Small steps, small steps, we start with small steps.
What a lovely space, the Putney Friends Meeting House!
In the toasty, hushed, window-filled, wooden-floored and ceilinged, prayer-flagged cozy room the 4 of us energized the space with our practices.
With lit tea candles and contemplation, we began writing our answers to the question:
"How does Yoga serve you in your life?"
We felt our bodies yield, unify, receive support from the Earth. Always, we start from the Embodied yield & support principles. Then our practice takes on another dimension: a deeper relationship with the ground underneath, with the space around and in us.
As we flowed into shapes in our surya namaskars and steadily held asanas, we continually felt our bodies and inquired on what we're feeling, what we're tensing, where the breath is allowed and where the breath may be blocked.
Organs were heavy with gravity and they were allowed to relax, release, slip up and slip into our bodies as support systems in asana. Sometimes, we had no joints, and sometimes we went deep into our bone marrows.
"Peace, unity, comfort, flexibility, lens through which to see my life, love for myself, ease, relaxation, being in The Now..." were some of the answers to how Yoga serves us.
What IF we believed that we already embody these qualities? How would we live our lives if we're not HAVING TO BE ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING; that we are unfolding just as we are?
Gratitude, Lara, Kiki, & Dave!
Let's continue on!
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