Yoga Anatman: What if you created an infinite space of welcome within you?

This article is a synthesis of the Yoga Anatman session of November 7, 2026, guided by Alexandre Anatman, on a Saturday morning when tears flowed like a river at dawn.

One deep breath in, all together. Then that tiny, immense gesture: letting it all go. “I let go, I let go, I let go.” Even before the body rose, something had already faded away, like a veil slipping from a shoulder ✨.

That morning, emotion came early, and it stayed. It moved through the postures, the mantras, the steaming cup of chai. Alexandre whispered it, his voice touched: “it’s very emotional today.” And each time, the same answer, gentle as a hand laid on the heart: I welcome all emotions, I welcome 💖.

Have you ever felt, deep down, a room vaster than yourself? A hall without walls where everything can come in, joy as well as tears? That is exactly where this session takes you.

The Room Without Walls

Within each of us lies a power we tend to forget. A discreet power, almost shy, that comes before every project, every love, every new beginning. Alexandre named it simply: “creating space” 🌱.

Creating space to welcome an emotion. Creating space for a relationship, a move, an apple pie. Creating space to finally hear the messages of your soul, the ones that sometimes arrive at four in the morning, while everything is still asleep.

This morning, the door opened a crack onto that mystery. Behind it: sovereignty, consciousness, and that very simple joy of choosing every color of your life. Let’s step in together. 🕊️

The Morning’s Teaching

A steaming cup set on the floor. Chai, this morning. But Alexandre tenderly points out that green tea, any tea, hot water, anything will do, as long as it’s hot. What matters is what you are about to place into it 🌿.

For the elixir is an informed drink. Informed by mantras, a science that has come to us from India over thousands of years. Long before our laboratories, the yogis knew that everything is energy, everything is vibration, everything is frequency. Every word spoken over the cup becomes a note that dissolves into it.

And then there is this instruction, simple and deeply moving: to live the elixir ceremony “as if it were the last one.” To learn to live each moment as if it were the last. The mantra came all on its own: gratitude for receiving the carpe diem initiation, gratitude for entering the sacred ✨.

Who Awakens?

Then the question arose, amid the tears: what does it mean to awaken? It means becoming aware. I awaken to what I am.

But who awakens? Who becomes aware? Alexandre’s answer has the softness of a secret: it is consciousness becoming conscious of itself. Far beyond the “I,” far beyond the “me.”

“It is the absolute that is here, and the relative is within it.”

We readily say “deep within you.” It’s only a figure of speech. In truth, it is you who are within the soul, within being. The little box inside the big one. The relative identity rests within the absolute, like a wave in the ocean 🌊.

The Absolute Is Complete

Listen to this realization. When the “I” surrenders to life, it is the absolute that lives itself. And the absolute simply is. It is complete. It knows no lack; it does not even know need.

When consciousness identifies with the “I,” everything changes. Lack appears, and thoughts, programs, a whole set of mechanisms that manufacture needless suffering.

The whole beauty of this yoga comes down to one word: choice. Having the choice to move from one to the other. From “I” to “it.” And from that “it,” free of identity, identity itself can be reprogrammed, renewed, the way you’d modify a video game 🎮… or the way a butterfly takes back its colors 🦋.

This is your true nature. An altered state of consciousness open to everyone, reached by letting go, by surrendering, by pairing sound with that state. A set of techniques for disappearing: consciousness stops identifying with the self and identifies instead with the whole. The Non-Self, lived in the heart.

A Refuge, Never an Escape

Be careful, Alexandre clearly points out: welcoming from the absolute never means accepting everything. In the relative, I decide, I weigh things up, I choose, I say yes, I say no. And I listen to all my human needs.

The absolute then becomes an inner safe haven. When the relative grows heavy, when a loved one’s suffering or my own becomes too dense, I can step for a moment into this vaster mode. Take another angle. Let something greater welcome what is 🤍.

Your Great Power on Earth

Then the mantra: gratitude for creating within me an infinite space of welcome and love. And the revelation that comes with it: each and every one of us has an incredible power, the power to create space.

Since what we are is non-local, it becomes possible to create an inner space. If I feel in my heart that I can welcome an event, a situation, a love, then I create the space to welcome it.

“I create space, and in that space I am going to live something.”

A friendship, a love, a career project, a journey, more abundance, an apple pie. Everything begins with that space. Only then come the technical aspects: how I build, how I make it. This is where we discover the secrets of the universe 🌟.

Realizations During Yoga Anatman

It all begins with the first mantra, the one that opens every morning: “I surrender to my inner yogi.” And already, Alexandre notices with a smile, something has disappeared right from the start. The body can rise, light, almost surprised by its own lightness 🌅.

