“We are exploring what we’re exploring with.” ~ Gabrielle Roth

I’ve been looking for an image showing the central energy channel through which the Tide flows in Biodynamic Meditation (and Craniosacral Biodynamics). (This post is one in a series of posts on practicing Biodynamic Meditation, on Instagram, this blog, and Facebook.)

This one is closer to what I experience than most of the images.

There are maps…and then there’s the territory, conceptual information and felt experience.

IMO, we need maps to show us where we’re going. The territory is what we’re exploring.

In yoga anatomy, the sushumna nadi is the channel that connects the crown of the head to the pelvic floor.

Alongside it, usually shown interweaving between chakras, are the ida and pingala nadis.

I experience them as one strong central channel.

This is the channel to tune into when seeking the Tide. Every human has this central channel.

Practicing yoga (any kind of yoga) can help the channel strengthen as it also cultivates your awareness of it.

There are numerous options! You can do Yoga with Adriene (my Austin home girl) at home on YouTube for free if you prefer.

Today, after I’d done 7 bhastrikas and settled into sukhasana, I brought my attention to this midline/midspace column…and felt my central channel become stronger and clearer.

Monkey mind was less active.

The Tide — the sensation of energy flowing in the vertical plane — paused in my chest, and my heart chakra opened.

It continued to move up, and I felt radiance at my face and my ajna third-eye chakra open…

And then I experienced swirly sensations in my pelvis.