to day.
Even with the seemingly smallest of things, there is no such thing as ‘doesn’t matter’. So often, zillions of times, I have brushed off some of my choices or movements by saying that it ‘doesn’t matter’. This is nothing less than a lie that I know is a lie and that I know I am willingly telling myself. They key for me and what supports me is to be constantly playing big, playing for the all of humanity – that way it is impossible to say it ‘doesn’t matter’.
Thank you Sarah. Today I read your blog in a really intense environment and I could feel that we as humans have polluted the world with much that is out of sync with the natural divine order of things. Music, images, infrastructure, the majority of it is fighting us and there are holes everywhere. All this aside we can connect to the divinity we are from at any time and move in connection with ourselves and the universe.
The modality of Esoteric Yoga most definitely supports us to come back to ourselves, as you’ve shared Sarah. This has been my experience also.
When we get caught up in raciness, anxiety, emotion or any form of disconnection from ourselves, we can ‘think’ that it’s all too hard to come back to a centred, and potentially ‘still’ place within. And yet, as you’ve shared here – you were able to do so, simply sitting in your car and then moving in a way that confirmed your connection with yourself, your choice to be present with your physical body.
This stuff should be taught as the ‘101’ of life skills. How different our world would be if we all employed such simple steps in our daily living… The potential here for the toll we are taking on our wellbeing, our physical bodies and delicate psyches, is enormous…
This is absolute gold Sarah – thanks so much for sharing. I love the analogy of ‘poking holes in the air’ through the way we go about basically everything in our day – actually in our ’24/7′, for so many sleep in a way that is not harmonious either…
The moment we come back to ourselves, we cannot but consider our impact upon the whole. It is indeed palpable when we walk into a room, or engage in a phone call or any activity in a rush/nervous energy/any kind of agitation or angst… compared with when we are connected with our bodies and steady within.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” This is so true Sarah. We can do any number of things in our day that ‘need’ to be done, whether its at work or at home, but by bringing our awareness to how we do them can have an enormous impact on our own bodies, and also has a ripple effect on those around us. Just yesterday I was in a meeting where everyone there was very aware of each other, what was being said and generally there was a feeling of deep care and respect. Another person entered the room to get on with their day in a very brusque fashion, without consideration for those of us who were already present. Their movements were hard and loud, and the quality was quite jarring on my body. It was a very clear example of how this can play out so often in our lives when we are not fully present with how we are doing whatever it is we are doing.
‘But not this time: the energetic quality that I had established meant that I put my seatbelt on with such ease, one could even say with grace, and definitely it was in flow with the world. I don’t think the seagulls would have even batted an eyelid!’ Love it Sarah – pure Medicine for the world.
The simplicity of one choice over another and the difference it can make to our whole body and mind “Within minutes I could feel the racy momentum I had been in drop away. I slowly connected to being with my body and the world around me expanded.”
What I also find interesting is that we choose to have a lessor quality than that of our essence, even after having experienced the connection and harmony which is possible.
Most of us naturally would not want to disturb or harm others with our actions although we sometimes do, and deep down we wish to only have positive impact on everyone else. Yet very few know that it starts by deeply taking care of our selves, our bodies and the quality of our every movement.
How we move in every part of our day impacts on others around us and the impact can be felt even wider than this. We may not be able to change the busyness of our day but we can change our reaction to it through our movements.
Sarah, I love this, ‘How do we put the bins out? How do we send an email? How do we hold ourselves at work? How do we do the dishes? How do we put ourselves to sleep? How do we respond to critique?’ These are great questions to ask, since attending an Esoteric Massage course this weekend, I have noticed that I have previous to the course been walking and writing and opening doors – the list goes on, in a very hard, unconscious way, after the massage course my body has felt amazing, lots of this hardness has gone and I have noticed that my writing has changed – it is much lighter and I’m much more present with it, it is wonderful to have this awareness and to be more careful and more graceful in my movements and with everyday tasks.
We rarely give ourselves time just to sit and be, I have noticed this that by keeping life in a constant motion, even if ever so slightly we don’t stop to see what we could!
I’m finding that the more out of sync I am at the moment the more exhausted I’m getting so this blog is a very helpful reminder that we are all heading towards being in sync one day or face extreme exhaustion all of the time.
What a great point kevmchardy – it makes sense that moving out of sync would exhaust us just as swimming against a riptide does.
Thank you Sarah. I am impressed that you were able to do Esoteric Yoga in your car. I am writing this in my lunch break and it when I read this blog I thought to myself, if Sarah can do yoga in her car I can connect to myself here and now in this hustle and bustle. So I did and I discovered that I am actually feeling quite racy and stimulated, in the past I would think I am a lost cause and indulge in foods that worsen the issue, but today, inspired by you I am choosing to bring myself back and cherish the stillness within. The seagulls will thank me!
Totally agree… Esoteric Yoga does absolutely support with building …”a relationship with my body and to reconnect to the natural stillness that exists within…” It’s this intimate relationship, which is the one we think, and can get caught up in looking for ‘out there’ but it actually the beginnings of any relationship begins right here under our own nose. Esoteric Yoga is a great rebuilder of our own relationship, which ultimately develops all other relationships we have with others.
Just to take a stop moment, to actually choose to take a stop moment, can be very powerful indeed. Other times, stop moments are delivered to us, such as with the diagnosis of a disease, an accident or an incident etc. Either way, a stop moment is always a blessing, and the more we choose them, the more we can allow ourselves to gradually get off the treadmill that we put ourselves on. Thank you Sarah for a perfect article to read and re-read as a reminder of how important the STOP really is.
What a simple way to explain how we all play a part in creating our environment.
“we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it”. So true, and I always moved against it, but thankfully I am now observing a flow in my life which is a result of moving in sync with the world.
Conscious Presence; I had no real idea of what this was until attending Universal Medicine and their presentations, workshops and courses. To be able to feel a quality inside of me that is tender and delicate and to go about my day in this quality to be 100% with what I am doing is a continual deepening and the difference from being totally checked out is extraordinary.
Yesterday I was cleaning the house and thanks to so many sharings on this subject matter, my awareness has deepened and I caught myself so many times going…I think you just poked a hole there, oops and again….and brought myself back to my body and in line with what I was doing and then there was the grace. It is always on offer if we so tune into it.
It has been so incredible to write this blog and to read the comments about how people poke holes – or not – into the air and their awareness and deep insights into this subject matter. It shows me so clearly that one expresses and then we all add to that expression and then we learn so much from the collective wisdom that is on offer from each and everyone of us.
Wow! How amazing life would be if every time we made a move we were making an energetic hole that we would drop into that would support us to our next point of evolution. I feel that love is “maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us”, so that every movement opened up a hole if you like, so I become more whole as I move into that hole, Therefore I am deepening my love.
If we would approach this way of being with our babies, we would raise a generation on the foundation of connection. How would that change the world? It’s not our polititians that we should rely on…
I have found Esoteric Yoga to be such a fantastic support in bringing me back to the stillness in my body when a certain situation in my life was causing me quite some stress. I would leave the class feeling back in my body and with the knowing that I am more than capable to deal with this situation, it is not bigger than me.
I can still feel in my body an experience I had when doing a workshop at Ewingsdale Hall some 8 years ago when Serge Benhayon asked the whole Hall to return to their cars and put our seat belts on. We had do do this exercise 4 times to get to feel what it was like to be in the energy of being self-loving, at least.
The other evening I was driving back in the dark, it was late I had a long drive and the traffic was heavy. Normally, in these conditions and knowing that I had to be back at a certain time I would tense my body, focus on the clock and be oblivious to what I was leaving behind. That evening I made a choice, a choice to trust that I would be back in time and to enjoy the moment I was in, driving in rush hour traffic at a steady speed and how enjoyable it felt to stop the perpetual ‘poking holes in the air’.
The more I see your title of this blog the more genius I feel it is, it really represents humanity’s way with nature and life, poking, pushing, driving; it is ludicrous that we live in such disharmony to nature and the flow of energy of love in life, it sure does take some effort to be the opposite to our natural state. No wonder exhaustion is a major issue worldwide.
Making life about quality not quantity are keys if we truly want to evolve, for too long I have been invested in outcomes and the end picture, ticking boxes whist all the time missing the true magic in the moment.
Your insights into the world are always a joy to read Sarah, and this one is no exception, letting us see into the way energy works through the eyes of a woman who sees joyfully.
Thank you Heather, your feedback is much appreciated.
It’s just amazing how we can recognise what is true for our body even though we might have been spending far more time in an otherwise mode, and the amount of energy we must have had to invest in to end up living like that is just unimaginable.
You have so beautifully and honestly described one of the greatest truths of life here Sarah, that the only thing that matters is the quality in which we move in and ‘do’ our life. When we pass over we cannot take anything physical with us, we actually go with our quality the quality in which we lived. Was it love or was it not? Energy is All!
What a gift and blessing it is Sarah, to know and live the understanding of energetic responsibility, to be able to shift the emphasis from what we are doing to the awareness of our quality being expressed. I loved your example of the seagulls, and not making holes in the air to trip them (or anyone else) up.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.”
The first time I heard this I was blown away – for 30 years I had lived my life obsessed with the ‘what’, defined by it and identified with it. It has been hard to accept that the ‘how’ is what truly matters and this dictates whether or not something is healing or harming. I did not want to take responsibility, however, I could always feel the freedom and joy these words offerred. Thank you for reminding me of this Sarah.
When I talk really fast or loudly it is dead give away that I am not in my body. Our speed or tone of voice is a great indicator to us of how we are.
Great point Mary-Louise, I am have also become more aware of how I talk and the effect it is having on my body and thus my connection.
I agree Mary-Louise, I have always disliked my voice because I was loud, I sounded hard and I talked too fast. Recently I have noticed a subtle shift in my voice, it is softer and much more feminine, and when I do go back to old momentum, I spot it quicker and then adjust.
I keep marvelling how you pulled over to the side of the road to attend an Esoteric Yoga class! Firstly, having technology so available that you don’t have to miss the class completely is brilliant, and secondly, it demonstrates the fact of how practical it is to apply Esoteric Yoga to the everyday activities we do. It is the everyday movements of our body sitting, walking, breathing, opening doors, cooking, chopping up food prep as a few examples, that offer so many moments to stop and come back to our body. And in this coming back, we come home… reconnecting with our soul, with ease, with love, with a knowing, an inner strength and power of stillness.
Very rarely do we assess our life by the quality of our rhythm, instead judging it by the actions we have taken. But as you so rightly pointe out, it is not what we do in life that truly affects us, but the quality of how we go about it.
‘It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.’ Taking these words, applying them to the way we live, to our energetic responsibility is the ultimate responsibility we all have in what we bring to the world and can absolutely change the world.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it”. This statement has led me to ponder that what you are referring to here is everything, every single movement that not only includes the physical movements that we make but also our thought patterns.
I love the analogy of putting holes in the air and making the seagulls drop when we are out of sync with the harmony of what is available; to spin this analogy further, is that where holes in the ozone layer come from (?) – our accumulated drive and rush, tripping over things and over each other and even the occasional elbow as we think we are here to outdo and outsmart each other. No wonder the world is in a mess.
Love your example Gabriele, and how many other holes have I created in my life because I had not taken responsibility for living in a harmonious place.
