What is this feeling? Some reasons we may keep coming back to Yoga.......

“So much has changed for me over this last year of coming to Yoga. I can do things with my body I never thought I’d be able to do. But there’s something else I feel ... I’m not sure what it is and I’m not sure what happens....” Pendeen June 2023

This is what someone turned to say to the person next to them, at the end of a Yoga Class I taught last week, and is one of the most gratifying things I’ve ever heard in a class. This is partly because it’s always great to know what people are feeling from the sessions, but also because, ever since I started practicing Yoga, I too have experienced a hint of this ‘something else’, but can’t pretend to know what it is. At least not with my thinking mind.

I know lots of us find our lives change for the better as we develop a regular Yoga/Relaxation/Meditation practice. We might feel enlivened, more at ease, stronger, more flexible in our bodies. We may feel less anxious and sleep better. We might even find we get on with people around us more easily (at least sometimes?). I often hear people say that they feel more connected. The question we can ask though, is, connected to what? What is this feeling we sometimes have?