We are rarely who we think we are. Or are we? Manomaya kosha is the mental illusion over our true self. Our Work IN today we’re discussing our mind, its monkey aspects, squirrelish behavior and how to untangle the truth of who we are. Welcome back to our series on the koshas. We've discussed Annamaya, our physical body layer, last week we talked about pranamaya kosha our energetic/breath layer and today we’re diving into Manomaya Kosha. Mano= mind Maya= illusion. Manomaya is all about our thoughts.  

Without breath, we cease to exist and yet we spend very little of our time or attention understanding its healing power. Unless we’re in a yoga class. That’s our Work IN today, exploring pranamaya kosha, our energetic self, through the breath as a communication pathway between the body and the mind for stress and trauma healing.

 I would guess that a majority of the people on this planet identify themselves first and foremost as their physical form and what it can do.  That’s our work IN today. We’re going to talk about our perception of our physical form, the annamaya kosha and how that perception can create calm or chaos in our stress response and overall health.

Stress and trauma is overwhelming because it permeates every layer of our being. Having a deeper understanding of what those layers are can help us start the healing process toward post traumatic growth. Today our work IN is an introduction to  a series of episodes on the koshas that can guide us along that path to resilience.

Today on the Work IN we’re going to explore the connections between trauma informed yoga and this mysterious thing we call somatic movement. It’s the ultimate work IN. It’s important for both instructors and providers of trauma informed movement AND the general population because we are all communicating some kind of message through our bodies every time we move and it would be nice to know we were saying what we mean. SO we’re going to talk about not just what these things are and how they relate to each other but also why they’re important and how we can use them to get results beyond what the eyes can see. With my guest Yogafit Worldwide Master trainer Shaye Molendyke.