A few of my favorite flows were strung together (like Christmas lights!) to create practice this evening. Starting with "Genie" arms rotating while your follow your forearms with your entire face, moving through an easy pose (sukhasana) series, then onto the more challenging plank series. We then started our standing poses with lunges, warriors, and a reed pose. We moved back down to the mat with a delicious pigeon to cowface flow. Bridge and an extended leg stretch series cooled us off and got us ready for the ever-important savasana.The quote for tonight was interpreted from the Yoga Sutras: Think of your mind as a lake. When the surface of a lake is agitated, the bottom cannot be seen. Immeasurable treasure may lie there, but it will remain undiscovered until the day the water stills. When the mind becomes quiet, you find awareness of self. Your treasure.
I heard that a few people were a bit sore from this practice Monday evening. I know that we may have discovered a few muscles that have been hiding. The opening series was from Tias Little's workshop. Starting in a sort of reclining tree pose, begin to press your upper elbow down with the breath. Continue for several breaths and then add a pressing down of the shoulder area as well. Then relax the upper body as the bent knee presses into the mat. Again, after several breaths with just the knee pressing, add the buttock/hip area into the work. Eventually, alternate between upper body and lower body presses. Finally, end with all parts pressing at the same time.Tonight's quote is also based on the Yoga Sutras: Change the mind and the effects will change. How difficult to pull up a might oak. How simple to pinch off an acorn's sprout.
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