Centering within space

An equally important attribute of Centering is its ability to develop your sense of self within space. In other words, your sense of who you are in context to the confusion around you. Once again, it comes down to the very innate physiological aspects of the human body. In order to gain a better sense of what we are, all we need to do is focus on ourselves. It may seem strange that simply changing where you focus your attention can make such a difference, but if you have not done so already perform the exercise and you will see it does. If you take a moment to think about it, it makes perfect sense. The mental, physical and emotional aspects of your thinking are all interrelated and affect each other.
You cannot move your hand without thinking about it. You cannot become angry without it changing how you feel and how your body reacts to how you feel. So, now you can appreciate the profound implications Centering can have upon your state of mind in your life. In very simple terms, the way to get in touch yourself within the space that surrounds you is to focus on the physical mental and emotional center of your own body. Your abdomen or the Dan Tien as the Taoists refer to it is the physical, mental, and emotional center of your body.
Your Dan Tien is located two finger lengths below your belly button. If you were to balance the body on a pole it would be at that point. Centering techniques such as breathing require that you focus your concentration on that area. When you focus on yourself within your body, you also focus on yourself within the world at surround you. As mentioned before, when we interact with our environment and the people around us our state of mind is altered. We gain new information, new impressions, new perspectives, and sometimes, unexpected emotions. This exchange is essential in giving us a clear understanding of what is around us. In any interaction, even the most trivial we are changed in some way and for some degree of time. In any conversation, we are affected emotionally and physiologically. Much of this may not be apparent to us during or even after the conversation. However, its impact generally stays with us for some time. Because much of this is non-cognitive, most people do not have an effective method to process, release, and assimilate the information. The end result, at times, may cause unexpected or undesired results. Like my college experience, you may find yourself not feeling like yourself or reacting in a way that is not typical of you.
Centering within yourself brings you back to your inherent nature. To be sure, this nature is ever-changing as you grow and develop. However, getting in touch with your inherent nature from time to time allows you some degree of control over internalizing or refuting the effects of the exchanges with your environment.

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