Inner Body Bright

Say "Inner Body Bright " to any Anusara student and they will puff up their inner body expanding the light and energy within and soften their outer body radiating positive energy outwards. "Inner Body Bright, Side Body Long" is something you will often hear in Anusara yoga classes - reminding us in each pose to allow the inner light to expand and to soften and pause before applying self effort.  Inner Body Bright reminds us to Open to Grace, to tune in to the currents of our heart and to the pulsating ocean of consciousness within us. 

I’ve been thinking a lot about this subscript principle--Inner Body Bright.

I’ve been thinking about the fact that it honestly doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside. It doesn’t matter how fat you are. How skinny you are. How tall or how short. Those things do not make up who you are.

Who you really are is who you are on the inside. What’s in your heart; what’s in your spirit; what’s in your soul.

I have so many beautiful friends that define who they are by what they look like. And the sad part is, they don’t even realize they do that.  It’s inbred in our society—Looks Matter—is the underlying concept in our world today.

And by no means am I saying that it’s bad to care about your appearance, but it is bad to define who you are by what you look like.

What does matter is who you are when no one is looking. What does matter is how you treat and view yourself. What does matter is who you are inside.

So, who are you?

Is your inner body bright or dark?

It doesn’t matter how much weight you lose….how many plastic surgeries you have….how many boyfriends, lovers, husbands you possess….

You are still the same person on the inside even though you might have made as many changes as possible to your outsides.

I know a lot of women who are absolutely gorgeous on the outside, but are ugly on the inside. and vice versa.

I don’t know about you, but I always want my inner body to be bright. I want to be beautiful on the outside, too—but even more beautiful on the inside.

My beautiful friend, Rachel, write a lovely blog that goes along with my thoughts and sentiments exactly. Please read it here!

 The quote at the beginning was found here.

The photo found here.