YOGA + MOVEMENT
SUBTLE BODY SCIENCE
Guided by Intuition BY SHANTI KRISHNA (SHE/HER)
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little hand gently grabs mine, a subtle ask for guidance through the busy surroundings. As we thoughtfully move in unison, the opposite little hand glides its fingertips along the way, feeling what we pass by and gracefully flowing with trust, ease, and a surrender to the guidance received. When I found out my daughter was blind at 2 months old, I knew I was in for a profound teaching in life and felt honored to to be chosen as her mother. To witness her exploring and navigating her environment with subtle energetic perception and light vision, and feeling into spaces she encountered with touch, sound, authentic curiosity, and fearlessness was awakening and admirable. Years later, through kundalini yogic teachings, I began to discover the science of the subtle body — our ability
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”[T]hrough kundalini yogic teachings, I began to discover the science of the subtle body — our ability to sense and perceive the infinite and universal reality within the material and physical realm.”
to sense and perceive the infinite and universal reality within the material and physical realm. It became clearer to me what it meant to embody an intuitive essence and how my daughter could move with such grace and flow, regardless of her limited vision. As taught in kundalini yoga, ten bodies make up the human: the physical body, three mental bodies, and six energy bodies. The subtle body, the
ninth body and one of the six energy bodies, moves beyond what we can see and feel and allows us to flow with divine guidance. Calmness, clarity, and intuition are the embodiments of a balanced subtle body. With this subtle body balance, you gain the superhuman ability to witness your surroundings with a vivid and open-minded perspective, a deeper sense of understanding, and a trust in
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