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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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Live Streamed on August 12, 2025 7:34 AM ET
Jeffry Farrell / yoga with jeff@jeffryfarrell
August 12, 2025
Tuesday( august 12, 2025) Livestream Wake Up
Our morning livestream consists of some standard movements with breath and it invites further movements. We are yoking Breath and Attention in the Body, our Yoga.
We begin with conscious breath to empty and re-fill the lungs.. We feel the bottom ribs expand, then middle ribs, then upper ribs. We let the breath pour out. We establish our feet, our ground and stability. From that ground we move with breath in three planes of the spine. We observe joint mobility and we open lymphatic channels. Every day.
The first 16 minutes is free to all who find this site. Extra content is for those who subscribe.
In the final 14 minutes we explore other movements and breath.
This session is a good first session for those new to this site. This entire week serves as a welcome to those who first arrive at this site, so if this is your first acquaintance, see the recording for Monday , August 11th, and then follow through the remainder of the week. Pls reach out and contact me, comment, subscribe if you like it.
In today’s final 14 minutes, we observe fundamentals of breath and breath delivery. We place our present attention on the cycle of the breath with its four phases. We observe how the inhale opens/expands and the exhale closes/contracts. We connect that breath awareness with simple body movements that contract and expand.
The breath is the bridge between the body and the mind, a bridge between conscious, sensory experience and the subtle awareness of the soul. We observe the “feast” of the breath.
Because the breath function is unique among body functions, we can observe how the breath activates states of mind. The breath can signal and even trigger anxiety. The breath can signal and induce ease, calm, clarity. We can choose our breath.
Today’s work is a simple introduction to the daily practices, so I will pin this for everybody to view as an intro to the daily practices.
The practices recorded here are not about perfect forms and not about ‘virtuosity.’ High levels of achievement can happen but this is not pre-olympic yoga. These practices are Playful, an approach the yoga calls Lila. For developing practices of strength, greater mobility and balance, plus expanded practices of breath and meditation, we approach with greater vigor and intent. Those practices the yoga calls the Vira, the Heroic practices.
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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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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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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.
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