Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Sweet Vinyasa: Aligning with Gratitide: Wednesday, November 27, 2013

We don't have to wait for Thanksgiving Day to practice gratitude. In fact sages have suggested this practice for a long time. It is particularly useful, they say, in disentanglement from the yama asteya "non stealing". Being grateful for what you have and what is helps so much in the temptation to reach out and grab, especially if what we are grabbing is not useful for our alignment.

An expanded view of the situation seems to truly be helpful in quieting the mind. This practice was a play in cultivating the ability to see more clearly.

Sit
Gratitude meditation
OM

Share
"Golden", "Joy", "Safe"

cat and cow
balasana

OMG
flying cow
side plank variation with "wings of the heart" meditation

plank
downdog

uttanasana
malasana

tadasana

shoulder rolls and shrugs
hand and wrist play

uttithatadasana with uttanasana variation x2

tadasana
YAM

standing sequence:
lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
horse
wide leg forward fold
lunge
pigeon

downdog

repeat standing sequence adding on tippee toe horse, skandasana and chinese splits

baby cobra
locust
locust variation

balasana with ajna rest

supta virasana play

bridge

cosmic rest pose

savasana

sit
OM
Namaste


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