So, last night I watched the Netflix circus match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. I have seen great boxing matches but this was certainly not one of them. In fact, it felt rigged and the thus the expression on Tyson’s face afterward wasn’t the face of a defeat in the ring. It as the face of someone who has sold their soul.
Our practices aim to wake yr soul with a consistent, supportive clarity.
Every morning Monday through Saturday at 6:30 am Centra lTime we awaken the breath in three planes of functional movement, breath in the lymphatics, and joints. A random selection from Georg Feuerstein’s anthology YOGA GEMS provides food for thought. These swamis, scholars, yogis, and teachers satisfy our need for Wise Guys.
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.