Who would imagine that putting on a seatbelt each time you get into a car, could be a marker for being in yoga, being in union with one’s soul!… This is how relevant and supportive Esoteric yoga is in our everyday life… as there gradually become more marker in our day that support that reconnection with our body, with stillness, with our soul.
It feels beautiful to appreciate how I am beginning to move in sync with the world and ‘not poke’ so many holes in the air. I find that when I am going about my day I can feel the jarring and contraction in my own body when I am out of sync and the beautiful flow that is taking place when I am more at one with my own rhythm and that of the Universe. The Universe offers us a mighty reflection and we can feel this when we look towards the sky and feel the connection that we are being offered. The reflections are constant – it is simply there for us to feel and connect to our own at oneness with the All – the choice is ours ‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it’.
‘It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.’ This is part of an underappreciated old saying that we, as a society and as humanity as a whole, would do well to pay attention to and to learn from. I have observed how different the results of my own actions are depending on the quality of the energy I can feel that I am in when I make them.
A beautiful reminder that in every moment I have a choice to be in sync with everything around me or I choose not and the responsibility that comes with this.
I often think I’m in flow with the world, but in truth a lot of the time I’m flowing against it. This just creates, tension, struggle, and exhaustion if I’m honest. It takes more energy to go against the flow of the Universe than to go with it.
Serge Benhayon has been presenting over the last year or so that our movements matter – enormously. Your story here Sarah demonstrates this amply. Are we living from rush and haste, impacting ourselves and others, or are we in grace and flow, with an expanded quality that supports self and all?
I’d never heard the seagulls line before Sarah but I love it! It’s a great visual and metaphorical tool, demonstrating the impact we have, pretty much unknowingly and all the time, on the world around us.
Yes Sarah, Esoteric Yoga sessions are a must for supporting us to stay with the body and not overlay its natural and divine harmony with any abusive and distortion behaviours such as raciness.
‘I slowly connected to being with my body and the world around me expanded.’ These moments of connection are so important when I find myself in a momentum that is not from my essence. I really find music from Glorious Music, reading and of the purple books by Serge Benhayon or going for a walk powerful tools to support me to do this.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” Yesterday I wrote these wise words at the top of a list of things that were waiting to be completed, and during the course of the day came back to this wisdom regularly. At the end of the day as I read through the list again and ticked off what I had done I was firstly, so surprised at how much I had actually completed, and secondly I was delighted at the realisation that I had done so in such a different energy; there was no push, no deadlines, no drive to complete. And best of all I didn’t beat myself up about what I hadn’t done. There’s always today!
Oh I so love this analogy of poking holes in the sky Sarah, how true it feels that “we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it”; one way creating holes and disharmony and the other allowing everything to be as it is and to flow.
My upper arms have been sore and weak lately and when I finally got still and paid attention I realized they are asking me to be more gentle in all I ‘do’. I then committed to choosing the quality with which I put my seat belt on and paying attention and staying with myself, (even come back to myself) by doing things with conscious presence. It works and my arm instantly improved.
So Beautiful. This is the stuff that has changed my life entirely and I am committed to developing further my ability to be present, respectful, responsible in all that I do by cultivating a loving quality in HOW I do it all.
Yes Sarah, ultimately we are either supporting and holding others with the energy we choose or hurting and harming and detracting from what is true. We really like to think we get away with entertaining those false thoughts and ideas, as if no one can see us go there, they’ll never know what we say. But every day we are learning that we are as a race deeply connected. The integrity and nature of our everyday actions is registered in the most profound way.
Very true Joseph we kid ourselves thinking we can get away with the irresponsibility of our choices but if we were to truly feel what is at play, it is us that end up being hurt the most because we know what is true and what is not and we know that there will be consequences for our thoughts and actions when we choose to live in a way that is ‘out of sync’ with the universe.
This was beautiful to read Sarah and felt to have that energetic quality you describe and so demonstrated that when writing we can to be in the flow and harmony in our bodies that you were writing about.
Absolutely Sarah: ‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ There are only two choices available to us on this plane of life. If we go against the flow of divine harmony we inevitably cause friction, pain, distortion. Why do we go there? It’s a no brainer.
Great question, Sarah – “are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” Nature helps me to re-connect to the harmony of what we are all intrinsically a part of, so when I lose sight of that I return to nature for a reminder.
This is a brilliant presentation on life not being about what we do, but how we do it. The quality of how we go about our daily activities is the legacy we leave behind in that moment and beyond, in terms of social structures and what we accept and lay down as normal behaviour.
Stopping and taking the time to check in and see what quality of energy you are choosing is more powerful than we actually realise. When I heard this I thought yeah that makes sense, but didn’t really stop to check in. The amount of detail that can be experienced when we allow such things to be felt in this way really is magical.
“Some would enter, take in the mood of the room, be in sync with what was going on and go about their duties. They graced the room. Others did not do that; they almost barged in and did what they had to do, then barged out again, leaving an out-of-sync feeling in the room” – very well observed and felt Sarah, and your example just shows the depth of awareness we do have [naturally] and live with.. and the healing that brings, and also its autopilot oppositeness too ..and the disruption that brings.
‘…we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ Lovely line to return to. When the world feels like it’s jarring – could that be me jarring, fighting my individual corner trying to hold off being a part of the universe?
I love how you describe the difference in how you put the seat belt on, and that’s just the seat belt… – imagine how many times during the day we have a similar opportunity to change our set ways of doing things.
‘How do we send an email?’ – This is a great question; it’s easy to argue that it doesn’t matter how we send an email because the person on the other end will never see or know the quality of how we typed or pressed enter, but what you’re proposing is whether there could be something more going on under the surface where the quality can be felt in the email… I agree, and from experience have certainly felt when an email or comment although seemingly ‘normal’ and ‘fine’ has come laced with a certain emotion or reaction.
Is it no wonder that we can be taken out of ourselves and our stillness with the majority of the world living in racy-ness, hurriedness and nervous energy. What an amazing gift Esoteric Yoga is, and unlike mainstream yoga can be done anywhere, even in a car! All it needs is to stop, feel, breath gently and come back to your body. Simple.
Love the humour you bring Sarah to a fundamental point in life, that when we rush or get things done on auto pilot, we miss out on the energetic quality we can so easily bring when we choose to be consciously present – No more seagulls on crutches!
Sarah I’ve also found that the support of the Esoteric Yoga has been an incredible blessing, it’s allowed me to build a deeper and more stable connection with myself and is a great point to come back to each week providing a checking in with how I am going. I always get up and move in a completely different, deeper and more caring way.
I love coming back to this blog…there is such a lightheartedness in it, yet a super powerful message that everything is related to everything and how we are affects everything around us…that’s a lot of responsibility… but very manageable through your examples.
I love your honesty without judgement but with humour ‘I found myself doing a very familiar movement that felt in sync in the world – which was a rarity because I normally don’t do it in sync; one could say I had made quite a few holes in the air!’ It made me reflect on how I move especially getting in and out of my car. Thank goodness for Serge Benhayon, the Benhayon family and Universal Medicine both teaching us and reflecting the importance of energetic quality in the way we move … for currently in the world it is much needed.
Another loving reflection of the responsibility we have to make our choices in a way which is consideration of the effect that they have on everything else and to be aware of what affects us from around us.
What a great title. We have many seagulls where I live and they will now be a constant reminder to me to reflect on how I am choosing to move throughout my day.
Energetic awareness is such a blessing, offered by Universal Medicine. It helps not to react to the world and be more the observer than the absorber. Pretty healthy for the body – maybe something important to focus on, maybe as important as what kind of food we put into us.
This is such a beautiful reminder that the quality of every movement we make has an impact that even the birds can feel.
Yes Rowena, it is a beautiful reminder that we are all interconnected – we are living walking harmonisers . . . or not.
… and if we surrender, we can feel the harmony that comes from the birds, the trees, and everything else that was created by god in this world.
Sarah I love what you have shared so honestly as it is a good reminder for me. “It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” That was one of the most important things I have learned from visiting the workshops from Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon. This insight has changed my way of living so far that I am now so much more still like I was never before. Therefore I only can recommend to keep an eye on the “how we do things”!
‘Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?’ Great question Sarah, and one that we could ask ourselves many times a day. Keeping our bodily awareness helps much with this, as well as nominating any reactions we might have and an observation of when our joy drops.
I love walking past wild birds and seeing how close I can get before they fly away. What will change, as I become more and more tender with my way of being, is that I can walk past a bird and it doesn’t move, because I am totally in harmony with Nature. It’s a work in progress, but I’m having fun learning.
“…The practitioner then asked me to put my seat belt on, while holding the quality that I had just established in my body…” Esoteric Yoga is so practical and applicable to the daily activities we do in life. This is what makes Esoteric Yoga so relevant and purposeful to life as it bridges one to integrate and bring their soul into everyday activities rather than just doing something in a usual functional manner.
I have never heard this expression before, but it makes a lot of sense. If we could see the ripple effect of our actions in the same way as we can when we are water, we would take a lot more care and responsibility for how we do things.
Definitely! We should also keep in mind, that just like the way the ripples in the water hit the wall and come back to us, our ripples get reflected to us by those around us.
I’m impressed how you did the Esoteric Yoga in your car… Just goes to show you can reconnect to your body anywhere to drop the busy momentum and reconnect to the feeling of stillness and expansion anytime and anywhere… no mat is actually required with Esoteric Yoga! That has to be living yoga.
Thank you Sarah. The example you gave with the nurses in the hospital is brilliant and shows that without a doubt we are all having an enormous impact on ourselves and the world around us. Your blog helps me to feel that it is ‘not all about me’ as I instantly find myself justifying why I want to move in a way that keeps me small and contracted when I can feel that this urge to hide is completely out of sync with the world and just as imposing as barging in.
Amazing realisation Leonne, it’s so great to feel just how connected we all are!
I love Esoteric Yoga and the wonderful benefits it has brought to my life, so the sharing of your session in the car simply confirmed what I have been learning; that is you don’t need to be lying on a mat in a quiet room to participate in a session. This year I have done a lot of long distance driving and it didn’t take too long to realise that the care and attention that I put into getting into the car and preparing myself before I drove off had a huge impact on the ease of the drive and how my body felt when I arrived at my destination. Esoteric Yoga offers simple techniques that can be done anywhere, as you have beautifully described.
How interesting, I was pondering exactly on this today. It doesn’t matter what we do AT ALL, what matters is how we do it. Today was one of those days where I did things just to tick them off of my to do list. I haven’t had a day like this for quite a while, and right now I feel somewhat empty. I can see that the momentum I hold of this is what led up to this feeling of lack of purpose.
Quite a responsibility when we realize that ‘we create holes’ every moment we are not in sync, participating in and contributing to the universal flow that is so beautifully reflected to us by nature. It is worth contemplating how we could ever choose to create a life that is out of sync, ie having its own disharmonious rhythm or flow within the greater all-encompassing rhythm.
By being ‘consciously present’ in our bodies we basically ensure that they are inhabited ‘by us’, when we are not consciously present we leave our bodies vacant and that vacancy is filled by an energy that is ‘not us’. It is the energy that is ‘not us’ that creates all of problems, bar none, which leads to the obvious conclusion that every-thing can be remedied by choosing to put ‘us’ back into our bodies.
