Practice Library - March 2022

March 31, 2022

“How I linger to admire, admire, admire the things of this world that are kind, and maybe also troubled...” —MARY OLIVER Today we round out our theme of embrace for the month. Using blocks for support, we experience familiar poses in new ways while trying to soften the harder edges of the places we tend to hold our lives so tightly. Take the recorded class for free at morningdharma.com

March 29, 2022

“You can learn more in an hour of silence than you can in a year from books.”—MATTHEW KELLY As an avid reader and lover of learning new things, this quote gave definitely gave me pause — it’s a perfect reminder to come back to ourselves in a place of stillness and quiet to listen for whatever wisdom may emerge. Today's practice includes a leg-focused flow using blocks to explore basic poses in a new way and two opportunities to sit in stillness.

March 24, 2022

It is often described that our sympathetic nerve responses of fight, flight, or freeze can be attributed to our ancestors needs to quickly determine whether or not there is a threa - to save themselves from being eaten by a tiger. Today, most of us are not worried about tigers but our sympathetic nervous system still responds to daily stresses as though the threat is real. Our brains can not tell the difference between perceived threat and a real threat. Using the mantra "there is no tiger" can often be helpful to remind our body that a stressful work or family situation may be uncomfortable but it is not as dire as having to flee or fight a tiger. In today's practice, we embrace BEING the tiger with a tiger series of poses and a contemplative meditation.

March 22, 2022

“Embrace the wisdom of uncertainty.”—DEEPAK CHOPRA The overall energy today seems to be a little drowsy so we start out with some slow, floor based stretches and then move into a more invigorating flow. We focus on core, hips, and side bends. We also contemplate what it means to embrace the wisdom of uncertainty and to open up to new ways of thinking that may differ from our previous perceptions.

March 17, 2022

“I don’t think there’s any point in being Irish if you don’t know that the world is going to break your heart eventually.”—DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAM Yes, the world can break our hearts but it can also break our hearts wide open. By coming to our mats, and into our days, from a place of love we can learn to change our perspectives and embrace all that our lives have to offer, healing generational traumas along the way.

March 15, 2022

"You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop." — Rumi While it's important to remember the interconnectedness of all beings, sometimes feeling the 'entire ocean' can be a bit much. Today we learn to use body awareness to drop into the space of right now, a place where we can feel safe and nurtured, a place away from fear, sadness, shame, anxiety...we also move through poses to release tension in our hips and backs - two places where we often tend to hold our emotions.

March 10, 2022

Continuing some of our poses from Tuesday, we bring awareness into our bodies remembering that they have more purpose than just carrying around our heads. Starting on our back with blocks, we embrace our physical space through heart opening poses, neck stretches, and ending with malasana (yogic squats). If you're feeling neck and shoulder tension, this class should feel great!

March 8, 2022

It's the morning after an intense wind storm so we're balancing vata energy through grounding poses. We use blocks to release neck tension, explore malasana, and consider what it means to embrace the cyclical nature of life.

March 3, 2022

The art of happiness is also the art of knowing how to suffer well. The suffering of each of us affects us all. When we are able to come into mindfulness, we can ease into that suffering without being overwhelmed. We can embrace it in the present moment and then begin to transform it. Today's we continue from Tuesday's class with a meditation practice transforming dark into light and a warrior flow that culminates in warrior 3 and half moon.

March 1, 2022

The lines that separate us are often just marks on paper...and therefore easily erased. To kick off my birthday month, we’re learning what it feels like to fully embrace our human experience —the joys, the sorrows, the horrors, and the miracles — all of the experiences that make us more alike than different. Let us be a lamp in the darkness.

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