It's really a video not an article. . . . And it is the captured video of one Salute sequence originating with one side.
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Based in household yoga practices of more than 40 years, Jeff’s yoga work will include group sessions, and additional content not focused exclusively on posture. That additional content will include 9 Minutes or LESS, and will include THE PRANA PROJECT. Jeff will share therapeutic, maintenance, and training that alternate between the Playful (Lila) and the Heroic (Vira). Look for an occasional Book Review, Interview, Creative Adventure, or Personal Note in realms practical and imaginative.
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Jeffry Farrell / yoga with jeff@jeffryfarrell
September 15, 2023
Day 1, Carnivore experiment, gut photos
In keeping with marital harmony, the potential benefits to health and well-being including no more snoring, I am going for what is a called a “lion diet plus sauerkraut.” I don’t usually do diets. I have made fasts a regular part of my life. I typically keep an awareness of “clean foods” with minimal sugar. However, I’ve gotten off track. The tornado took out the yoga studio in October 2019. Covid lockdowns closed about 50% of homegrown yoga studios. And in the past 18 months, I’ve added my father’s life into my daily routine. He is a tough 88. Instead of the usual fastidious concern for my food, I’ve simply eaten what is in front of me. This is not so great. I’ve aged more in the past 18 months than in the previous decade. My own patterns have been disrupted and although I’ve spent years paying attention in depth, I honestly don’t know what to think about food at all right now.
So Donna has found me in a vulnerable position and sold me on this experiment of carnivore. I visited the Dallas Colon Care office yesterday and again today to prepare. I have cleared out some debris and expect more to follow. My skin is patchy with various other signals of distress. Sleep patterns have suffered and that is unusual for me. My personal energy and motivation is not great. I do not want to sacrifice my daily health anymore, because without the health, there is nothing else. So, here I go on this carnivore experiment. I’m told that almost everything I had learned about meat has been mistaken. In keeping with the natural order of the human, meat must be back in my feed and, for a time, to be my exclusive feed. I don’t buy all the promotional material surrounding this meat program. However, I’m willing to experiment based on the data Donna has shared with me as it regards mitochondrial health, metabolic health, brain function, vascular health, mental health. I’m preparing for a gut biome shift. TIme to sleep now.
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Surya Namaskar / Salute to the Sun variation
This is a video of the left side initiating movement in a Salute to the Sun sequence.
Breath is first. It activates stability and sensation, strength, balance, and an active but receptive mind. Then, move.
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Live chatted 10/19/2025
I. A.) 9.) Laced fingers behind your back
Congratulations! You are about to complete the first chapter and the first series of one minute videos.
There are several positions with inter-laced fingers. Do this one first and breathe nine deep breaths. If you cannot do this, nevermind. And accept the completion of the first chapter! You are prepared to go on to Chapter II which is the first sequence for Breath.
We will come back to Laced Fingers again in a subsequent chapter.
I will add specific series for laced fingers witih arm movement in future uploads. Every position has many variations. Every position begins with breath, stability, and wholeness. In every position we set our intention and move, guided by breath. The work is an effortless effort that confronts pain and learns.
This video completes the initial series of nine short videos to awaken the upper body.
IF YOU STARTED HERE GO BACK LIKE SHOOTS AND LADDERS TO THE FIRST VIDEO —
I. Standing A.) Arms, Shoulders, Neck 1.) Open/close the fist....
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Live chatted 10/19/2025
I. A.) 8.) Head hinges and circles
From a standing upright position, maintain stable and unmoving shoulders as best you can.
Isolate the head’s movement with a nod forward and back. Hinge the head forward and back. Inhale back, exhale forward. Make at least three reps of nodding “yes.”
Return to center. Turn the whole head right and then left. Turn the chin and forehead equally. Turn your eyes deeply back, too. First breath is to exhale over your shoulder. Make at least three reps of “no.”
Return to center. Tilt the head to one side. Pretend you could lift the ear up into the sky. Stay there and breathe. Feel the dilation in that side fo the neck. Feel the compression on the opposite side. Take three breaths on each side. Make three reps of “maybe.”
Return to center and make a circle with the top of your head. Turn the head three times to the right, then reverse three times. Every circle is a breath.
HOW TO USE THIS VIDEO SERIES:
Please watch the video then make the movement. Make at ...
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I like this guy’s work online. He’s been around for a while and speaks so plainly about the body’s maps, functions, that you’re sure to like him, too.
