hello my yoga friends! it’s only because of you that i can do this. there is no other point. you give me the reason to step outside into the darkness and re-make our standard morning practices renewed each day as the sun rises.

if we begin in breath, then we have the foundation to do what we need to do. we bind our attention to the breath. we wake up the body. memory arises and in conscious breathing we release memory’s determination. likewise, anticipations, expectations, plans, and demands bind us in images constructed by the mind. conscious breathing loosens the bind of the mind. every breath brings us to presence, to sufficient wholeness. every breath reminds us of our present and authentic experience.

every posture is the vessel of the breath. into the vessel we deliver breath. we observe the breath’s mechanics and function. we observe the breath’s gift of prana, of life force. we observe the breath in the invisible channels of the body and thus fully activate the vessel and its purposes.

let’s make three planes of movement. let’s open and close our joints with breath.

every inhale we open, every exhale we close. every inhale awakens, every exhale liberates.

let’s apply this breath to our lymphatic system. we signal metabolic function. ok, let’s go!