Garudasana

Garudasana:

garudasana, eagle pose, this is the asnana that brings me the most challenge right now, a mixture of balance, strength and flexibility in a single standing posture. This isn’t a pose that I commit to in the same way as standing bow, where the fall becomes the edge to my commitment, taking it just to point of tempting gravity with my devotion to its hold. No, garudasana is different all together, it requires a mindfulness of parts before I sense its flow, that right before I reach the seamless expression of its completion — I must first devote myself to every aspect of this post.

garudasana is a journey.

every time I seek to hold this pose.

physically there is a high demand for strength involved, flexibility through the hips as well as upper body, and balance at every point. To complete the pose with any degree of satisfaction every component must be met in order, no part ignored for even a moment, a mindfulness that holds it all together. I love this pose for the very reason of its demands, how I am asked to commit to each part before I’m able to even imagine its completion, trusting that there is a seamless connection here that exist through every aspect, and my that my faith will result in full expression of the pose.

it’s called eagles pose, translated from Sanskrit, yet in yoga traditions it more related…