Have you noticed the thumbnail photos? Taken together from a video, the photos form a sequence of Salute to the Sun. They involve variations of common postures.
In our time together today we rock 15 minutes of breath awakened in 3 planes, major joints and lymphatic chanels. plus WISE GUYS. Soon this morning I drive to an early session at the Carpathia Collaborative clinic for integrated medicine, just off walnut hill lane, Dallas. . I lead a practical yoga session there every Thursday morning.
Btw, i am now 72 hours without coffee. It had become quite an addiction. Several strong cups a day led me to pay fresh attention to kidneys and nervous system. Supporting these aspects of health, I’ve stopped the java! as much as i love the taste and every good feature coffee enriches, cold turkey time. No mo joe. Re working my innate mojo. sleep, pranayama, tapas. a rajasic shift.
What is needed for hand balances? How do they build? How do we enter and exit? Where is shtira?
Beginning again means asking familiar questions and looking for the answers in the posture, observing what doesn’t work, and what does. Learning twice, and twice again in Beginners Mind.
I recorded this last night because I must be on the road during our usual time. Here we observe three planes of functional spinal movement with breath. I invite you to recall warm-ups of this past week and to practice from whatever you can recall. If you cannot recall, then reboot yr favorite livestream recording and use that.
This week marks the start of a new endeavor at the SAMURAI INTI Martial Arts Studio in Frisco. I’ll be teaching i a group class there at Sendai Sebastian Mejias ‘ dojo on Monday and Wednesday mornings.