"True yoga is not just doing a posture as dictated by the outside robotic influences, but more an observation from within at what happens in the body along the journey...Now matter how still we think we are there's always a tiny movement somewhere inside, visible only to us, I think it is called life...

Just become quiet enough in the thinking brain to observe movement that is happening in the physical body.

Relaxing - truly relaxing - is becoming quiet, watching the pattern of breathing and keeping your attention there until the pattern of the breathing takes over and governs the movement within.

This is where the stillness in yoga comes from, not doing a movement but observing the movement that happens within the breath..

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we don't have time to observe this deep movement; we're doing, not being.

It's like abseiling down the thread of breath."

~ Patricia Mary Sparrow ( 12 March 1935 - 13 April 2006)

I wanted to share this quote with you because yin practice seems like a perfect vehicle to "abseil down the thread of breath," once we feel at ease enough to observe it and be present to it.

On a practical side of things - some ball+yin footwork for you today.

This is the time of year when most of us get out of doors - so our feet suddenly receive way more load and stimulation then they do the whole winter long.

Here are some simple ball-yin Body Intelligence Techniques that can help you to unhurt your feet and prep them for the feet - on - the - ground season ahead.

The purpose is to not only wake up the feet, but to bring more detailed awareness to the feet to enhance our overall sense of balance, proprioception, and "ground control".