Teaching Tales: A Yoga Therapy Class "The Heart That Knows"

Teaching Tales: A Yoga Therapy Class "The Heart That Knows"

The Heart That Knows

There was once a woman who carried knowledge in her head but disconnection in her body. At seventy-one orbits around the sun, her breathing had become shallow, her shoulders curved inward as if protecting something precious, and her energy reserves had dwindled to concerning levels.

"What would you like to experience?" came the gentle question.

"More energy," she replied, her voice betraying how long this simple wish had remained unfulfilled.

The session began not with movement but with understanding. As the facilitator explained the intricate dance of oxygen and hemoglobin molecules, something unexpected happened.

"Now bring your attention here," the guide suggested, gesturing to the heart center. "And just concentrate on bringing your energy up from your extremities."

How curious that knowledge paired with heart-centered awareness could create an immediate shift. Within moments, a spontaneous yawn emerged – the body's ancient signal of autonomic reset.

"Do you feel that?" the facilitator asked. "Your nervous system is becoming happy."

As the session progressed, three profound moments of transformation unfolded. Each followed the same mysterious pattern: precise physiological knowledge was shared, attention was directed to the heart center, silence was allowed to bloom, and then – as if by quantum magic – a measurable shift occurred.

The Heart That Knows

The woman's breathing pattern, which had been operating at only 52% autonomy, began to regulate itself without effort. Her field of awareness, previously confined within her skin boundary, began to expand outward.

"What's happening?" she asked, noticing the unfamiliar sensation of spaciousness.

"You're experiencing the Heart-Knowledge Bridge," came the reply. "When understanding passes through the heart, it transforms from information into living wisdom."

Most remarkable was the physiological age marker. As knowledge merged with heart-centered awareness, this number began a backward journey, ultimately settling 9.7 years younger than when the session began.

"But how is this possible?" she wondered.

"The heart has always known what the mind is just beginning to understand," the facilitator explained. "That consciousness itself is a quantum field where observation collapses potential into reality. By bringing heart-centered awareness to your physiology, you're literally changing which version of your body becomes manifest."

She smiled, realizing that for years she had been seeking energy from outside sources when the true power had always resided in this sacred bridge between knowledge and heart.

In the days that followed, she found herself spontaneously pausing throughout the day to reconnect with this bridge – bringing her awareness to her heart center while contemplating the miraculous intelligence operating within her cells. And each time she did, energy flowed not like a borrowed resource but as an awakened remembrance of her own divine nature.

Teaching Tales: A Yoga Therapy Class "The Heart That Knows" by Yehudah Shilo Groskin