What an experience to write this and to read all the comments. It supports me to deepen my awareness (and appreciation) of ripples and how we create them and how we don’t. Each day I can feel what is on offer to move in sync with the world or against it. Each comment offers a point of reflection and inspiration. Thank you.
What a great observation and question: “We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?”.
Are we even aware that ‘a quality of energy’ exists? And if so, do we feel that we actually have a say, or better said, the final say in the choice / quality of energy? As I’m developing a body that is able to be clear about the energies inside of me, I’m realising that I don’t only have the final say, but that the choices I make are actually a joyful responsibility.
What is especially lovely about this blog is when Sarah acknowledges that every time the seat belt may not be put on in quite the same quality, but without judgement this is fine, because she has made a start, a commitment, and that’s what matters the most.
That flow you talk of Sarah is in everything we do. I notice it when I’m driving. If I’ve left things a little late, I’m out of my flow and I will hit every red light, people will want to jump in front of me in traffice queues or won’t let me in and I feel the tension start in my body. But I notice too the flow I am usually in when I drive now and how lights, and other drivers don’t phase me and I accept where I am and what is going on around me and therefore am leaving harmony in my wake rather than impatience.
“We can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it” and we will leave imprints that will either support others be connected to their essence, or will create a disturbance. It is always one or the other. A significant responsibility and accountability when we stop to see it.
This is such a great sharing and how we can either be and work in harmony with the Universe or completely go against it. When I feel myself in these situations it is obviously clear how simple, easy and enjoyable it is to be ourselves in Full and with divine order. As opposed the stark opposite where I feel tension, anxiety and discomfort of the complication for not being what is asked of me.
The sheer fact of paying attention to the ‘how’ in ‘how we live and act and how we are while we are doing so’ can profoundly change us over time as our awareness keeps increasing and we make more and more changes.
Esoteric Yoga is a very powerful modality… bringing us back to our innate stillness and harmony that is naturally within – it is then up to us to choose to connect and live from this place moment by moment throughout our day. And if we do life has a harmonious flow that touches everyone we meet.
This is so true Sarah…”… we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” We can choose harmony or we can choose to resist and fight that harmony – it is simply a choice, nothing complicated. Complication only comes in when we go against the harmony that is our natural way of being in the world.
Love the analogy Sarah, it is so true, we can access that gorgeous sense of flow with life by choosing/ensuring the quality of our own movements. Such a simple recipe for evolving in life.
Holes in our environment is such a cool way of looking at the way we allow our expanded body to move in grace or not. How we make waves or not – as we move or talk or do anything. I have made many a hole myself and this has allowed me to see that holes are not supporting the harmony of our world – just making it more tricky for everyone else to be hole-less.
Using our minds to cope with or succeed at life does never really work, because even if we achieve great things, we know there is a quality that is missing from our success, just as we can see so many others full of ambition and drive, but fuelled by the emptiness lying beneath. Learning there is a different way to live, one that is to live and think from our hearts, one that accesses intelligence from our whole body, is one that only lives taking into account the all.. that is true success as no one is left behind, and in this is the richness and quality we have been missing all along.
It’s the simple markers that lead to greater awareness and thence greater freedom to choose the quality of how we would be and live our day.
I keep coming back to this blog as there is so much gold on offer here! I just arrived home from a very long day at work and tried not to wake up the people I live with but I dropped a glass bottle and put plenty of holes in the air as I had been pushing myself through the workday. When we are out of sync it builds slowly until we are shooting holes in the air like bullets – sometimes it takes a big stop like an accident to bring our attention to the chaos we create.
This is a great reminder to bring awareness to the quality in which we do things. So often we compromise our natural quality.
It’s interesting what you write about your friend dying…my mother recently passed over and it was fascinating to me to see how people’s emotions were actually denying them the opportunity to feel the truth of what was going on. For me personally, it was only when I stopped, walked away from all of that white noise – physically and metaphorically – and really connected to myself, that I got to feel what was going on for me. This was super profound and has been a brilliant moment of evolution for me. If I had got ’emotional’ it would never have happened.
Esoteric Yoga gives us markers within our own bodies by which we can feel and know the energetic quality we are moving through our day in.
Great questions for recognising where we are creating ripples or holes that disturb the natural flow of energy which I will definitely return to. The more stillness I introduce in my life the more I am loving the quality of my movements but my foundation still needs strengthening in this regard and I love the idea of looking at where I am still creating holes.
Thank you Sarah a great stop moment for recognising the responsibility we all have for the way we move in every moment. So supportive that we can choose to bring conscious presence to every activity and thus contribute to the harmonious flow of life.
As I made a similar experience with my body in a session recently, I can relate to what you share here Sarah. I had to realize that I contract when I start to move. I can be very relaxed and surrendered by just being/lying down, open hearted in flow with the world, but when I start to move I close my heart a bit (or more) and my inner shoulders, my neck, my lower back area contract. From here movements are more exhausting I realized as well. Then I trained to move while leaving my heart (and shoulders) open and found how ease this way of movement is – like I am supported here and it feels so natural to be like that in the world. But I felt less protected. The question is: do I need this protection? While experience now for a while being in the world, doing my everyday duties with an open heart, my world does change a lot. There is an attraction I found to go into protection again and to not do so, I have to be very aware and conscious. I have to choose my openness again and again. So I learned as well that I can be ‘in sync’ with how I am in the world for a long time and what is lived by many of us, or ‘in sync’ with this new way of living, which does in fact not feel ‘new’ but like an old and natural/original way I return back to.
It feels so beautifully simple if we take the time to come back to ourselves. I love the way you bring such clarity and loving care – and your blog is a great support for us all as we rush around in life and don’t always take the time to stop and connect to our stillness. Thank you Sarah.
I love this saying about the seagulls and not poking holes in the sky. It points out that every move we make has a ripple effect in the world. Without meaning to harm, this is what we do when we unconsciously move about our days and push our bodies or move in harsh ways. The seagulls deserve to have an unhindered flight path, as do our bodies, which absolutely love being moved in harmony.
Until you become really gentle and move in the natural flow of your body, it is hard to imagine putting a seat belt on can feel exquisite or be in the least bit life changing. Yet I have also had this experience and it makes me realise just how much feeling we are missing out on when we are rushing around, doing things.
Yes, it is astonishing and rather shocking to consider how much we are missing out on in our rushing about oblivious to the quality we are moving with. At first when I started working with Universal Medicine and the significance of this attention to the quality of my movements, I was cross and resentful about trying to do something else in my already busy day. What I have come to realise is that building this awareness as I go about my activities is the very thing that supports me back, making space in moments rather than more anxiety.
‘Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?’ – I love this question Sarah, as it calls for us to be responsible for how we are even when we’re on our own because everything we do creates ripples that can mirror the natural rhythm you’ve talked about or create gaps, tensions and fractures that radiate out and affect others, the room and so forth.
“We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it?” This is a million dollar question Sarah and one that has to be asked. In this day and age the quality in which we do something has been pushed aside in favour of the end result, yet that end result will never be true if we have not first put in that presence and quality.
This is a brilliant analogy of our ripples and holes in the sky and what we are bringing by our presence in every moment simply “we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” With our awareness responsibility and appreciation of this we can bring harmony and stillness to our world of increasing motion with a quality of presence and love.
A great reminder, Sarah, that everything matters – every movement, gesture and thought has an impact that can either be expanding and deepening love or adding to the lovelessness which we have accepted as the norm. In this respect every one of us has the power to change the world as we know it.
God is in the detail of our simple everyday movements. Esoteric yoga has helped me cultivate a conscious presence in my movements that does feel like I am in sync with myself and the natural flow of things.
“Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” This is a great question. By its somewhat obscurity it really makes me think and check the quality with which I move. Such an important subject raised in this blog.
“I was then filled with a deep appreciation for Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine practitioners and modalities because they are inspiring so many people to look at the energetic quality in which they are living their lives.” I wholeheartedly agree Sarah. The grace with which Serge Benhayon lives his life is a living lesson for us all in how to truly live gracefully, harmlessly and with immense purpose. And as we choose to apply and embody these living lessons, the immensity of our responsibility to not poke holes in anything becomes more and more apparent.
I was told the easiest way to start our self-appreciation with the effects we have on everything is to start with something small, how we open every door. I am part of the maintenance team in an enormous building and can spend my whole day in the basement and the sub-basement. There are 57 double swinging fire doors in the corridors, 38 doors total for the nine staircases between the two floors and then you have all the regular doors that are well over 200. I have great fun imprinting doors all day long.
Your sharing is a great reminder to bring more concsiousness to the quality in which I move during my day.
Being true to our own rhythm and flow we will see that we are in an instant in harmony with nature.
There are many currents throughout life resulting from many modes of living and their respective energetic qualities. It is important to not get swept up in the stronger or the weaker current and adopt either as our own for we each know true harmony and true flow and this begins by reestablishing our own true flow within and knowing this well – we will then not be affected by currents, rips or storms as they pass.
A gorgeous blog to re-read straight after an esoteric yoga session. With every movement we make, we either grace our environment or disturb it. That’s how powerful we are, and that’s the responsibility we have. Living a life of energetic integrity asmtaught by Serge Benhayon is quite simply, amazing. It has supported me to the endth degree to live the life I always knew to be true.
Agreed Katerina, to the endth degree wholeheartedly, I feel the support and love of Serge Benhayon. Living a life of energetic integrity as presented by Serge Benhayon is quite simply, amazing.
Isn´t it magical (and simple, natural and ordinary) that we can move in sync with the world, ie the harmonious divine rhythm of the universe not the business and raciness of the worldly life that most of the time is out of sync and far from harmonious?! As natural as it was when we were children usually we loose the synchronicity as soon as we adapt to the worldly affairs, expectations, the doing. One way of reconnecting is to sense nature, feel its rhythm and quality or as described the Esoteric Yoga.
It is through Universal Medicine that I have also stopped to consider not just what I do but the quality in which I do it. Never before had I stopped to consider that how I move affects not just the quality of the task I am doing, but affects those around me. This consideration changes everything, it makes everything worthy of full attention, knowing there is a knock on effect and it isn’t just me I am affecting but everyone everywhere.
I will always think of this blog whenever I see seagulls but, in the meantime, I will endeavour to be more mindful of not poking too many holes in the air! Awesome blog!
“So continuing with this hole theory, have you ever watched someone in high emotion walk into a room – did you notice that a disturbance can be felt, ripples can be made, and that holes could be created?” – yes, and even when it’s the other way too Sarah when there is a steely silence and no outer display of emotion… the air is still ‘charged’ with disturbance. I’m thinking of any office place here and what goes on… that how we walk, move, sit, think, speak on the phone, cogitate, analyse or agonise over something/anything…is all having an unseen detrimental effect on those around us as well as our own bodies too. And it’s the unseen bit that many of us use to ignore what’s happening or taking place, and with it not take responsibility for the trails of disruption we leave behind.
‘My normal mode is usually one with very little conscious presence, in autopilot, and quite often I rush the ‘house leaving’ or ‘car starting’ part of my day. If my childhood saying was true, I would be “poking a lot of holes in the air,” and for sure, the seagulls in my neighbourhood would be on crutches more often than not!’
Life is so full-on that it is very tempting to rush out and jump in the car or stagger home laden with shopping. Something that was presented to us at a meeting of the Ageless Wisdom is that our exit from the house and re-entry to it are like our passing over and our rebirth – the quality in which we do that daily act is the quality in which we will leave this life and re-enter our new life. This has helped keep me conscious of how I do those actions.
