02-17-2012, 09:37 PM
I'm not the most flexible person so I've been stretching my legs on a frequent basis to prepare for that inevitable moment when Avocado meets yoga.
A brief story: Through my awakening I was a regular user of cannabis. The way this interacted with me lead to it just bringing out incredible existential/spiritual fear in me. One of the most memorable feelings I would get come from my mind telling me "I fear my own existence". It was painfully clear that I was to stop smoking herb.
Some time later I had a new relationship with cannabis. I used it to intensify emotions and better hear subconscious dialogue. I went into this experience knowing full well I was going to greet my fear. After I had eaten the cannabis, I experienced a mellow state and soon after I had a chance to work with my fear when the experience intensified followed by a deep 'stoning' which was useful to push my body to its limits. I noticed that when I stretched, my thoughts were quelled and all feelings were physical sensations. The effects of the body on the mind were apparent.
It was much easier to stretch and my body was much more loose. This experience has shown me what my body can do and given me motivation to really get into physical practice. When I was doing it I held my hands under my feet as long as I could. It felt good.
When I was doing this I had the feeling that I would be able to alter my consciousness in a very grounded manner if I would continue to hold strong. Of course I didn't hold long but that's only greater encouragement for me.
In this experience cannabis has proven to be a very useful tool for me but achieving such emotional work (or spiritual, etc.) without external tools has been a goal for some time, I'm for developing that inner-spiritual 'technology' we are born with. That's not to say I don't already work with said technology to some extent but it's just time I take the next step and work more with the body. It is my intention to work with emotions through the use of yoga/stretching. The reason I tell you this all is because I don't know where to begin and would appreciate to hear your thoughts and feelings. I can't afford any yoga classes or anything like that right now but could surely benefit from information. This goal really seems to flirt with a broad range of subjects: mysticism, shamanism, yoga and the like. I just want to see how far stretching can take me/ how far I can take stretching. Hopefully that little story will show you where I'm coming from. Ok, thanks for reading.
respect
A brief story: Through my awakening I was a regular user of cannabis. The way this interacted with me lead to it just bringing out incredible existential/spiritual fear in me. One of the most memorable feelings I would get come from my mind telling me "I fear my own existence". It was painfully clear that I was to stop smoking herb.
Some time later I had a new relationship with cannabis. I used it to intensify emotions and better hear subconscious dialogue. I went into this experience knowing full well I was going to greet my fear. After I had eaten the cannabis, I experienced a mellow state and soon after I had a chance to work with my fear when the experience intensified followed by a deep 'stoning' which was useful to push my body to its limits. I noticed that when I stretched, my thoughts were quelled and all feelings were physical sensations. The effects of the body on the mind were apparent.
It was much easier to stretch and my body was much more loose. This experience has shown me what my body can do and given me motivation to really get into physical practice. When I was doing it I held my hands under my feet as long as I could. It felt good.
When I was doing this I had the feeling that I would be able to alter my consciousness in a very grounded manner if I would continue to hold strong. Of course I didn't hold long but that's only greater encouragement for me.
In this experience cannabis has proven to be a very useful tool for me but achieving such emotional work (or spiritual, etc.) without external tools has been a goal for some time, I'm for developing that inner-spiritual 'technology' we are born with. That's not to say I don't already work with said technology to some extent but it's just time I take the next step and work more with the body. It is my intention to work with emotions through the use of yoga/stretching. The reason I tell you this all is because I don't know where to begin and would appreciate to hear your thoughts and feelings. I can't afford any yoga classes or anything like that right now but could surely benefit from information. This goal really seems to flirt with a broad range of subjects: mysticism, shamanism, yoga and the like. I just want to see how far stretching can take me/ how far I can take stretching. Hopefully that little story will show you where I'm coming from. Ok, thanks for reading.
respect