July 3, 2007

Unlimited Improvisations

As I began my yoga practice I cringed and didn't want to continue. I never know what I will experience on that mat. This time, since my knee keeps locking on me, I felt deflated. "I feel so limited" I said, but he responded "no you're not, there are unlimited improvisations." How delicious to think! So many micro-movements and postures.

Nothing is impossible? I read that once you start looking for miracles they begin to appear everywhere. While reading for one of my classes I came across the idea of the body vibrating at a certain frequency. When five grandfather clocks with their pendulums swinging out of sequence are placed in a room together, eventually all the pendulums will swing together. Merging and regulating frequencies.

Wikipedia writes "Improvisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This invention cycle occurs most effectively when the practitioner has a thorough intuitive or technical understanding of the necessary skills and concerns within the improvised domain."

There is a card on my bulletin board of a woman walking into a shape that looks like a dimensional opening.. she is walking down a road... everytime I see this image I feel a sense of mystery come over me, and I sense infinity.