Feet firmly on the ground. The arms rise. You engage the calves, the thighs, the glutes, the abs, and rise onto the tips of your toes, suspended by your hands. The shoulders stretch, the spine stretches, and suddenly the heart smiles. In this reach toward the sky, a quality awakens: determination. And a wave of gratitude for the hearts gathered here 💞.

Then the blindfold. No more need for visual reality. Thumbs hooked together at the lower back, you pull, the shoulders open, the head gently tips back. Bending forward, the hands rise behind you, and you feel everything this awakens in the thighs. The hands touch the floor, you push, you straighten the legs on the exhale. Then the right angle, hands on the knees, and everything releases.

One rule runs through the whole practice, carefully recalled: I breathe in through the nose, I breathe out through the mouth. Never holding the breath. The breath remains a continuous river.

The right arm rises, the body leans to the left. A contemplative question arises: what does it do to me to lean all the way to the left? The hand cradles the back of the neck, massaging the cervical spine, and a mantra full of humor: “I surrender to my inner masseur.” Then the other side, with the same gentleness.

Then comes the first territorial OM, deep and resonant, at the level of the feet. An OM to dare to express your territory and your identity. Then the face: massaging the cheeks, stretching the jaws, that precise spot under the ears where you press ever so gently until the tension melts away. And there is the face, ready to smile 😊.

A thread suspends the crown of the head. The head draws circles, the chin brushing the chest. You can even feel the scalp stretch. Then the great circles: the chin traces immense orbits and the whole body follows, all the way down to the pelvis. A new fluidity appears, as if the body remembered being water.

The arms open wide in a cross, the rib cage expands, the head tips back. And in this opening of the heart, the first mantras of love: “Life, I love you,” I surrender to you. Gratitude for being alive. Gratitude for feeling my physical body. Gratitude for feeling so many emotions. The tears are already coming, and the instruction falls, tender: let yourself cry, welcome 💧🤍.

Hands at the lower back, thighs, glutes, lumbar area and abs engaged: the posture of the 5 Tibetans lets you lean back in complete safety. Then the pelvis draws circles, knees slightly bent, and you let the yogi do the work. A practice of balance and support. A second territorial OM, deeper still.

Three minutes of squatting frog, with the breath of fire: you exhale through the nose and the air comes back in on its own, each at your own pace. Alexandre reminds us: this is a yoga that creates many cumulative effects, to be practiced every day. Then the seated posture, back straight, head straight, and you feel the effects ✨.

The intermediate posture opens the spine backward. For those who choose it, the plank: the pelvis rises, and rises again, three minutes of breath of fire. Then the soles of the feet come together, the hands take hold of them, the torso leans forward. Nothing is forced. Everything surrenders. The butterfly folds its wings 🦋.

And the final seated posture, that moment of alignment: a vertical line runs through the spine and the head. “I align myself.” The mantra settles in: I welcome all emotions, I welcome. The elixir part can begin.

The Messages of the Soul

At the heart of the ceremony, something came this morning, like an unexpected gift: “I release in love everything that keeps me from receiving the messages of my soul.” Gratitude for receiving them in my dreams, at any moment of the day or night, those wild ideas that sometimes spring up at four in the morning.

Why at that hour? Because you are available. The programs are still asleep. The soul can finally slip in its message: it’s time to do this. Gratitude for creating a channel of communication with my soul, my being. Gratitude for being autonomous, sovereign 🙏.

These ideas often shake up our habits: changing careers, telling someone “I love you,” changing our diet, taking care of ourselves, quitting smoking. Resistance shows up, and that’s perfectly natural. But the soul, the being, has an idea. So the mantra rises: Thy will be done, and therefore mine.

Grace and Invisible Allies

Then a presence joined us. Alexandre greeted it simply: Christ is arriving. Hello. Gratitude for having allies, friends. Gratitude for receiving Christic grace, for opening my heart, for being helped, accompanied, supported by Mary. Gratitude for being helped in the invisible. The vibration rises, and we drink the elixir 🕊️.

Then feel it: an uplifting, something moved, sensitive, light. A high frequency. A presence to oneself, to the body, to the emotions, to the sensations. This is the very effect of yoga, a word that means union.

I Declare My Independence

From there, sovereignty is born. I release in love all toxic relationships. I choose my environment down to the smallest detail. I give myself permission. I lead my inner revolution. I create my life. I declare my independence. And the heart laughs, over a lovely cup of chai 🌟.

I release in love everything that would have me believe I need permission from the outside. Gratitude to persistence, to courage, to strength, to determination. Gratitude for being stronger than all unconscious programs. And the mantra that rings out like daybreak: “I’m the one who decides now.” More joy, more love, more creativity. A little bit every day.

Then a deeply tender passage for those going through an addiction 🌱. I release in love everything that makes me smoke, every system of self-destruction. And these words spoken to the body: “I love you, I’m taking care of you now.” I eat, I breathe, I drink, I walk, I sleep, I make love consciously.

