Energy moves where attention flows. Both ancient yoga and modern science tell us this truth in different languages, yet the essence remains the same: what you focus on expands.
Yoga refers to it as prāṇa, the life force that moves through subtle channels known as nāḍīs. Neuroscience might describe it as brainwave coherence, nervous system regulation, or electromagnetic flow. Caroline Myss, in Anatomy of the Spirit, offers another lens, the energy of the soul moving through the body as power centres, each one mirroring a stage of consciousness and personal evolution.
Together, these teachings invite us to see energy not as something mystical, but as a living dialogue between body, mind, and spirit, one that deepens each time we pause to listen.
The Body as Energy Field
Every thought, emotion, and belief carries frequency. When we feel grounded, the energy in our lower chakras —specifically, the base, sacral, and solar plexus —supports us with stability and confidence. When we hold resentment, fear, or shame, that flow constricts, showing up as tension in the body or fatigue in the spirit.
Myss teaches that energy follows consciousness. When we think with clarity and truth, our power flows cleanly; when we dwell in fear or self-betrayal, energy leaks away. The yogic path mirrors this. Through āsana, prāṇāyāma, and dhyāna, we learn to consciously move energy, aligning the physical, emotional, and spiritual layers of our self.
Devotion as Practice
Working with energy isn’t about control, it’s about relationship. It’s about softening the edges between effort and surrender:
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Ujjāyī Breath: Feel the whisper of air in the back of the throat, guiding your awareness inward. Each breath steadies the nervous system and refines focus
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Bandhas: Subtle internal locks that redirect energy. Mūla Bandha, the root lock, grounds the body. Uḍḍīyāna Bandha lifts, Jālandhara Bandha contains. Together, they teach containment, energy held with awareness becomes strength
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Mantra: The repetition of sacred sound, whether whispered or silent, vibration shapes thought and emotion, tuning you to higher frequencies of presence
These are not just practices; they are acts of devotion, the steady returning to what is unseen yet deeply felt.
Why Devotion Matters
Devotion is not about ritual for its own sake. It is the practice of reverence, an awareness that energy is sacred, and that your body is both an instrument and a temple.
To devote yourself to your energy is to become conscious of where it flows. To choose thoughts that nourish rather than deplete. To move with awareness, speak with integrity, and listen when your body whispers before it shouts. Energy is devotion, not something we do, but a way of being in partnership with life itself.
Self Reflection
Energy work is subtle, yet it touches everything. Each breath is a conversation with the unseen, and each thought is a current that moves through the field of your being. The invitation is not to master energy, but to honour it, to live with enough awareness to feel its flow and enough devotion to direct it towards truth.
Journal prompt:
What energies within me am I ignoring?
How can I honour my body as a vessel of energy today?
