This sentence sets me thinking. Whatever we are doing, are we thinkingly doing or thoughtfully doing?
Is there a difference?
What is thinkingly doing?
What is thoughtfully doing?
Based on the book “A “Class” After A Class” by Prashant Iyengar, it explains that thinkingly doing as being in the process of thinking and doing at the same time. It is like going into a triangle pose for instance. As you move into the pose, you think. You think how are you moving into the pose, you think this hand in front, this leg is in front, straighten both legs, tuck your tailbone, head look up, hand open bright and straight up. So this is thinkingly doing.
This is a state where all of us should always be in. Yoga requires one to be active in thinking when you are doing. By doing each pose thoughtlessly, you are endangering yourself. Thus, by thinkingly doing we are learning, progressing and growing… no matter which level we are at. Even if you are not at the final pose, as long as you are thinkingly doing, you are reaping the benefits from the pose!
For thoughtfully doing, what I understand is to a reflective state after you are in the pose. You think about all the details you have gathered after the pose. You consolidate all the information. You stay at the pose and feel the difference. You understand why move the body this way or that way, you reap the benefit of the pose.
What do you think?
As what the book says :
“At every level, the fruit is reaped. And try to taste the fruit of every pose at every degree.”
~Namaste!
This is right here, in the present, not the future.