Sweet Vinyasa: Slow down to see more: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

We practices somewhat familiar sequences to allow for a backdrop to move in a manner of shaking up habitual pattens of holding. This is harder than it seems because the mind tends towards distraction and unconscious patterns of holding. We did our best to quiet the mind through movement, breath and mantra to allow the IS to come into view.

The texts have various ways of describing the IS-ness of us. We leaned into the the feeling tone of the Chandogya Upanishad 3.13.7 as one possibility today.

Now the light which shines above the Heavens, above all, above everything, in the highest worlds, beyond which there is no higher, verily this is the same as the light which is here within a person. 

windshield wiper

eye of the needle with half happy baby play

reverse windshield wiper

sphinx/seal

cat/cow

balasana

puppy dog

balasana variation

plank

downdog

uttanasana

uttithatadasana

tadasana

second set standing stretches

tadasana

YAM

lunge

twisted lunge

hammock

warrior II dance

low crescent

tadasana

other side

downdog

balasana

prayer meditation

OM

navasana play

bridge x2

twisted root

savasana

sit

OM

Namaste