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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

This SACRED SAGA called LIFE



WHEELING ALONG this SACRED SAGA called LIFE.

The 3rd Limb/3rd SPOKE OF THE WHEEL is: ASANA (yoga poses,postures)
So many of us FIRST COME TO YOGA for more flexibility....and YOGA'S very subtle ways & means 'catches us' coming back FOR MORE THAN WORKING THE FLEXIBILITIES in our spinal vertebrae and discs....the ASANA are the GATEWAYS to the mind, the heart and the soul.....
We do a FORWARD FOLD/bend (i.e Paschimothanasana) and not only stretch the spine, low back, hamstrings, knee ligaments, calves, Achilles....WE ALSO MASSAGE THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA, as well as our 'emotional chakra'/Manipura....
So many times, students come up to me after class and say: "Why am I crying?" "What's going on with me? ~these tears running down my face are inexplicable!"...Yoga provides a very healthy release of MORE THAN MUSCLES, TENDONS, LIGAMENTS, FASCIA...emotions that have been 'stored' in our head, our heart, our gut are massaged, and released...just as tight muscles release tension and tiredness, as they relax into resistance, and melt away stress....
We often find that the ASANA get us on the mat, to stretch, to breathe, to open & awaken locked shoulders & hips...and subliminally we unlock the protective bindings of our hearts...we open to MORE LAUGHTER, forgiveness, loving kindness/compassion, as we stretch into our thoracic cavities; we stretch into more open-mindedness, and relinquish more judgment; we release muscle tension and awaken to healing our wounded hearts & souls...
I invite you to join me, RIGHT NOW, and do a SEATED FORWARD FOLD/BEND, sustaining the asana for 5-8 breaths....and follow it with a gentle backbend / heart opener (i.e. inverted table, cobra, bow or wheel), and SEAL THE DEAL with a spinal twist....
BREATHE SLOWLY, DEEPLY, GENTLY & COMPLETELY...
and now, let your HEART SING, your spine DANCE, your face SMILE 
Om Shanti, om peace, om love, om laughter

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