Do You Do Yoga?

I am reading a wonderful book called Birthing from Within, and it has a lot of useful information for women who want a natural delivery. I found a particular interesting concept in it that reminded me of experiences in my meditation practice.

It speaks of the Old and New brain. The old is the part of the brain is the intuitive brain that has been with humanity since th beginning. The new is the part of the brain that we have trained and the part we use to learn new information. I remember once in a class with my teacher Gary when he used the word ‘Infinity’ in leading a meditation. As soon as the word hit my ears, my state of mind changed. Being trained in astronomy, that word has less of a mystical meaning and more of a specific, mathematical meaning. It felt like Gary flipped a switch when he put that word out there - it was like he switched on my ‘new’ brain and it over wrote my ‘old’ brain that had been taking me to the meditative state.

I will have to remember this when approaching the time for labor and delivery. It will not be my intellect that will take me through, but I have extreme faith in my intuitive mind. I feel like my yoga practice has been a constant activity in support the knowledge of the ‘old’ brain.