Reflecting on Victoria Hutchins’ poem about a child on a swing, this post explores bodily memory of effortless letting go and how we shift from instinctive release to habitual gripping—of identity, plans, and control. Connecting this to yogic concept of aparigraha, non-grasping, it considers tension between holding and release in everyday life and invites return to trust, presence, and aliveness of surrender, ending with a simple invitation to reconnect with breath, sky, and

Ahimsa, the first of the yamas in yoga philosophy, is often translated as non-harming. Rather than a fixed ideal, it may be understood as a lived inquiry—an invitation to meet our choices, our impact, and our relationships with greater awareness and compassion.