Every Morning, I Start From Zero

A luminous realization settled in: “every morning, I start from zero.” Each day, we live; there are tears, there is understanding. Then there is sleep, there is integration. And in the morning, we set off again, with what has been integrated into the body and has become natural.

“I no longer do yoga in the morning, not at all. I live my life, and in my life there is yoga at the start, to initiate the process of raising my vibration.”

That is the shift. I am yoga, and in the morning I do my practice. Awakening extends through the whole day: this is called integration. Without it, highs and lows alternate: feeling great on retreat, then sinking back down afterward. With it, you feel good all the time, in a kind environment, filled with love. A decision, simply. For you are the divine, the heroine, the hero of your life 💫.

I realize that I am the only one who can change me. I realize that I am truly free. And if resistance appears, that’s logical: it contradicts everything you were taught. It takes a little time. Your life then improves stroke by stroke, like a painting. Gratitude for painting my life, for choosing its colors, for choosing every note of my melody. Gratitude for singing my life 🎶.

My life, I love you. I choose the best for you, and I choose the best for me. Feel the happiness of allowing yourself to choose everything. I create space for myself. That is sovereignty: I step out of the matrix and I choose everything.

Walking Without Me

The bell seals the vibration. Then we clear the floor, eyes still closed, and learn to roll up our mat blindly, guided by the feel of hands and feet. A state of welcome where everything is received, because it was the programs that were resisting.

Back against a wall or a window: glutes, shoulder blades, back of the head. You memorize the right posture, because there is a direct link between awakening and posture. Then conscious walking, forward and backward. Walking backward stretches the lower back and, with eyes closed, cultivates trust in life and self-assurance. And a wink for those who’ve forgotten it: I create reverse gear, very handy for parallel parking 😄.

On three, we open our eyes. And the final realization arrives, crystal clear: “I observe that it walks without me.” I let myself be carried by life, guided. I stay in my feet all day long, in the sensations. Feeling good, all day long 🙏.

The Postures of the Session

🧘 Mountain with Raised Arms — Urdhva Hastasana
The posture: Feet firmly rooted in the ground, the arms rise toward the sky on the inhale. You engage the calves, thighs, glutes and abs, then rise onto the tips of your toes, suspended by your hands, gaze straight ahead, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the entire spine and the lower back, opens the shoulders, strengthens the calves and balance.

🧘 Shoulder Opening with Hooked Thumbs — Anatman movement (close to Anuvittasana)
The posture: Blindfolded, the thumbs hook together at the lower back. You pull the arms downward while the head very gently tips back, then returns upright.
Benefits for the body: Opens the shoulders and chest, stretches the front of the neck, mobilizes the upper back.

🧘 Forward Fold with Hands Clasped Behind the Back — Uttanasana (Baddha Hasta variation)
The posture: From standing, you slowly bend forward while the hands, clasped behind the back, rise toward the sky. You go down, feeling the stretch in the thighs.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the hamstrings and the backs of the thighs, opens the shoulders, relaxes the neck.

🧘 Standing Forward Bend — Uttanasana
The posture: The hands touch the floor; you push into the hands and straighten the legs with each exhale through the mouth, head hanging loose.
Benefits for the body: Lengthens the backs of the legs, decompresses the vertebrae, boosts circulation to the upper body.

🧘 The Right Angle — Ardha Uttanasana
The posture: Hands resting on the knees, the torso forms a right angle with the legs. You breathe in deeply through the nose, then release everything, before rolling up very slowly from the lower back.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the spine horizontally, tones the back muscles, relieves the lumbar area.

🧘 Standing Crescent with Neck Massage — Indudalasana
The posture: The right arm rises and stretches, then the body leans to the left; the hand cradles the neck to massage the cervical spine. You return to vertical, then switch sides with the left arm.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the sides and the intercostal muscles, makes the spine more supple laterally, relaxes the neck.

🧘 Jaw Massage — Anatman movement
The posture: Standing, the hands massage the cheeks while the mouth opens to stretch the jaws. You press very gently on the spot just below the ears until the tension dissolves.
Benefits for the body: Releases the chewing muscles, relaxes the jaw joint, soothes facial tension.

🧘 Head Rotations — Griva Sanchalana
The posture: Back straight, a thread suspends the crown of the head. Only the head draws wide circles, the chin brushing the chest, then you change direction, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Benefits for the body: Loosens the cervical spine, stretches the muscles of the neck and nape, releases tension in the trapezius.

🧘 Great Chin Circles — Anatman movement
The posture: You lean back to the left, the right heel lifts, then the chin traces great circles that the whole body follows, the hands perhaps grazing the floor. Then you draw the circles in the other direction.
Benefits for the body: Mobilizes the whole spine down to the pelvis, loosens the hips, develops fluidity of movement.

