The Anandamaya Kosha – Bliss Body (Kosha series 5/5)

Before we dive in to the final Kosha, I’d like share the previous posts incase you missed any:

Vijanamayakosha – The Wisdom Body (4/5 Kosha series)

The Anandamaya Kosha

When we constantly see solutions presented to us from the wellness industry, it can make us feel like we are doing something wrong.

I was feeling really stressed about something recently, and I instantly thought maybe I haven’t got enough self-care in, or maybe I’m not doing enough. When the reality is no matter what we do, there is no guarantee of staying in a state of bliss. Some marketing campaigns want us to believe this is achievable because that’s how they keep the sales rolling in but it’s just not. Stress and difficult emotions are all part of the human experience.

Now of course we can care for our well-being, we can feel amazing taking time for ourselves to relax and we can nurture our nervous system and help ourselves to calm down and to work on our mindset – BUT…. feelings are always going to come and go through out the day like waves.

So let’s talk about the Anandamayakosha – the bliss body. This is the hardest kosha to activate and sustain. But when we ditch the idea that we are only mentally and emotionally thriving when we are feeling good, it makes it easier for us to provide a supportive environment for our children and ourselves. One that is full of love, acceptance and of course support.

When we are working with this kosha, practices that we want to include are things like meditation, gratitude and mindfulness. It’s all about integrating yoga and mindfulness into our daily lives and creating that inner peace and connection to our true self. Our true selves with a range of emotions that eb and flow.

Here we can teach our children strategies for coping with stress while also acknowledging that stress is okay, it’s a normal reaction or response to what ever is going on. The idea here is that we don’t need everything to be perfect, and on the other side of things, we don’t need everything to be terrible to care for our well-being.

Remembering that well-being is a journey, a personal one full of ups and down, even for our kids and not a destination or somewhere we can simply pay to be, will help you with feeling that connection to yourself and the world around you, and even in spirit.

Exploring this kosha has helped me with my parenting. When my focus is on creating a supportive environment, focusing on connection, on fun and giving my child tools to help them to relax and regulate, and it’s not on trying to be perfect or help them to manage stress perfectly, it’s so much easier – it’s less pressure! And when we are helping our family manage stress….. we don’t want to add to that stress right??

So while my mission is to share the practice of yoga with as many children and their families as I can so that they can live happier lives and manage stress together…. I also acknowledge that stress and challenging emotions are normal and no, yoga is not going to ‘cure’ or ‘fix’ that. It is not going to make you calm and happy all the time. That’s not realistic.

But here’s what yoga can do for you and your child ….

It can help you to feel calm and relaxed.

It can help you be present.

It can help you feel good in your body.

It can help bring you closer and have some fun together.

It can help you bring an awareness to your feelings and thoughts, from a place of non-judgement.

It can help you calm your busy mind and help ease anxiety.

It can help you learn ways to control your breath and in turn regulate your emotions.

There are so many tangible benefits of practicing yoga together and I hope you’ll feel inspired to either start or continue your practice together.

Thank you for following along on this Kosha series, if you enjoyed that, you’ll be happy to dive deep into calming practices that embody yoga’s teachings and work with all layers of the Kosha system inside my new program Breathe and Be.

Before I drop details for this program, I’d love to welcome you into my community and support your journey further with breathing practices your child will love. Get started here:

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