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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Friday Livestream Wake Up With Yoga
So the contents of our warmup remain the same. We awaken and open the heart. We wake up breath from the bottom of the lungs to the top and then the breath pours out. We move the body in three planes of the spine’s functional range. We observe movement of the joints. We deliver breath, attention, and light impact to the marma points of the lymphatic system. That is the basic daily discipline of the first 15 minutes.
We can add on to the basics in a variety of sequences for a varieties of purposes. However, the highest purpose is not the pose. No, that would be ridiculous. If your purpose is the pose then you’d be better off aiming for stunts with higher social pay off— say elevated rope walking, or juggling, or dance or maybe an acrobatic routine or even parkour stunts.
The purpose is for us to use the pose as a vessel of breath that brings us to greater presence. That means purpose and meaning. We become truly alive in the body, our attention awakened across memory and anticipation, residing in an expansive presence. The pose is the form. What is the stillness and ease of the form? There is a fullness. To find the fullness of form allows us to carry that ease all day. The body awakens and the mind is attentive with its senses working. We receive information but do not attach to it. Without attachment we empty the cups of our static awareness and receive fresh sensation. The postures are for life and experience and actions of the heart.
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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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