Teaching Yoga to Addicts: Showing Up: Friday, September 13, 2013

We began to tap into the many layers of the self with the help of yogi Einstein who said, 'you can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it', and from Svetukatu's story of learning to see the unseen and hear the unheard as told in the 6th Chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad.
Habits live in the unseen, the unconscious, which is one reason yogis are asking us to see more clearly. The invitation is to show up freshly.
We spent our evening tapping the unknown, which required we quiet the mind, and dive deeper than the manos (measuring mind).  This not only takes practice, but as we discovered together tonight, courage, vulnerability, and self trust.

Sit 7 mins
Windshield wiper
Tailbone awareness
Shimmy
Long stretch
Eye of the needle with tailbone awareness
Alternative nostril breathing
Breath circles
Sukasana side bending
What's coming up for you to share?
Plank
Downdog
Downdog play
Uttanasana
Tadasana
Shoulder shrugs
Guitar Hero
Standing Sequence:
Lunge
Hammock
Warrior II play with nostril breath awareness
Downdog
Sphinx
Crocodile
Reclining Buddha
Easy twist or twisted root
Savasana

Sit
OM
Namaste
Circle and Journal
Meet and Share
Sit (3 min)
YAM
Namaste