Sweet Vinyasa: Illumination: Monday, August 12, 2013

Ravi Ravindra described the feeling tone of stillness and silence as 'illumination'. This description has the same feel as inner knowing, or wisdom as described by Erich Schiffman.
Stillness and silence require a sacrifice of the me-me-me (asmita) and what we think we 'know'. Thinking primarily runs on habit. Reversing the flow of the tendency towards habit takes practice. So we practiced today with an extra effort towards quieting the mind. We used Crow pose as a visible means of turning our will over to the path of the heart.
Sit
Windshield wiper
Side length
Eye with twist and side bend
Downdog
Uttanasana
Tadasana
Shoulder Rolls and shrugs
Guitar hero
Shaking
Uttanasana with lean
Uttanasana with twist
Malassna with 4 mudras (Schiffmann)
Downdog
All 4's heavy hands
Slow
Downdog
All fours
Cat cow and shoulder play
Side bending
Barrel roll
Hip circles
Waltzing Matilda
Balasana
Vriksasana
YAM
Plank
Downdog
Lunge
Side angle prep
Trikonadama
Extended trikonasana with bent arm
Lunge
Low crescent
Vinyasa
Other side
Crow play
Malasana
Uttanasana
Tadasana
Tree with mudra play
Uttanasana
Downdog
Sphinx
Seal
Twisted root
Savasana
Sit
Om
Namaste