Sarah, I love that through the simple task of putting on your seatbelt you were able to feel so clearly that ‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ It shows how important it is to be aware of the quality of our movements, always, down to the smallest details, such as now where the only movement in my body is my fingers moving over the keyboard. We can either move with grace, with the universe, or not. It’s always one or the other.
I agree, the way we put on the seatbelt has an influence on how we start the car, how we enter traffic and how we drive. These have an influence on how we arrive and so it goes on.
“We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?” This one question has the potential to change the world. However it requires us to stop, be honest and take responsibility in EVERY area of our lives. Until I met Serge Benhayon and attended Universal Medicine courses I had no awareness of living with this (or actually any) level of responsibility. I did what I wanted, when I wanted and how I wanted within what is accepted in society. Now though with an understanding everything we do is either healing or harming I choose to live and am continuing to learn to live in connection with my body throughout the day which makes it easier to feel how I am doing something.
“The yoga of putting on a seat belt”, or cleaning our teeth, or cooking a meal …. and so on. Yoga means Union, the union of soul and body, so if we can apply ourselves to being consciously present in every task as we move seamlessly from one to the other in consistent rhythm, than we are living from the soulful connection, and that quality of energy flows outwards into the world. Could this bring about a union of peoples if humanity could choose to commit to this way of being and moving, rather than the separation that exist between us? I feel the barriers would come down.
‘if we can apply ourselves to being consciously present in every task as we move seamlessly from one to the other in consistent rhythm, than we are living from the soulful connection, and that quality of energy flows outwards into the world.’ Very true Joan when lose our way and forget how to move in union with ourselves, we cannot be in union with our brothers and sisters.
I love this line . . . “we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it” . . . it brings me back to my body and the knowing that each and every step is about the quality we step to . . . are we with our self in that moment or are we against our self, are we in sync or out of sync . . . as this is what determines our future, our next moment, our next movement.
Isn’t it amazing how sayings or little wisdoms like this hold so much truth about life. I think we are just scratching the surface of how our anger, being upset, frustration, harsh movements, swearing etc. affect the world around us. For example: if we express anger everyone around us can be anger now because they have seen it felt it yet imagine if no one ever would be angry, there would be no reflection of anger and there would be no inspiration for anger… Which brings the responsibility back to ourselves to guarantee the quality of what we express in everyday life.
Sarah I love what you have written here, it is so playful yet so very true and powerful. The analogy with the seagulls will stay with me – it really makes a tangible point about disharmonious energy. I have recently experienced how powerfully the silent reaction of one person can disturb a number of people around – let alone the ‘butterfly effect -rippling out’ – and causing a tidal wave! It reminds me to stay with the body in gentleness.
“We can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it”. This is an awesome reminder that every movement we make is either healing or harming and we always have that choice.
Hello Sarah and how many times have we seen this, “we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” Those times where everything is running to plan, there is a flow and you feel like you could do nothing wrong. In the past I would have looked for the next thing to go wrong and hey presto it did. It’s like we get in the grove and then freak out. What if it’s possible to hold the ‘sync’, what if everything will support that if we appreciate it and not look for the next thing to go wrong? In other words ‘we’ trip ourselves up and knock ourselves out of the sync or flow of life and then create the struggle. If we look around us, the way the sun rises, the flight of the birds, the order of ants etc everything is in sync, it flows, why are we the only ones that can’t hold this consistently? It’s our resistance to that feeling that puts us out, what if all we need to do is let go and allow the flow and then appreciate all that comes from it, no questions.
Thank you Sarah for an inspiring blog, “do I move in sync with the world or do I move against it” a great question to ask, for so often I forget the “how” I am moving getting caught up in the busyness of the day.Your blog is a reminder for me to be present with every move I make, and the effect this has on the world around us.
Yes Jill, this seems to be the crux “do I move in sync with the world or do I move against it” – and springs to mind an awareness I came to some time ago that even when I got out of my bed of a morning (here in Queensland Australia) turning the covers back and putting my feet on the floor each and every morning that my movement could be affecting negatively others on the other side of the world, even in Nova Scotia I casually considered. Then at a local Retreat a year or so later, I met Elizabeth from Nova Scotia and the profundity of my awareness was keen as it became clear that this place on the globe I had casually chosen as a far flung place of reference ( as I had the year before disembarked from a cruise ship there) was not a choice of coincidence – not an etherial imagining of a far distant place but a reflection of all that is beautiful in the world that is only a breath or a movement away and indeed my movements would ostensibly be affecting the gorgeous Elizabeth – confirming to me there is no separation between us despite geographical distance and all that we do, say and think affects the all – out unto the universe.
I love a bit of humor when it comes to important matters, and poking holes in the air is one of them. Reading this brought me back to feeling how we all swim in an ocean of energy and how our movements ripple out and effect the all. If one was to feel the truth in this fact, we would all take greater responsibility in our every move.
“to close my eyes and supported me to re-connect to my body, feeling my feet, my ankles, my legs, my buttocks on the seat, my back, my shoulders and neck, and then my head.” – it’s easy to just read these words and continue reading. Yet, in this sentence lies the foundation of being connected to our body. There’s a lot of stillness and love within each and every body. Only by connecting deeply to our body we’ll find the preciousness and true being that we are. It sounds simple and for many maybe too simple or basic, yet what is shared here is in my experience deeply profound (and healing).
You say “It is not what we do, but it is how we do it” to which I include it is the energy and intention we do it in. Does the energy come from our essence of love, joy and truth or from everything but that? The choice of energy will lead to the how and the what.
Brilliant snapshot of an hour in your day! – and what a difference we can make by becoming very aware of our bodies, and the gentleness and stillness that is naturally there within, to be reconnected to.
A great reminder that each of us need to take responsibility for the energetic quality in which we do things because of the ripple affect it has on those around us.
‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ – Love this simple statement, haven’t we all felt the not so pleasant effects when we move against it and the lovely flow when we are in sync?
What a great analogy Sarah! It reminds me that everything matters and that we can be so unaware of the impact we can have when we are not consciously present with our thoughts, feelings and actions. This is the biggest learning for me, to understand that everything matters and everything is energy. Who said that?
How important is it then to be aware of there is a difference in quality?
‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ Moving without making a ripple in the Universal flow we are union with God.
I have never heard of this saying before, but it is a great one to bring awareness to how our actions impact our greater environment.
I always found the study of ecosystems fascinating for the simple reason that no matter how much was contained within them, everything was kept in a harmonious balance of inputs and outputs, even balancing forest fires, floating, predators etc. What I see us doing often in human life is poking holes in the harmonious fabric that makes up life in the way that we live which is not in line with the flow of the world around us.
Sarah what really comes to light here is the overlooked importance of energy. I really did not consider this or want to look at this until recently. But the fact is I have never been able to deny that there is a quality in which we do things in, that the way someone walks into a room can be felt in the body. And only energy can explain this. But we override this instant knowing. Your blog shares how we can choose to be a different way in our bodies and how much this can impact not just us but others around us.
How amazing, to have a session in your car and be reminded how to put a seat belt on – everything, absolutely everything we do is an opportunity to reconnect and stay connected with our bodies – walking to the car, opening the door, how we get in, even how we put the keys in the ignition – everything leaves an imprint on what we touch and what we feel in our bodies is magnified. I love doing things tenderly, it reminds me of my natural tenderness and feels yummy.
Such a wonderful title which made me laugh. What you share here is of such great value Sarah, is super simple and bringing presence and quality to what we do is something we all can choose at any moment.
This is a welcome reminder of taking the time to stop and to make space in our busy day, and the analogy of the seagulls is funny but says it all.
Esoteric Yoga is so useful and effective in showing us exactly where we are at. It exposes any momentum that we are in and whether we are truly present with ourselves or not. It is a true kind of yoga in the sense that we can take it with us into our day, and this has a huge effect on ourselves and everyone and everything around us.
How simple it is to re-connect to our bodies when we make the conscious choice to do so. The word yoga means ‘union’, and for me the union with my body is the way to bring myself back to me, and as you have experienced, you don’t need to tie yourselves in knots or stand on your head, it can be done anywhere, anytime, all we need is a desire to stop and re-connect to the stillness we hold inside which we can then magnify throughout our day with our every movement, and as thoughts are movements too, what a lovely gift we can give to ourselves and the world.
“Don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might trip over.” I love the playful analogy here that expresses how we are affects everyone and everything around us. It supports the fact that everything is energy and that it can be felt on every level.
It’s really interesting what you’ve shared about how you could feel such a huge difference between when nurses entered the room charged with varying emotions – possibly from taking on things throughout their day, being exhausted and so forth, to those who supported you without imposing or moving in a way that came with underlying reactions. No matter where we work or what we do, we have a responsibility to look at when we react and feel frustrated or hurt, because if we truly want to support humanity we need to see that the luxury of emotions is not ours to have.
This is such a hilarious saying and one I haven’t heard before but can relate totally to when I am hurting and poking the world around me rather than being in the flow and sync of the natural rhythm of life.
Yesterday I had a beautiful lesson from a dear friend in how to not poke holes in the air or indeed anything else. This lesson was all shared in the exquisite way they walked up to a door, opened it and walked through the doorway. They did this with such presence, tenderness and care that not even the air around them felt disturbed by their movement. This is the art of Conscious Presence in action, a total harmony with and respect of all matter, arising from an innate knowing, comprehensive appreciation and application of the laws of energy. When we respect and live from the invisible world first, we can fully honour the visible world by leaving it as unruffled as possible so that no one need trip over our carelessness.
I had never heard that saying before, but how beautiful. We can be very connected with our true essence within, therefore in sync with the entire Universe, yet at the same time, because the way the majority of the world we live in is anti that, that very way of being connected with the All can be a huge disturbance to that mass raciness.
I love that you did your Esoteric Yoga session in your car Sarah. The whole point of Esoteric Yoga is to support us to live our yoga in our daily life by being aware of the quality of how we are with ourselves in everything that we do, which includes all of the usual, what we would normally refer to as mundane tasks. Esoteric Yoga supports us to develop a relationship with our body so that we come to know a way of living that has an energetic quality of connection and stillness. Then all of the mundane tasks, no longer seem mundane, but feel completely different because of the chosen connection that we have with our body in all that we do.
A great inspirational blog. The reference to an angry person walking into a room makes the point so well.
“We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?”
Indeed Sarah and it only takes to bring awareness and presence to one of these activities for the ripple effect to work its magic and begin to inspire others – self responsibility is the mightiest of confirmations.
It is as if we were constantly stumbling across the holes that we – all together – created, like mine fields around us, thus creating more of the same. Truly – thanks to Serge Benhayon, to get to the awareness that allows a start to clean up the mess.
“Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” I love this analogy with the holes in the air, as you say we do trillions of activities in our life, how much are we aware that we are making holes in the air and disturbing the harmony not only in this world but out into the Universe and beyond. While I don’t live with this awareness every moment, I am becoming much more conscious of my movements and if they are in flow and rhythm with the world around us by the feeling in my body, I can feel the jarring affect and harshness of not being in rhythm, but I love your analogy of the holes, this brings a greater awareness to what we do when we are not living harmoniously with everything and everyone.
