When I set out in Spring consciously trying to move all parts of myself into one whole I didn't even think about exercise. Big mistake. My relationship with exercise has deteriorated since doing my Masters as I feel I barely have enough time in the day to eat and breathe. Exercise is something which it is easy for me to drop, despite the fact that intellectually I know it is as vital, in many ways, as eating and breathing. Now I am in the process of ramping up my daily practice I suddenly realised a connection with magick and exercise. Not that simply doing exercise regularly is better for my magick (which it is!) but that I could be doing magick whilst I exercise.
This though came to me whilst I was in the middle of a rune working meditation on Uruz, the rune of the Auroch, of strength, vitality and courage. I just couldn't quite get the working right and was thinking about why that might be. Then it came to me. In order to absorb and resonate in harmony with this rune I need to be in my body feeding my own vitality. My practice over the last few months has moved very much into my head (something I will have to watch in future) but in order to fully integrate I need to be really present in my body. In particular it felt like I wasn't going to get my work with Uruz without bringing it into a very physical place.
So I got up early and prepared my space with fresh water for drinking and an Aerobic Pilates DVD. I wanted to start with a form of exercise which would allow me to work magick and get a good work out at the same time, Pilates has a great emphasis on core strength and breathing both of which felt very supportive of the magickal working. The aerobic aspect would give me a great work out but without the ultra complicated steps of some of my other routines. Then down to business, but only for a short work out - I wanted this to be a test run.
It was a challenge keeping the rune resonation going throughout the whole 15 minutes and I came and went with my concentration. I sure that this will improve in time. The session was hard work but focussing on Uruz definitely helped out with some of the postures and I felt a definite uniting of body, mind and spirit during some of the exercise. The best aspect was the 15 minutes of meditation I did straight afterwards - that was some of the most powerful meditation I have ever done. I am going to try and keep up something similar for the next month and move into a more physical realm again whilst bringing that magickal headspace with me. If I can crack this then I will feel like I have been able to take a big step forwards. I'll be logging some of my experiences as I try new ways of combining the two. Hopefully next I'll be combining it with some wild dancing!
This though came to me whilst I was in the middle of a rune working meditation on Uruz, the rune of the Auroch, of strength, vitality and courage. I just couldn't quite get the working right and was thinking about why that might be. Then it came to me. In order to absorb and resonate in harmony with this rune I need to be in my body feeding my own vitality. My practice over the last few months has moved very much into my head (something I will have to watch in future) but in order to fully integrate I need to be really present in my body. In particular it felt like I wasn't going to get my work with Uruz without bringing it into a very physical place.
So I got up early and prepared my space with fresh water for drinking and an Aerobic Pilates DVD. I wanted to start with a form of exercise which would allow me to work magick and get a good work out at the same time, Pilates has a great emphasis on core strength and breathing both of which felt very supportive of the magickal working. The aerobic aspect would give me a great work out but without the ultra complicated steps of some of my other routines. Then down to business, but only for a short work out - I wanted this to be a test run.
It was a challenge keeping the rune resonation going throughout the whole 15 minutes and I came and went with my concentration. I sure that this will improve in time. The session was hard work but focussing on Uruz definitely helped out with some of the postures and I felt a definite uniting of body, mind and spirit during some of the exercise. The best aspect was the 15 minutes of meditation I did straight afterwards - that was some of the most powerful meditation I have ever done. I am going to try and keep up something similar for the next month and move into a more physical realm again whilst bringing that magickal headspace with me. If I can crack this then I will feel like I have been able to take a big step forwards. I'll be logging some of my experiences as I try new ways of combining the two. Hopefully next I'll be combining it with some wild dancing!
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