The subtlest of the energy bodies, the anandamaya kosha, connects our ordinary awareness with our highest Self or Spirit. Although it exists in all of us, most of us aren’t aware of this layer of our being. The anandamaya kosha represents all-knowing wisdom, radiant awareness, transcendent illumination — in other words, pure bliss. You experience the bliss body when you suddenly and inexplicably feel at ease, when you connect with someone so deeply you can’t tell where you leave off and the other person begins. You experience it when you enter into a yoga pose and after moving around, tweaking
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