“We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?” Thank you for the timely reminder to be with myself in how I type the words of this comment.
The simplicity of the action (in this case putting on your seatbelt) makes it no less powerful. I am still learning this. I naturally give the ‘big stuff’ more attention – but am seeing more and more that “God is in the detail”.
Sometimes I look at the world and wonder how it can be in such a state and people can be so evil, cruel and harming towards each other. If only everyone could stop, breath gently and be in sync just for a moment, stop not only “poking holes in the sky” but stop shooting holes in humanity, and maybe this moment could expand to an hour and then a day, and people could start to wonder why they hate each other so much and the realise that deep under that hate there is only a deep love for oneself and all people.
With all of the holes we are creating… are they not just holes for us to fall into and trip over?
Are we moving with the flow of life or against it? A great question. I’m in the flow of life when things happen seamlessly, simply and there’s an ease to my day. The opposite is the case when I move against the flow, I make mistakes, misjudge things, the simple seems complicated, I have accidents. There are times when I find it difficult to discern when I’m not in the flow, even when the signs are there, because I’m caught up in rush and drive. Those poor seagulls!
I love what you have shared here Sarah about the ripple effect of our quality of energy and how it not only affects us and how we feel, but also affects all those around us. Something that has always fascinated me is how they say that when a butterfly flutters its wings, this follows with a series of air movements that then result in a hurricane on the other side of the world. In a similar way it is the quality with which we flutter our ‘wings’ (how we move, how we talk, how we sit) that has an impact with far greater reach than we may often care to realise. Such simple science that allows us to work magic should we choose to.
I have learned that moving in sync with the world is making my body feeling spacious, while moving against it is causing strains and contraction in it, a way of moving in life I have done a lot I must say. Therefore it is a blessing to me that the Esoteric Yoga is there to assist me in claiming back that connection with my body that knows how to live in sync with the world.
I had never heard this expression before but I can see how it is a way of expressing our taking responsibility for the way we choose to live. “It is not what we do but it is how we do it.” – the quality with which we do things. “Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” – working in harmony with nature and with each other.
Often as women, we tend to ‘push’ through and ‘do’ things without really regarding our body and honouring it… I love the way you describe “…movement that felt in sync …” as this describes how much opposing force we put ourselves into with this ‘push’ to ‘do’ things. You are right, Esoteric Yoga really does support someone to stop, reconnect with their body and then this movement in the body becomes ‘in sync’ has an ease and flow, because the drive or push just gets dropped. It really shows how our natural state of being is steadiness and harmony… complete opposites of ‘push’ or ‘drive’. I feel Esoteric Yoga is a match made in heaven for Women’s Health.
Our quality is always noticed by others and it is a matter of how much we will let ourselves out.
“I have found the presentations and healing modalities of Universal Medicine certainly help me to understand energy and what quality I undertake many activities in” – the cornerstone of life Sarah, and being introduced to this via Universal Medicine has totally changed [and continues to change] my life for the true better.
One of the main things that Esoteric Yoga supports me with, is feeling the places in my body that hold the most tension. These areas of tension seem to stand out in relief, which allows a part of me to notice them fully and then what tends to happen is that I will then feel when I am holding that tension in that part of my body throughout my day. This then enables me to let go of that particular area of tension and then in subsequent esoteric healing sessions another one is revealed.
Sometimes we can move with absolute tenderness and sometimes we go hard and our footsteps feel completely different. Our tender movements can bring us back into connection with ourselves and others will be inspired by that.
Thank you Sarah. I have been practicing moving in sync with the world since I first read this blog and I have found it is easy to do if I choose it, our bodies know exactly how to move in a way that is harmonious. This has shown me how exhausting and difficult it is to move against the world and how strange it is that I have chosen to do this for so long.
“Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” A beautiful question Sarah and one that allows me to explore my own movements in the world and the quality of energy they are made in. There is a great beauty to be found in our movements and a clarity and expansion that can truly interconnect us or it can separate us. It all is about the flow of movements and if we are moving with or against the natural rhythmic flow of life.
Stunning blog reminding us of what energetic quality we are in and how this affects the relationship with ourselves, our day and with others and ultimately the world 🌎. With thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine in not only bringing the truth about energy but the QUALITY of energy in everything we do to the fore. Something I, like you are very much still working on. This really made me giggle ‘If my childhood saying was true, I would be “poking a lot of holes in the air,” and for sure, the seagulls in my neighbourhood would be on crutches more often than not!’
I love the image of the seagulls Sarah. I had a very strong reflection this week of how I poked holes in the air because I had been in a state of anxiousness and drive – and although I acted with the best of intentions, unnecessary disturbance was created. The great thing about this incident is that I can see my pattern of behaviour, and now refocus attention on how I am before I act – am I driven, or spaciously attending to what is required?
Thanks, Sarah. I love how you write and can easily connect to the truth you are presenting here, emphasising how crucial it is to consider the unseen realm of energy in us and all around us, and the impact our movements have on everything even though it may not be visible.
“Putting holes in the air” is a great term for creating an emptiness where otherwise is a natural fullness or presence of harmony, congruency, connectedness and it is not just the seagulls that might trip over the holes but definitely us, because to create them we need to be empty of ourselves first, ie not being present and gentle in our movements with all the consequences that follow.
Loved reading this. Such a light-hearted presentation of something so significant and important.
When we move without the quality and awareness of who we are, then who is moving us? What is moving us? I think this seagull saying is also a good metaphor for the holes we create around us by not being present and that invites another energy to come in and do the moving for us. In other words, to seal the door where evil dwells (no holes) one must move in harmony and the knowing of who they are (quality). This is a SUPER timely reminder for for me this morning.
This whole blog to me is about responsibility. Responsibility for moving in order to expand or to ‘poke holes in the air’. There are indeed (only) two sources of energy. One contributes expansion to the universe and one is adding separation (poking (empty) holes) to the universe. How loving is it that we’re let the free will to choose either of the two. Every moment within every day. All life long.
It is great to feel that racy momentum drop away as one reconnects to the body and to stillness. As we have learnt recently in a presentation of the Ageless Wisdom that I attended, ‘stillness’ is an extremely rapid vibrational resonance that makes the speed of racy look old hat! But the speed of stillness is of such a high and nourishing quality that it feels quite ‘still’ beside the gross and ragged energy of raciness. Feeling the two there is no comparison as to which we would choose. That is why it is so important to stop and feel the quality of the energy that we are moving and living in.
Esoteric Yoga is a very powerful modality… I find it brings me to a stop, to a depth of stillness well known but infrequently chosen – it is an awesome marker of the potential I can bring to my daily living if I choose to move in a way that supports this way of being in the world.
“…Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine practitioners and modalities … are inspiring so many people to look at the energetic quality in which they are living their lives.” This is key in how we live our lives…and yet it isn’t something we are encouraged to live from very young – despite the fact we all know energy very well.
Thank you Sarah for the much needed reminder that “It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.”
Super cool blog, so easy, simple and showing a lot at the same time.. This question is extravagant; are we creating holes, or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?
Are we continuing that which is so in the mainstream, or are we indeed stopping and going against the current? Are we prepared to walk and talk the opposite way, even if people leave us or think we are out of place? Do we stay true to who we are? Beautiful question, we know and find our way by our own seeking and from our own willingness.
We do affect everyone around us all of the time, and there is a great responsibility in this… that ripple effect can be disturbing or inspiring depending on the quality we choose to move in.
Awesome Sarah – what a simple example of such a profiund revelation that ‘it is not what we do but how we do it’.
Wow, stunning to read all your comments, thank you for sharing your experience with this story and how you’re exploring the ‘holes in the sky’.
Every movement has meaning and it is up to us to bring that meaning through in our quality. My choice today will be to not poke any holes in the sky and to live in the absolute stillness of who I am.
‘It is not what we do, but it is how we do it’, this is so important, it highlights our energetic responsibility and how our every movement and choices affects not only ourselves but everyone and everything around us. I also love the questions you’ve raised Sarah, I have printed your blog out to read to my family at dinner time, to share and to raise our awareness with regards to our responsibility in our home and in our world. I have young children and I feel teaching them, as well as myself about energetic responsibility is essential. I have lived most of my life unaware of and ignored this loving responsibility. Now that I am aware, it is a blessing to put it into practice. Thank you again Sarah, hugely supportive and powerful blog.
“How did we do this?” is a great question to ask oneself as we are so focused on getting things done and of course we make sure the end result satisfies the receiver but seldom do we stop and feel what energetic quality something is done in and the effect that might have on us and our surroundings.
“we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” it is always a choice to connect to that quality within in all our movements and bring through the volume of the universe through our bodies or we connect to nervous energy which will only create angst and complications in our lives.
Am I in the flow of the world or out of sync? A great question to ask myself and one I have been pondering on today. It was suggested to me by a wise friend that I have been using control as a substitute for being in the flow. It can give the illusion that things are flowing, but it under the proviso that I am in control of every tiny detail, otherwise there is no flow. Of course control is not and never can be in the flow of the world or the universe, so by letting go the control I might feel out of the flow while I learn to accept and appreciate myself for being exactly who I am, no more no less, but it is an honest place to be and will support me to be able to feel the true flow of the universe and live in this.
You can do yoga in a car….. this is the thing I love about Esoteric Yoga…it is so very deeply practical. Yoga=union
The feeling you describe of moving ‘in sync with the world’ is one that had never felt before coming into contact with Universal Medicine. There was (and sometimes still is) a feeling of having to fight with the world to get what I needed, be it earning a living or anything else. But connecting to my body and allowing myself to feel the flow of life which I am inseparably a part of, means that not only is there far less tension in my body, but that I am able to recognise what life has placed before me.
Without the teachings of Universal Medicine I would be so unaware of the energetic imprint I am leaving in my wake, I used to go around as rough as guts slamming doors throwing things in the back of my van but the truth is it is so much nicer and more natural to be gentle. Your marker Sarah is your seat belt mine is how I put my tools down or in the back of my van.
There are benefits when we do things in a rush or without awareness – they get our nervous system going so we have some sort of energy when we are tired and they numb us so we don’t need to feel if we are tired or exhausted. Of course, that is not quite as helpful as doing things in conscious presence and, if possible, stillness as these activities give us energy and awareness.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it”. Absolutely Sarah – our quality is such a precious gift to give to people if we are in stillness before any movement or other form of expression.
If we went with the idea that everytime we are ‘out of sync’ with the world that we are poking holes in the sky I don’t think we would see birds flying at all. Instead they would have to resort to walking.
“we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it” – I love this line. There are only 2 ways to move in the world and you have named it 🙂
Yes the quality in the way we move can either confirm the natural harmonious flow that the Universe is offering us every second of every day or are we going against the grain and resisting such grace with disturbance and force. I have been building my awareness on this thanks to Universal Medicine and the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom and what a different it sure does make. Here is to living this 247 and not reacting to the general consensus that fights this with all its might.
Spot on Sarah – Nature thanks us for walking in harmony
I remember the first time I stayed with the Benhayon Family in the UK 10 years ago, I would walk (or I should say barge) into the dining area, there was no need for anything to be said, because the whirlwind energy I was in was so obvious compared to the stillness in the room. This brought more awareness to my movements and over the month when I entered the room I was in less and less motion.
