One of my favorite things to do when I teach a yoga class is to ask my students to close their eyes, sense the quality of their energy and then show it to me with a hand gesture. As they sit there with their eyes closed, their hands begin to move in such a wide variety of ways—no two students’ hand movements ever look the same. Some trace a shape of a smooth, even wave, others show miniature explosions, some gestures look sporadic and jittery; still, others appear to be flatlining. Read more