A Place to Land

Oh, our dear minds.

Like butterflies, they flit and flutter — sometimes restless, sometimes weary — until they find a place to land.

In yoga, that landing can feel inward: settling into your breath, grounding in the body, or arriving into presence itself.

And yet, the inward journey is never only inward, and our experiences in yoga aren’t ever truly separate from our world.

Each breath has the power to usher us into the remembrance of our shared existence. Every sensation can return us to the web of gravity and ground. Each mindful movement can reunite us with the wider rhythms of Earth herself.

Landing inside yourself doesn’t have to mean retreating from the world; it can be a rediscovery that you are part of something far greater and vaster than your individual self.

When the mind rests in this way— into connection rather than isolation—our sense of self begins to expand.

This shifts everything. The question becomes less about where you give your mind a place to rest, and more about how those places - and that experience - reveal the truth of your inherent belonging to life.

We find an aliveness, power, and vitality that belongs not just to us but flows through us. It’s both deeply personal and utterly universal - the same quiet that lives in old-growth forests and star-filled skies - reminding us we were never separate at all.

A Micro-practice for Resting into Connection

• Sit or lie down comfortably. Place one hand on your chest, the other on your belly.
• Notice your next inhale and exhale without changing anything.
• For five breaths, imagine you are breathing with the trees, oceans, and winds — imagine that  each breath is a collaboration with life, rather than something you are doing on your own.
• As you exhale, feel the ground holding you. As you inhale, sense the air as a gift passing through you - the same air that has moved through countless lungs, leaves, and landscapes.
• After five breaths or so, pause. Notice: Does your mind feel less like a butterfly flitting alone and more like part of a wider field of wings?