Amazing how such a simple thing can change your whole experience of life. Just stopping and becoming aware of what is happening In your body will allow it to make the appropriate adjustment. Our bodies are so wise. By stopping and becoming aware of what is truly going on, you also change the environment all around you. This has an effect on the whole universe, because we are all connected. We have the power to change our world by what we choose. That is the level of responsibility that we all have.
Amazing sharing about how every choice is magnified and noticed by others, even if we live in our own little world sometimes when it is all about putting the seatbelt on and starting the car we are always having a ripple effect.
I love the example you share of how the hospital room of your friend felt when the nurses came in and out. This sums up beautifully how we can disturb or support one another depending on the quality we have chosen to move in. It really brings home how important it is to stay connected and honouring of everyone around us.
Ever blog I read, even though on many different subjects , are all calling me to build a deeper relationship with my self and my body. Interesting that they all come back to the same thing – inside of us is the answers to everything. It’s being still that allows us to feel our sacredness, feel everything, and then some, it’s never ending.
‘How do we respond to critique?’ This is such a great question to reflect on.
When I am committed to myself and my self awareness, the world s.l.o.w…s down and can I feel the space that is available to me. In the space I am much more aware of the choices in front of me and of the quality of my actions. A great reminder of self-responsibility Sarah, thank you.
Until we really take note of how our energy affects others and how we are affected by energy, we will continue to flail around creating disturbances instead of allowing ourselves and others to flow with a graceful rhythm. We wonder why we are so tired, yet if all our movements are against this flow, it is like we are swimming upstream all the time. This is so worth discovering Sarah, and great for everyone to really feel.
I wholeheartedly agree with you Sarah about the profound affects that are possible from attending Esoteric Yoga sessions. This modality continues to be of constant and great reflection and service in my life. Initially it was the bridge to return to stillness within and re-build a foundation of solidness and strength to not be at the mercy of the external rush and business. Pure gold – it is a modality that can be enjoyed anywhere (even in a car on the beach!) and this carries through into the quality of my movements every day.
I love the saying you have shared with us here. Sometimes we might not realise the harm we are doing by poking holes in the air, and this harm is not just limited to the seagulls, it is also harming us and can inform our following movements so that this way of being continue to harm both us and others.. When we are caught, or catch ourselves poking holes in the air it is our responsibility to reconnect and bring a quality to our movements that allows for grace and harmony again.
I love this saying you have brought to us, it is very descriptive of the way we can upset the natural flow of things around us. What we often don’t realise is how much it is disturbing us and how much it can inform our following movements and communication and expression. When we are caught, or catch ourselves, making holes in the air, it is our responsibility to reconnect to a natural more harmonious way of being that allows free flow to not only the seagulls in that moment but to all else thereafter as we feel and acknowledge the true quality at our fingertips.
Esoteric Yoga is an incredible modality that has completely changed my relationship to my body and to the quality in which and how I do things. Esoteric Yoga has supported me to connect to a deeper level of stillness that is there innately inside. It offers the space to practice moving in a very connected way throughout the session, so that at the completion of a class and when I go back to my daily movements and life, my body knows that there is another way to move that is in natural alignment with the order of the universe.
I have never heard that saying before but it is so apt. I am becoming more and more aware that the quality of how I move or speak has the potential to invite smoothness and flow in stillness, or create big waves or ripples which are out of harmony with everything and everyone around me. I love Esoteric Yoga for the same reasons as you, it is an very powerful modality.
I have never heard of this saying either. I agree Jeanette, Esoteric Yoga is amazing, and it supports us in our everyday life to choose to reconnect to stillness and feel our body and our every movement. It reminds us of the grace, flow and joy we can choose to move in and live with.
So true that constantly dipping in and out of different emotions, moods and stresses does mirror a lot of the activity out there in the world, but when we choose to live differently and take responsibility for the quality of how we are and walk into a room, then that’s truly when we begin to create ripples that turn heads.
“Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” It is great what you shared are we living with the flow and rhythm of the world or are we creating disturbances. How we move and the quality we move in will impact everything and everyone, therefore we have a great responsibility in our connection to our movements.
Wow, Sarah, what you see is what you get – you are an inspiring woman without a mask. Your true face shines forth with such ease and grace, thank you for this inspirational blog.
It’s quite something when you realise that everything we do has an effect. But of course we already know this. It’s obvious the effect that an angry person has on a room, so why would all our movements be any different? We avoid being aware of this because it would mean taking full responsibility for ourselves in every moment.
I remember growing up with ‘don’t point it is rude’. I am glad no one added the bit about seagulls for I was completely gullible and would have been so confused.
So when a seagull poops on our picnic blanket it’s our karmic payback for the holes that we have poked in the sky?!
Quite possibly Otto, quite possibly 🙂
Sarah what I am also understanding is the most important thing is the quality in which we do everything we do, and as we appreciate the difference this makes….the ripple effect of the unseen is what truly changes the world. I love how you talk about moving in sync or out of sync with the world.
Bringing our mind back to being aware or more aware of our body and the way we are moving can make such a huge difference to our state of being and the way that we do things.
I love that saying Sarah I have never heard of it before and when I first read the title I was intrigued by what it might mean. It makes total sense and brings a deeper sense of our responsibility in how we are with everything we do because we don’t know the extent to which we will affect someone or something else by our actions. It brings in another dimension that we rarely if at all consider that, we think because we can’t see the ‘holes in the sky that it doesn’t really matter what we do or how we behave..This is something I am still learning, there are still moments and areas of my life where I can go into autopilot and forget the responsibility I have in staying in sync with everything around me, including the seagulls in the sky.
How we are in life affects everyone else, it’s just an energetic fact that Serge Benhayon has certainly brought to my fore awareness. Recently I was watching a sea of bats flying across the sky at dusk, there was hundred of them and yet they all knew their direction and to the houses below, no one would have even known they were there. There is a way of moving through life that these bats reminded me of, a way that is unimposing of others but equally does not take others on either.
I have never heard this expression before! It’s slightly nuts – but I love what it is saying, it’s message of the universal responsibility that we all have.
In world that only values the end product we seriously need to consider…”It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” What if we took more time, in greater quality, surely we end up being more productive with less burn out in all fields of life?
It is an interesting ‘science’ to consider the impact we have on a room when we enter it and whether we bring it grace or disharmony for example. And do we have the power to bring harmony to a disharmonious environment? Or even a disharmonious world?
Serge Benhayon introduced the importance of looking at my energetic quality and the way in which I do what I do and I will be forever in appreciation of this fact because knowing it changes everything. I can no longer go through life ignoring that I have a responsibility in terms of the energy that I choose.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it,” and when we take responsibility for how we do things knowing the energetic impact it has on others, a deeper connection can be made with both ourselves and those around us.
Sarah, I can very much relate to what you are sharing, I have been noticing recently that I am not doing things in a very hard way but that there is still a rush to how I am going about tasks, even if I have plenty of time I am still trying to optimise the time I have and so I’m not going at a natural, harmonious speed, I will push chairs in with one hand and spin round to go to the next task which makes me feel a bit dizzy, I love what you are sharing about gracefully putting your seatbelt on, when I do tasks with this presence and quality they feel beautiful and I don’t get tired like I do with the raciness.
That chosen connection that is from our conscious presence changes the next move, everything becomes a moment of energetic responsibility, honouring and self loving which then ripples out a quality that is felt as you demonstrated Sarah, with the different energy the nurses chose.
I can remember before I had been introduced to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that I would often describe someones energy as being ‘spikey’ or ‘heavy’, and would feel a massive disturbance when this presence was around me. So when I discovered Universal Medicine, and Serge presenting about how we can feel other people’s energy all the time, and how disturbing it can be, a large penny dropped. Suddenly all the feelings that I had been experiencing when around others that did not feel good made sense to me, and I also began to appreciate that if I was still I did not make a disturbance with whatever I was doing and whenever I was doing it. The Esoteric Yoga is a wonderful modality for bringing us back to this quality of stillness and a great reminder that it is only a breath away, should we choose to connect to stillness.
I love the analogy you give of the nurse coming into the room. I can relate to this experience, I was observing someone the other day in quite a momentum and nervousness. Every interaction they had led to the other person often walking away a little out of sorts and every task they did just got more complicated. I found myself reacting to this which was also then encouraging the person to stay in this behaviour. Gosh, we all have a responsibility to be aware of our actions and the impact they have on others.
I love the saying you have shared with us Sarah, it certainly brings to our awareness the invisible effect we have on those we live with and the world around us. I am certain that I too would have continued on my way, oblivious to the fact that I was making seagulls and no doubt many other creatures trip over including people, had I not had the absolute grace to engage with Universal Medicine and the realm of energetic responsibility. Learning how to become a person who graces a room rather than barging in to it is a forever unfolding process, but certainly as I journey on, I too am making less holes for others to fall down. This is such a beautiful reminder that we have an impact all of the time and now we know without doubt that the quality and nature of the impact is entirely up to us.
What I have learned through Universal Medicine is that moving with grace and stillness creates a harmonious flow of energy around us and if we lose that connection with ourselves and go into racy-ness or nervous energy then harmony is disrupted, and that doesn’t feel so good. Esoteric yoga not only brings us back to conscious presence, it brings us back to an alignment with the flow of life.
‘What energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?’ A great question to be asking Sarah, too often we rush through our day forgetting about our energetic quality and how this can effect everyone and everything. Learning to be more responsible with all our movements is a simple action that can have a powerful flow-on effect to others.
What I have learned from this blog is that we can either move in sync with the world or we can move against it, and I now understand that when I am with my body I cannot but move and be in sync with that what the world and the Universe is offering us. For me Esoteric Yoga is a great way to reconnect to my body as is Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy.
When I was a child I was daydreaming a lot. I did not like the situation I was living in and so I was looking for holes to escape. Today I am in the process of relearning conscious presence. Conscious presence leaves a joy in me, whereas daydreaming leaves me unsettled and empty. So I can see how the holes are created in me and my body through being in my head, analysing something or daydreaming whereas when I am in conscious presence I feel like a young child still interested in the world and feeling myself as a whole.
Our activities are far more than the physical action but having an everlasting energetic impress that remains until we change the way we act, move and behaviour.
Having this intimate interrelation with life is very empowering and never boring.
A very interesting saying, and an interesting understanding you gained from it – that there is a way to live that is in line and sync with the flow of the world and any other way of living grates against the harmony of the world.
Fantastic observations Sarah, and Esoteric Yoga — in the car, love that!! What was very provoking and focus-building for me was your realisation: “we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it” – and it’s encouraged me to really deeply reflect greater on this in my every day movements. Because we have a responsibility to disrupt not that which is of natural harmony and order by movements of chaos which make no sense at all though do provide great understanding when we look at the immense disruption that does exist all over the world, in families, or workplaces.
“We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?” Sarah I am pleased that you mentioned your experience of being in hospital with your friend who was dying and the impact of the nurses walking in the room. Working in nursing this is something that I am acutely aware of. We could have all the skill in the world, but if we walk into a room simply to do and complete a task, then that’s what we walk into a room with. When you are sick and/or feeling vulnerable these are the things that really stand out and it can really make the difference to feeling safe and nurtured or simply being a another patient in a bed.
