When the body fails us, when the pain impresses us with its persistence, then we may believe that the condition is permanent. Yet, without guarantees, do not believe these “permanent conditions.”
Invest in the daily steady practice of breath beyond the mechanics of inihale/exhale. Deliver life force in three planes, into the lymphatic pathways, into your joints. And then, you can have confidence in and knowledge of the body’s memory and healing.
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.