In celebration of today’s new moon, we move through a vigorous warrior and goddess vinyasa flow with plenty of side bends, arm poses, and core work. My hope is that your entire body will feel stretched and strengthened and ready to find JOY in your day!
This week we consider what it means to be in “full participation” — in our poses, our thoughts, and in our lives. Still focusing on strengthening the core and arms, today we start with seated poses to open and expand the chest allowing the spine to better align and the breath to become deeper and easier. Our standing flow culminates in triangle pose (Utthita Trikonasana) to strengthen the legs and back.
Today’s class wraps up our monthly theme on renewal. We do a long Sun Sal A & B flow with a short meditation and a long final relaxation. If you’re new to class, I recommend taking any of the other March classes first because I don’t give a lot of cues in this flow.
It’s week three of our renewal theme and Sun Sal A&B flow. Today is all about twists — reclined, seated, and standing — all to help us de-stress and improve digestive function. By opening up the chest, the shoulders, and back, we create space for deeper breathing signaling to our body that it can relax and let go of the tight, slumped postures that we tend to have when working on computers, phones, and driving — or anytime we start to feel anxious or stressed.
ONE DROP Today’s class focuses on side bends — slowly moving through the frontal plane to prepare for our standing flow that builds into triangle and half moon. We end our month considering what it means when one drop of action makes a ripple that expands out from the mat and into the world.
“You are everywhere, forever free…the single witness of all things.” Today’s class is psoas focused — a long floor sequence to lengthen and strengthen core muscles. We end with a warrior 3 flow and a meditation on witnessing through listening.
Today I share a quote from Sovereign Self by Acharya Shunya “I urge you to explore new pathways where none existed yesterday.” Plus, we do some yoga — testing our balance through tree pose and a warrior flow.
Is the world moving faster than you’d like? Today’s class slows things down by starting with some grounding poses to support the nervous system. We then celebrate the full moon with a salutation flow to lubricate the joints. A great flow for the spine and psoas!