So true Jennifer. It was really a profound experience as I saw so clearly what a difference we make with our emotional state. Because the situation was so heightened, I could really notice the marked difference but the reality is, that this goes on ALL the time and we are feeling it ALL the time but we are not bringing our awareness to it. The partner of my friend was also so relieved when one of the more aware and connected nurses was on that night looking after him, knowing he would be looked after well, and not just his bodily functions. Thank you to all of you nurses who do such an incredible job.
Hi Sarah – I agree it is ‘How’ we do something and I love the allegory with ‘poking holes in the sky’, very playful yet so full of meaning. When I have had an experience like the one you have shared regarding the seat belt, this experience never leaves me, and the mark it leaves supports me always in each time I repeat this movement. Everything comes back to the quality of presence each of us hold in all our movements and this quality can be truly felt.
Its a marvellous gift to know we can change how we are moving in our body by being aware of something as simple as putting a seatbelt on. Or in the case of now for me, writing these words, how gently I tap the keyboard and what awareness I have of my posture as I sit looking at the screen. Everything we do counts, and it can be real fun engaging with life in a more gentle way as it tends to slow down what is occurring.
Asking the question of not ‘why’ do we do what we do but ‘how’ is so vitally important. Thank you for raising it. It is one I have heard before, but this time it stopped me in my tracks and made me really consider the way I move around my home and work, the way I speak to people, so many other things, including how my fingers are typing this right now. It is an important point to come back to again and again.
What a great way of expressing the difference between spherical and linear energy Sarah! We are constantly and unconsciously making holes in the rhythmic fabric of the universe with our jagged movements propelled by our jagged thoughts and emotions. Fortunately for us the universal fabric resumes its un-tearable integrity as we become more present and heal our wounds. Esoteric Yoga is certainly one of the most valuable modalities in supporting this to happen.
What a wonderful phrase to come back to you. Yes, the ripples we make if we “poke holes in the air” are always felt. Recently I attended an Esoteric Yoga group and the practitioner was helping me put my big winter coat on and then delicately helped me with my scarf. I felt the absolute grace of the movements and realised how little I moved in this way going about my daily business. I felt how I jarred against the flow of life getting the job done or not getting it done depending on my day’s preference. I felt how the movement of grace was of a different quality entirely and felt how healing it was, something I too could choose to move from.
Well Sarah, while this seagull was reading your beautiful blog it did not bat an eyelid! Definitely no tripping happening – so in synch is your writing about this stillness and quality. Thank you for this timely reminder about conscious presence with our magnificent bodies.
Thank you Sarah. Lately I have noticed that when I walk to the shop to buy food that is not supportive for my body my pace is hard and rough and people often turn to look (possibly glare) as they feel the imposition of my steps. I am left knowing without a doubt that I am poking holes in the air! As I began typing this comment I could feel how out of sync my movements were with the world… and now I am in sync again just like that with a choice to be present and responsible. When I notice myself ‘out of sync’ it alerts me to the fact I am not being true to myself. When I first started typing this comment I was being harsh on myself and now that I have changed my movements I feel far more understanding and loving.
What a delightful parable Sarah and one I can totally relate to. As like for you, the healing modalities of Universal Medicine have also helped me to certainly help me to become aware of the different energetic qualities of my movements and the effects these have on myself and all others – and the differences are extraordinary.
Awesome article Sarah, and this is such a great question in regards to the effect that emotions can have on a room, ‘did you notice that a disturbance can be felt, ripples can be made, and that holes could be created?’ It’s true that although we think the only person being affected by every one of our choices, our moods and reactions is us, there is so much more at play and our movements do absolutely have ripples wherever we go.
Serge Benhayon and many of his students are indeed “inspiring so many people to look at the energetic quality in which they are living their lives.” This new way of living means that the focus is not then on achieving a result but on doing everything with loving attention so that it has the stamp of our loving presence on it. This leaves an imprint which can be felt by everyone who reads our report, listens to our presentation, watches us walk in a room, eats the meal we have cooked etc etc.
“We can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” We have a choice to be aware of this or not. If we don’t want to feel things we may dull our awareness with our favourite method e.g. eating too much, and then we clunk along in that heaviness. When we choose to stay connected we bring the quality of us to every movement and we can tune into the flow of life and not disrupt the natural harmony.
It’s amazing Sarah how simple it can be and how much our quality affects things – and how that quality is there when we come back so supporting us to build even further depth of us in all we do.
As we cannot see the imprints we leave behind in the universe we arrogantly assume they don’t exist, I love this description as it brings a visual and makes the responsibily we each have much easier to accept.
“The practitioner asked me to close my eyes and supported me to re-connect to my body, feeling my feet, my ankles, my legs, my buttocks on the seat, my back, my shoulders and neck, and then my head…” when I read this I began to feel myself drop into my own body. I often find myself getting racy and find Esoteric Yoga super supportive in the re-connection with myself, and the conscious choice to do so leads to stillness and imprints every movement with this quality.
What you share here has a huge impact on our lives when we fully take it in. It is a big responsibility we have to not poke so called “holes in the air”. Taking the responsibility how we move in harmony with the oneness we are part of.
Leaving no imprints is definitely not an option as you say Doug, so what imprints are we choosing to leave is indeed a great question.
I love the playful saying ” Don’t poke holes in the Air, the Seagulls might Trip over”. We have many of these sayings and reminders when you think of it, so we do actually know our behaviours are affecting each other and the collective quality we live with. We are all breathing in and out of the same pool…one of my favourites which reminds me of the responsibility I have with every breath I take.
“We make thousands of movement in our lives” – I love this Sarah…bringing it back to movement and the simple choice of our quality within that movement.
The modality of Esoteric Yoga is a true gift to the world. The way I move can completely transform my day, from feeling rough, out of sync and harsh on the body, to feeling graceful, in sync, and delightfully nurturing for the body to experience. I find when I feel connected to my body and gracefully move from that union I feel I am with the beauty of my soul – much better than moving in the endless rush and pressure my mind seems to think is necessary! Esoteric Yoga is now an essential part of my health care plan because of these and other benefits I feel from being connected to my body.
Love this question Sarah, ” Are we creating holes or are we maintaining the natural rhythm and flow of the world around us?” Esoteric Yoga is so supportive in bringing us back to the body, where we can feel how we have been moving in the world. It is a beautiful way to ‘re-sync’ and again feel the ease and flow that is possible when we move with a quality of inner connection…. our natural way. http://www.esotericyoga.com
We can be in flow with the world or flow against it. I’ve found this to be very true. Much is revealed here. As it is in fact sharing with us that there’s a movement within us that is natural in connection with life in and around us and there’s a movement that isn’t. What I’ve found is that it took me a long time to distiquish the two. Boy oh boy is it worth the energy I’ve put into finding this out for myself. There’s a lot in life that (still) I react to and so I leave myself, but at the same time I found a foundation within that I didn’t think let alone feel was possible in the past.
This is so awesome Sarah! I’ve never heard the saying of poking holes in the air and the birds will trip, but so love how you’ve used it in this post, it’s one of the cutest sayings I’ve ever heard.
I love your message also. It’s so perfect and needed for the crazy lives we are living.
I’ve never heard that saying before Sarah, however what you present here is gold… we can choose to be in sync with the world, or we can choose to go against the natural flow and order of life – one way is harmonious and supportive of all, and the other is a daily struggle that is exhausting – our choice!
Esoteric Yoga is a truly supportive modality for our bodies. I find the quality I come to feel in myself and movements are present thereafter with whatever the task may be. I love the lightheartedness of this blog, Sarah yet bringing us a clear and important message – thank you.
What a gorgeous saying, Sarah. A lovely reminder that we are constantly contributing to the pool of energy that we are all living with, therefore, we are either creating holes or helping to fill them in.
Yes, we are even affecting the birds around us, depending on how we move.
The fact that we each have a vast ocean of stillness inside us all and yet our common experience is of almost constant unrest is evidence of the fact that we are doing something to prevent ourselves from accessing that stillness. It is for each of us to feel the choices that we are making that distort our perception of reality.
‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ – so clear, so simple and so true. It all comes back to the quality of our movements, in each moment and the quality of relationship that we have with ourselves and everyone else. We are either being love, or we are not. Thank you, Sarah.
The method to keep humanity from remembering who we are in truth, is to get us to continually choose to separate from our bodies, which is why the modalities that Universal Medicine has brought through are centred around re-connecting us back to our bodies. It is through our bodies that we re-member.
A great way to remember to do what we do in conscious presence! We don’t want to loose anymore seagulls or they will be on the endangered list! Love your sharing and the playful but true analogy, thank you Sarah.
Thanks Sarah, I can honestly say that I cannot hear enough about the quality of energy we move in. I feel like the more I read and listen to presentations about it, the more bits sync in, it’s such an amazing observation of life. As I type now I am just feeling if I am in sync or out of rhythm…I have only just begun to appreciate the power of movement.
Hello Sarah and I’d never heard this, “Don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might trip over.” but it’s a classic I love it. It’s funny how you say also, “We all do trillions of activities throughout our lifetimes, but how often do we stop and look at how we are doing it – what energetic quality and what impact are we having on the world around us?” I was just thinking of how we place importance on the what we do currently and so as you say at the end of our life is there an honour role that has the exact number up there? Like a competition? Will they stamp my head or grave stone to read, “Ray Karam was ….years when he died and achieved 6 trillion and 42 activities” No and it’s never a competition for a number although that’s how we tend to live, it all comes down to quality. Think of any funeral you have attended and the talk always turns to quality. I will be looking out for seagulls now in a different way and if they’re tripping over I know my quality is off, thank you Sarah.
Thank you for writing this Sarah. This is such a important subject, whatever we do is felt by everyone and thus it is important learn to move in a way that does not affect anyone.
It is so true that the quality in which we are moving, talking, connecting, responding and generally living is very revealing as it does directly reflects the quality of energy that we have aligned, affecting every aspect of our daily living. Through our connection to our bodies our energetic awareness is heightened, from which we are able to discern what energy we are allowing to move us. We can feel if we are in rhythm with the flow of the universe or in resistance to it. When we are aware of what energy we are in we then are able to make conscious choices that support us to move in a harmonious way that is in accordance with the natural order of the universe.
What an absolutely gorgeous blog Sarah! Thank you for this very simple yet inspiring piece of Gold! Movement is key and we can certainly “move in sync with the world or against it” – and as you have so beautifully said too: “It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.”. When we feel that stillness as a marker, it is a wonderful reminder of how we naturally can move, then after that we simply need to remind ourselves to keep choosing that throughout our day so that every movement is re-imprinted with this same quality. So simple!
I love this Sarah, in sync or poking holes! I have been using the image of a still lake to classrooms of kids and sharing how their quiet chatter sends a ripple through the class disturbing it, we think if we are just going about our business we aren’t really causing any harm – not true, like your example of nurses coming in showed there is possibility for graceful movements or not. I agree that until Universal Medicine no one had brought this to my attention.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” – this has been one of the most profound changes I’ve made from attending Universal Medicine events. The quality in which I do anything impacts what comes next, and I’ve come to know how different something feels when I’ve done it in a quality that is in connection with me and others, rather than doing it in auto pilot.
Very playful analogy but gets to the point, which is to be responsible for how we move about our day and how we affect others. It is true that when people walk into a room out of sync with the flow everyone can feel how disturbing it is, but we clock it and then dismiss it. Thank you for the reminder to be more conscious of the holes we are creating.
Love how you write Sarah and getting an important message through as well.
