Yoga, July 1st and July 2nd . . .

Here we are again.

Reminder that I will be teaching these days in these spaces this week!

Thursday, July 1st
Bhava
21 Elliot Street, Brattleboro
5:30-7:15pm
($12-$13 sugg. donation)

Friday, July 2nd
Yoga Room 6 @ the Putney Tavern
133 Main Street, Putney
9-10:30am

($12-$14 sugg. donation)

All levels of experience are welcome, but please do let me know, in advance, if you have a physical condition you are working with and also, if you've had absolutely no yoga experience at all.
I am teaching an Embodyoga-inspired class, and if you have any questions about this, feel free to ask, or better yet, come and experience it for yourself!


In peace and love,
Banghan Nabi

The Yang Season of Summer

In our practices for the week of the Summer Solstice, we focused on the organs of summer (according to Chinese Medicine). The Yin (feminine) organ being the heart and the Yang (masculine) organ being the small intestines. As we felt the heat and fire, the element of the Yang season of Summer, we paid special attention to these organs and meditated on the themes of Compassion, Nourishment, and Clarity. The tongue grows out of the heart, and is also associated with summer.
The heart is about joy, love, and spirit, and the feeling may spread and expand out. The small intestines are about filtering, deciding between impure and pure, and offering the right nourishment for the body. The tongue, with its connection to the heart, may communicate all this through right speech (or silence) and offers its taste buds to detect what balances the body and mind.
We opened our hearts (but also allowed the heart to rest and not "push forth"), we rinsed and spiraled out from the "belly brain" of the small intestines, offering it space , and we loosened our grip on our tongues, offering space in the caves of our mouths. Meditating on that trailing, spiraling, interesting connection of digestion from tongue to heart to small intestines, and vice versa, as we experienced our bodies.

I find this theme to be particularly rich. As I facilitated the classes from this theme, I also found myself experiencing vulnerable emotions, as tapping into the heart (the seat of consciousness and true intelligence) and the small intestines (the "guts", the belly brain) I could feel emotions, insecurities, and layers bubbling up inside of me... I naturally went into a Yin-style practice, although I had planned for a more Yang, active practice. Perhaps the restfulness and the releases discovered through the more Yin practice allows us to play with Fire more holistically, make wiser choices. That is at least something to inquire into.

Yoga in Putney!

Dearest Yogis,

In Yoga Room 6, on the 2nd floor of the Putney Tavern, Beautiful yoga practices will blossom and flourish on Friday mornings, as we celebrate our Light and investigate our Shadow, so we cultivate Seeing our True Fullness.

We start : Friday, June 25th
9-10:30am
$12-$14 suggested donations
(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

please arrive 5 minutes early
please bring your own mat and any other props: blocks, a blanket, and a strap (a belt/ fabric may be useful)
please feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested!


Directions:
The Putney Tavern is on 133 Main Street.
The door entrance is on the side from The Front Porch Cafe, facing Kimball Hill Rd. (across from Offerings)
Yoga Room 6 is on the 2nd floor.

In peace,
Banghan Nabi Kim

From Far & Near...

Here we are, mid-way through this momentous year of 2010... and not a single posting from me!
Alas, too busy and un-busy living my life, as time continues to float away here, but so enjoying my time to settle back in to our new homestead in West Brattleboro, garden, dance, read, continue my Embodyoga 500hour training, commune with new & old wonderful friends, and to figure out the next moves in my life...

Teaching yoga as I'm learning more & more about it, me, everything seems to aid in this intensely amazing process.

So, I am offering a class in Embodyoga with sufficient flow & strength-building thrown in:

Thursday evening classes at Bhava,
21 Elliot Street,
5:30-7:15pm

More classes to come!