Kāyā-kāśayoḥ saṃbandha-saṃyamāt-laghu-tūla-samāpatteh-ca-ākāśa-gamanam
The skill of moving through space comes from samyama on the relationship between body and space, coupled with meditation on lightness
Here Patañjali offers a two-fold insight: first, taking into account the subtle relationship between body and space; then in merging your identity with something that is very light, like cotton. You can sometimes see this when you observe highly proficient ice skating; they seem to defy gravity when they are “in the zone” as they move with extraordinary fluidity because of the profound relationship they have developed with body and space.
Damian Cadman-Jones is an authorised teacher of Prana Vashya Yoga™
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