I agree Matts, Sarah has a very beautiful way of writing that comes with such honesty and openness and almost a childlike quality that comes through. This childlike quality is not an immaturity, but rather, it is a wonderment at the world and its natural pulse – a quality that many adults lose (or more like tuck away and hide) as they grow up, a quality that allows us all to remain connected and choose to see life for the beauty that it is and does offer us all.
Thank you Matts.
It’s in the simplicity of the smallest movements, the putting on the seatbelt, opening the door, moving the clutch, that we can connect to the space all around us, and be in sync with this space and not resist it creating our own constriction and overwhelm. Thank you Sarah for the gorgeous reminder that it’s in these details that we can connect with God.
Yes Katerina, it’s not the ‘devil’ that is in the detail, it is God that is in the detail. And thank God for that ❤
It ain’t what we do it’s the way that we do it! Such an old saying, but it is so utterly and completely true.
I have that song in my head now Rebecca 🙂 !
Or possibly the energy we do it in?, “Ain’t” that what it is all about!
Agreed Sarah. It is hugely important that Serge Benhayon has asked us to look at the energetic quality in which we live our lives . This creates the very environment with live and breathe, and consequently our future as well.
I just loved this blog; you and the seagulls had my absolute attention from the moment I read the heading. And then I began to squirm a little at all the holes I must have “poked in the air” during my life time, when living “out of sync” was the norm for me. But slowly I have come to learn how everything I do, and even everything I think, affects another and I had to remind myself of that yesterday when I was feeling a little out of sorts; it all comes down to taking responsibility for being a member of humanity, a resident of this planet, and of every “hole in the air” that I make.
It is a bit squirmy when you realise how many holes you have ‘poked in the air’…..I am still poking quite a few so having this published is a good reminder to me as well to poke a few less!
It is amazing to have this marker, to move with grace, gentleness and flow. We tend to forget about how to move in our natural rhythm when we are choosing to be in raciness and drive. Esoteric Yoga has shown me how to move in connection to my body and I often forget that I can move in this way that is in sync with love, harmony and joy, instead of hardness, rush and disharmony. But, I am learning everyday and reading your blog Sarah is a beautiful reminder.
I am discovering that we need this reminders all the time, reminding us to come back to the love and stillness that exists within us and re-learn to live from there.
Beautifully described Sarah, and so true. Taking off the seat belt is another great marker. Great description of nurses walking into the room. We all swim in the same pool of energy and can feel the splashes, ripples and movements of each other.
Yes Nicola, the pool is a great analogy as well. Even if we dip our toe in, we are in and people can feel the ripple.
I love the way esoteric yoga can bring us back to ourselves in the present moment in an instant. It can bring stillness to our inner chaos and this is such a great gift for humanity.
It is indeed a great gift to humanity Anne and even re-reading my blog connects me back to the quality.
When I first read the title of this blog I was a little perplexed, but what you have shared makes total sense. Everything we do has an effect and I can relate to doing things in presence or being distracted and off in my head thinking of other things. Its nice to be playful with being present. I like to make up little challenges that keep me with myself and that way it doesn’t feel so serious, and as you say it’s a way to be in sync with the world.
‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ Very true Sarah, and when we move against it we resist what in truth is our essence, that is the stillness we can bring in every movement in every moment.
Great analogy Sarah, it’s like we compartmentalise activities in our lives, which ones require a loving still quality and which ones we throw quality out the window… for example, we all know to be gentle when holding a baby or caring for someone very ill but then lose this quality when it comes to mopping the floor or being rushed to get to the post office in time. We all do know because we turn it on and off… I love how by having an Esoteric Yoga session you were able to reconnect to the quality we all innately know and feel the difference in your body. What an amazing supportive tool and sealer of holes!
We can move to the natural rhythm of life or against it, one way has us living in a way that confirms the preciousness and absolute wisdom we behold and the other clumsily out of sync to all that surrounds us.
If there was a physical consequence for every movement that was out of sync, it would make sense that we would learn pretty quickly to change our movement; And yet, the reality is that we do have this, through our body, and yet, we resist it, ignore it; speed ourselves up, or dull ourselves down in order to not feel it.
Hi Sarah, I love the title of this blog – and how fitting it is. A brilliant piece of writing that allows someone to consider the quality in which we choose to do things and how our movements and actions support us and others, or disturb the space – as you beautifully put it as working with the world or not. This blog really makes me consider all the movements I repeat everyday and just what quality I do them in. Your sharing invites me to question – can I be more gentle and can I expand the activities I bring my gentleness to ? Deep thanks Sarah.
A great learning here Sarah -that is is not what we do but how we do it – that the quality of our movements can change so much – and that it is the smallest of things – ie how we walk, how we put our seatbelt on – that makes big ripples. I also loved when you said ‘we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.’ – I’ve never thought about it this way and I love how you have expressed this. xx
Imagine what it would be like if we could see the holes in the air or the wake of our walk. While we can feel our effects we can deny them but at what expense? At any point we can choose to feel before we trip ourselves and each other over.
Such a great sharing Sarah. I noticed how your Esoteric Yoga Practitioner worked with the situation you were in and actually supported you to see an area of life that you may be weak on bringing your all to. Most would be in some form of reaction when a client is in the situation you were in so I am inspired by how the situation was completely re-imprinted.
“But not this time: the energetic quality that I had established meant that I put my seatbelt on with such ease, one could even say with grace, and definitely it was in flow with the world. I don’t think the seagulls would have even batted an eyelid!”
Beautiful and accessible example Sarah, that highlights the ever-present source of energy that we choose to move with.
I like how you have the marker of the seat belt, I recently started paying attention to how I put the hand break on and that has been very revealing. It is only when we stop and we become aware are we then able to make any changes.
Yes I did that a while back Rosie when my car kept rolling down hills as I did not put the hand brake on fully! An expensive lesson to be presented!
It’s only when we begin to connect to ourselves and put that seat belt on gently do we truly realise the effects of our movements – not just how they are felt in our own bodies, but how they can affect others. Just as you drop a stone into a pond and see the ripples, so too do we create ripples. The question we have to ask ourselves is what type of ripple would we choose to leave behind.
“we can move in sync with the world, or we can move against it.” this has made me stop and think lots – I move against it most of the time, even with a thought, it’s no wonder there is so much complication in the world, and so many people exhausted if we are choosing to go against the flow of the tide.
I am so with you Gyl, and it is becoming more and more obvious when I am moving against it The tension in my body is palpable.
Now this is Esoteric Yoga in action! I love the fact that you did Esoteric Yoga in your car in between meetings and gained enormous insight from doing it. You have inspired me to take moments in my day to re-connect with my body, regardless of where I am or what I am doing.
Beautiful Sarah! I love this seagull saying, it will help me to remember how important it is to move in a way that supports everyone, me included.
Yes that is the gorgeous thing Leonne, moving in sync supports all around us – ourselves included.
So true Leonne, I also feel the ridiculousness of this saying and fully embody how every time I see a bird I will be reminded of my divine connection in the way I move.
‘I slowly connected to being with my body and the world around me expanded’, Sarah I, too am getting a sense that the more that I go inwards, towards what some would assume was a confined space, the more expansive I feel.
Sarah, this is beautifully simple and clear. We are either ‘in sync’ with the world or ‘out of sync’ with the world and the syncing starts with whether or not we are in sync with ourselves.
Yep got it in one Alexis and nice addition, it needs to start with us first.
Once someone told me when walking on a concrete path not to step on the lines as they were lava, I became paranoid and avoided the lines for I don’t know how long. Even though this is kinda funny, it is true that taking on beliefs about our world limits our ability to trust and move as who we are.
It’s true, we often do things without thinking of feeling how we are doing them. For me it’s speaking – my voice gets a sharp edge, and words are short and clipped. My movements become like staccato short and jerky. The other day a friend noticed that I was not being my almost everyday normally tender self and when she reflected that to me, I realised I have been on a business based web site and picked up on the ‘business energy’ of the people posting there. We can be very imposing when we are not being tender.
I have never heard this expression Sarah about the seagulls and it is a beautiful and playful saying that brings a light-ness to my body on reading it. Every bird winging its way through the sky will now remind me of this and to way have a deeper awareness to the quality of my movements in every way.
“Don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might trip over.”
Gorgeous Stephanie, enjoy.
I too have been amazed at the changes that happens during an Esoteric Yoga session and how tension and raciness starts to let go when I connect and allow myself to feel what is going on in my body.
And it can happen so quickly Eva, it was extraordinary how quickly I dropped away from the tension of the day and returned to my body. Even reading this today supported me to come back to my body.
“Don’t poke holes in the air, the seagulls might trip over.” – I love this Sarah – I have never heard it said before and I am not sure if it is an english saying or if that was a one off comment from someone you know, but I love the spherical feel of it. Energetically it makes all the sense in the world.
I remember really clearly a few years ago the first time the feeling that my body and the way I moved felt in sync with the world around me, almost like we were beating to the same pulse. It was such an amazing feeling, to feel like I wasn’t just doing my own thing and disrupting the world around me. Thank you so much for bringing this to my awareness today, and reminding me I’m part of a way bigger rhythm here.
Becoming aware and observant of movement beyond the obvious physical ones brings always an immense amount of joy as we tap into immanent truths.
Well said Eduardo, it does indeed.
This morning I will be getting in my car to go to the shops, what if before I start the engine I take a moment to stop, connect to my feet, my ankles, my legs, my bottom on the seat, back and shoulders, feel the quality I am in and then start the ignition and put on my seat belt? What will change? We might say very little it’s only one time. We might say we can’t see energy so it isn’t impacting the quality of the world around us or that we are too busy and don’t have time for that or like you have we may set a marker and a point to come back to as we repeat our cycles of each day, each month and each year until the point that every time we turn on the ignition and put on our seat belt we are naturally connected to ourselves and our bodies. Another moment another marker to build into my day, thank you for the inspiration.
“It is not what we do, but it is how we do it.” – This 100% and something that when applied to life changes everything I am finding. And those holes I have also experienced but for me it’s like a smell in the air that gets brought into the space around us or a hole that sucks all of those present focus into it, completely obliterating any awareness of anything outside of that hole. Awesome blog, thank you Sarah.
Your saying about the sea gulls really puts how we move and the affecting results into perspective. Until I came across Universal Medicine I never clocked the impact my harsh movements had on others, or allowed myself to truly feel how others affected me. (I often was so out of kilter myself even though on some level I definitely felt it it was easy to ignore.) Focusing on the quality of my movements, to the best of my ability, is a life changer and one that does maintain the natural rhythm and flow. Working against this now really hurts!
This is so funny, Sarah, but profoundly true, and an important call for each of us to truly feel the quality of energy we move in throughout the day, and how that ripples out into the world around us.
Sarah I’ve never heard that saying before but what I can relate to is living in a way thats about the next thing before completing the current, or indeed thinking way ahead and missing out on the moment I am in. Whats started to change that is the more I appreciate that life is about the quality in which we go about everything we do before its about what we do.
This is such a great reminder of the fact that everything we do has an effect and impact on everything else, and even if it can’t be seen, it can all be felt. Awesome also that on your trip stopping to do Yoga Sarah, that holes in the air and falling seagulls were averted. It’s a great analogy to refer to and I will certainly be more aware of how many holes I am, or am not, poking in the air also!