🧘 Rib Cage Opening — Anatman movement
The posture: The arms open wide in a cross, slightly behind you, the head tips back on the inhale, then the hands return to the center on the exhale. You then stay open for the mantras of love.
Benefits for the body: Opens the chest, stretches the pectorals, increases breathing capacity.

🧘 Backbend of the 5 Tibetans — Anuvittasana
The posture: Hands at the lower back, you engage the calves, thighs, glutes, lower back and abs to create tension, then lean back in complete safety. You come back up very slowly from the lower back.
Benefits for the body: Strengthens the abdominal and lumbar core, opens the front of the body, makes the spine more supple in extension.

🧘 Pelvic Circles — Kati Chakrasana
The posture: Suspended by the head, knees slightly bent, the pelvis draws ever-larger circles, then in the other direction, letting the inner yogi do the work.
Benefits for the body: Mobilizes the hips and pelvis, loosens the lower back, works on balance and support.

🧘 Squatting Frog — Mandukasana
The posture: Squatting, you hold the posture for three minutes with the breath of fire: you exhale actively through the nose and the air comes back in on its own, each at your own pace.
Benefits for the body: Strengthens the thighs and glutes, opens the hips, tones the diaphragm and energizes the breath.

🧘 Intermediate Plank Posture — Ardha Purvottanasana
The posture: Seated, hands placed behind you, you stretch the spine backward and the head gently tips back, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Benefits for the body: Opens the shoulders and chest, strengthens the wrists and arms, prepares the back for the plank.

🧘 Reverse Plank — Purvottanasana
The posture: From the intermediate posture, you lift the pelvis steadily, body aligned, for three minutes of breath of fire. You then come back down to the intermediate position, and the spine returns to upright.
Benefits for the body: Strengthens the arms, glutes and posterior chain, stretches the front of the body, tones the abdominals.

🧘 Forward-Leaning Butterfly — Baddha Konasana
The posture: Seated, the soles of the feet touch and the hands take hold of the feet. You lean forward on the exhale, never forcing, then come back with the back and head nice and straight.
Benefits for the body: Opens the hips and inner thighs, stretches the lower back, encourages relaxation of the pelvis.

🧘 Aligned Seated Posture — Sukhasana
The posture: Sitting comfortably, head and back nice and straight, you visualize a vertical line running through the spine and the head. This is the seated posture of the elixir ceremony.
Benefits for the body: Strengthens the postural muscles, opens the breath, encourages stable alignment of the spine.

🧘 Posture Against the Wall — Tadasana (Samasthiti)
The posture: Standing against a wall or a window, glutes, shoulder blades and back of the head in contact. You memorize this verticality, eyes closed.
Benefits for the body: Trains posture, realigns the spine and head, develops awareness of verticality.

🧘 Conscious Walking Forward and Backward — Chankramana
The posture: Barefoot, eyes closed and then open, you walk forward or backward while keeping the thread suspended from the crown of the head, feeling every step. You observe that it walks all on its own.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the lower back when walking backward, refines balance and proprioception, awakens sensitivity in the feet.

It is the absolute that is here, and the relative is within it.

I create space, and in that space I am going to live something.

gratitude for choosing every note of my melody

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Voices from the We

The Mantras That Resonated

• “Gratitude for creating within me an infinite space of Welcome and Love…✨️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “I release in Love everything that keeps me from receiving the messages of my soul…🌬💖✨️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “Gratitude for creating a channel of communication with my soul ✨️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “Gratitude for receiving Christic Grace ✨️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “Every morning, I start from zero…✨️👶” — SonEauLuminescente

Sovereignty Regained

• “I choose my environment down to the smallest detail…✨️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “I create my life…✨️ I declare my independence…✨️I give myself permission…✨️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “Gratitude for being stronger than all unconscious programs…✨️🪼” — SonEauLuminescente
• “I realize that I am the hero, the heroine of my life…✨️🦸‍♂️” — SonEauLuminescente
• “I choose the best for myself…✨️ I decide…🤴” — SonEauLuminescente

Inhabiting the Body

“the goal isn’t relaxation, relaxation is a consequence…here, it’s an invitation to free ourselves from unconscious programs, from the conditioning of the matrix…” — SonEauLuminescente

• “…to inhabit our body, to let Presence, the Absolute, guide us…” — SonEauLuminescente
• “wow ❤️” — Corinne

The Heart of the We

• “Gratitude, I love you, have a beautiful day everyone 😊💜💜💜🙏” — Sandrine
• “I love you” — Shakti Anne
• “Thank you, thank you, have a good day everyone 💖” — Valérie
• “thank you, gratitude” — Francis

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Themes: inner space · elixir · absolute and relative · sovereignty · integration · welcoming emotions · messages of the soul · awakening

This article was originally written in French: Yoga Anatman : Et si vous créiez en vous un espace infini d’accueil ?