By Lori (Priya) Kenney

As a longtime Embodyment^® Yoga Therapist, I took the Embodyment^® PLUS course recently. 

During the course, I became acutely aware of what was happening in my body. I accepted the emotions. I let go of wanting a certain outcome and surrendered to the process. The results were magnificent, beyond my imaginings. This training gave me a yoga miracle!

I took the course for two reasons. First, I wanted more tools to help clients who are dealing with knotty issues. And I knew the training would bring me much-needed personal change.  

We learned powerful therapeutic Embodyment^® techniques to use on clients while in poses. I was not disappointed by what I can now offer clients. 

I was also amazed by a training taking me so deep. My whole body and mind changed. I had no shortage of knots in both. 

Some of the unraveling was challenging and uncomfortable. On the third day, my whole body hurt to the bone. I felt weepy and overwhelmed. Knowing this was a good sign, I embraced it. The roto-rootering and openings took me beyond what I’ve ever known. 

Time got stretchy. It wasn’t even lunchtime, yet I felt like I’d experienced several days.  

Gurudevi giving us an experiential anatomy lesson was a highlight. She got down on the floor with us! She gave us the experience of knotting and un-knotting. 

Earlier, we had learned a brand-new pose. She created it to release a hard-to-reach knot, tight muscles at the top of your tailbone and the bottom of your sacrum. This pose works wonders!

Then my yoga miracle happened. In another awesome session, I felt my tailbone and sacrum flying free. It was more than release. It was liberation from bondage that I was only aware of after it was gone. 

I experienced total freedom, beyond bliss. The crazy thing was that it felt natural to be free. 

Crazier still is how “normal” the bondage had been. My clamped down sacrum and tailbone were so familiar, just part of me. Giving up that bondage gave me the experience of formlessness, while in my body.

At the same time, I felt more anchored within. What lies within me is so much greater than my physical form and identities. Svaroopa^® Yoga is so effective at dissolving cramped, heavy places inside and outside. 

I’m so grateful to have new tools to share. I have increased confidence about helping others. I have the experiential knowing that gnarly knots can dissolve.