Slowing Down to Hear the Music of Life
October 25, 2009 ·
The rate of change in life is accelerating. Everyone and everything is moving faster and faster.
The Wahsington Post recently put Joshua Bell, one of the greatest violin masters in the world, in a busy Washington, D.C subway station . They video taped him playing violin while people rushed by. They wanted to see if anyone would pause and notice that a master musician was playing some of the most exquisite music on the planet. You can watch the video by clicking here: \”Stop and Hear the Music\”
Life is much like this scene in the subway station, the universe is playing a magnificent movie all around us and we are rushing right by without even noticing. Moving so quickly through life we can miss the beauty in our children’s eyes, the exquisiteness of the waves crashing on the beach, the sound of the birds, the brilliance of the night sky. We are being invited to slow down, pause and notice the master musicians playing all around us.
Yoga is a practice that invites us into a deeper intimacy with all of life by slowing down, and deepening our awareness of each moment. When we slow down to feel the breath pulsing in our body — whether we are on or off our yoga mat — we begin to attune to the natural slow rhythms of nature.
Today in our practice may we take time to pause, to feel the pulsing of our breath and the beating of our heart. May we slow down and experience the sacredness of life within us and all around us.
“Only when we tarry do we touch the holy” – Rainer Maria Rilke (Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, XXII)
