Prototypes Women's Center, Who am I? 6.19.10

I like to use student questions as a teaching tool, especially in this environment. Today, somebody asked if my boobs were real. Although highly unusual, I thought it was the perfect launch into a discussion of how yoga can play a powerful and profound role in the path of self discovery. I offered some personal examples of how yoga was changing my life. I told how the practice was revealing a different understanding of who I am than what I thought I should look like, figuratively and literally. Somehow, somewhere through the practice of yoga and the journey through sobriety, I have learned to truly care about how I felt more than the way I looked. I also told them I was never more in love with life than now.

When it got to the asana portion, they dove in deeper than I've ever seen. You could have heard a pin drop for most of the class. This level of introspection in the practice at Prototypes was a first.

Discussion: Yoga as a path to self discovery. The self you discover just might surprise you!

supine
4 part breath awareness

supine arm raises with breath

sukasana side bending

uttanasana
tadasana

crazy 8's (they LOVE this!)

tadasana

1/4 sun salutations
1/4 silent sun salutations
lunge salutes

sphinx

tadasana with 4 part breath awareness

bridge x2

sacrum rest, back of the heart rest

guided relaxation

savasana

sit
Namaste!

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