Colours of Yoga

BY TASHA BODNARCHUK

Reconnecting to our SOUL’S PURPOSE

Red is the powerfully bright colour connected to passion and action. It is the colour of our blood - our life force, which flows through our veins, allows our heart and organs to pump and the magical liquid which energizes our physical body to move and exist in this world.

Red is the colour of our root chakra, in Sanskrit, our ‘Muladhara’chakra. It is the base of our physical, emotional and spiritual body. There are many poses, postures and flows in yoga that can create warmth and a fire within. Yet, when I think of our red root, connecting us to this earth, meditative postures such as Lotus position or

any sitting postures that allow you to enter into a relaxed or meditative state come to mind. If you are not able to get into Lotus position (Padmasana) – sitting cross-legged, with each foot placed on the opposite thigh, find a comfortable seated posture for your body. When we are able to find stillness in our body, this allows for stillness in our minds. When we can find even moments or minutes of stillness in our minds, we can connect to our basic needs and true instincts. When we return to the base of ourselves we can connect to who we really are and feel into what lights us up, that red fiery passion of our soul’s purpose.