https://www.emile.yoga/mystical-physical-blog daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://www.emile.yoga/mystical-physical-blog/what-is-it-about-handstands monthly 0.5 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b7d10719c7d90aeaafa613/b0b0d66f-9f57-4a3c-a914-d424d6b93dbc/hs-pool-half7.jpg Mystical Physical Blog - What is it about handstands? My favorite line from the classic, counter-culture coming of age adventure “Into the Wild,” goes something like: “How important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong." This line conveys a penetrating and resonant perspective on prioritizing our subjective lived experience separate from our relationship to others and the outside world. On a personal level the sentiment illuminates the underlying motivation behind many of my physical and spiritual pursuits over the years. It also resonates in the way I approach my role as a yoga teacher and the way in which I attempt to help my students and clients uncover strength within themselves. Teaching yoga involves learning to see patterns in the way we move and carry ourselves, it requires me to understand physical patterns are mirroed psycho-emotionally and determine how we behave more broadly in the world. The ancient hermetic aphorism “as above, so below,” is a guiding principle on which I base my teaching, particularly in private and workshop settings when I am working with someone who is searching for, yearning for, a transformative experience. I’ve learned over the years that issues of safety and a sense of feeling secure are expressed in patterns in the lower body. In fact the number of knee issues that have revealed themselves to be intertwined with problems in my clients’ romantic and familial relationships staggers my mind nearly as much as the knee issues stagger those clients when they come to me. Concordently I’ve learned that qualities such as self control, will power and cardinally confidence are addressed most directly by the way in which we bear weight in our hands. 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