An empty place is a space of great potential. It waits for filling. It has room for it. When we empty out, when we create space in our bodies, in our minds, in our lives, we invite the remarkable new. It inevitably comes. And fills the room until it is time to be emptied out once again.
Spirit Yoga Studio on September 19, Harvest Full Moon Day. The satsang circle waits for students to arrive for today’s Yogic Warrior lecture class.
Photo by Akemi Hakuto
I love beginnings. The sense of raw potential. Anything is possible. Early starters, yesterday morning, exhale and fold forward for “dve,” making space as they bow to the light of the sun, to the light within them also. There is space in the exhale, a space for the new to enter the body.
“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm” –Frank Lane
Early Monday morning, a typhoon blustered through Osaka. I cycled in the rain to the studio and wondered if anyone else would make it. 6:30 rolled around, nada. 6:45. Then Yuki arrived. Later Yukako. Then Naoko and Ricki. A small room, but steady energy. With flood waters up and some train routes stalled, It was understandable that many were absent. By the time mysore practice was done, so was the storm. The sun had come out, all bright and shiny.
Photograph: Yuki in purvottanasana.
It’s been an amazing month and a half here in Osaka. I would like to think I have given my lion’s share, but I know the truth is I have, once again, received more than I have been able to give. The blessings abound. So the next three weeks is a sort of no-holds barred kind of sharing. In the mysore room at least, it feels like we’re past the getting-to-know-you phase. And it’s all about getting into the nooks and crannies of practice. Getting into the details. Refining.
I’m also really excited to be able to share in a workshop setting the two processes which I hold dear, and which I think compliment each other so seamlessly. It will be an opportunity to dive into the rich experience of ashtanga and inner dance. They can be taken separately or as a pair. The lessons will weave nicely between the foundations of yoga and the fluidity of surrender more easily accessed through inner dance.
① Ashtanga Foundations & Flow
Ttristana, the 3-principles of breath, posture and drishti, create a steady foundation in practice and allow us to flow with power and grace.
With the support of yoga masters Patanjali and Krishna, we will look in to the philosophy behind these principles. And we will explore these principles in both basic and some more intermediate postures, discovering how stability creates flow in practice.
② Inner dance ~ A process of Doing, Seeing, Being ~
Moving meditation, connecting with one’s highest purpose, removing energetic blockages in the body.
As we playfully explore this healing modality from the Philippines, we will experience the magic and mystery of shakti or energy in the body, and how we all have the intuitive ability to dance with this energy and use it to feel free and fluid in our lives.
● ScheduleDate:
① September 28th Sat. 10:00 ~ 12:30 @ Spirit Yoga 5F
② October 5th Sat. 15:00 ~ 17:30 @ Spirit Yoga 6F
● Reservation:Please reserve before the dates below.
Ashtanga:. Sep 22nd Sun.
Inner Dance: Sep 29th Sun.
● Cost:For 1 class JPY4, 500 (Drop-in JPY5, 500)
For 2 classes JPY8, 000 (Spirit Yoga Members Only)
http://spirityogastudio.com/event/workshop/ashtanga-ws-kaz.html
Comes in all shapes, sizes and experiences…
Mysore class, Spirit Yoga, Osaka this morning.
Move without thinking. Feel energy dance through your body. And connect with your own loving light!
Inner Dance is a moving meditation from the Philippines, which allows us to recognize our deep intuitive wisdom by going into a light trance state with music.
There is no form. There are no rules. No dancing required.
Spirit Yoga in Osaka, Japan will be offering Inner Dance 14:30-16.00 every Saturday in September (September 7-September 28). On Saturday, October 5, we will have a special Inner Dance workshop that will give participants the chance to go deeper into the process. More details on the workshop soon!
For more information on the ashtanga offerings at Spirit Yoga: www.spirityogastudio.com.
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