Exhale. The morning sadhana ends, soon the day’s life practice begins…
Exhale, End of Practice
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Sea of Love
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I was walking around the room and looked back to see the dips and peaks, waves and crescents, constantly moving in a steady rhythm, formed by today’s mysore class practitioners. It looked so familiar. The words that came to me was: “a sea of love.”
The empty room
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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
Harvest Full Moon
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Happy moon day! Grateful for those who came to the lecture class today on the yogic warrior. I also want to applaud the students who decided to honor moon day as a day of rest.
So today’s full moon is closest to the fall equinox and was used by farmers as a light to harvest their crops during this time of the year.
With that in mind, I want to ask this question: what have you been growing and cultivating that now needs harvesting? What is now ripe for the picking?
Suryanamaskar, Dve (Two, Exhale)
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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.
Practice Rain or Shine
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“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.
Sunday sadhana
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“The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.”
-Stephen Biko
South African Political Leader
Storm signals were up this morning, yet students still filled the room. Practice is always best when performed with love and dedication. So grateful to be in such dedicated company.
The importance of taking rest
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“Take rest; a field that has rested gives bountiful crop” –Ovid
Do we not sleep after a day of activity? Resting after practice is vital to finding balance for the rest of the day. Always give yourself a good rest after yogasana practice. Students here in Osaka take a well-deserved rest, allowing for the body to fully integrate after Friday morning led class.
The shape of practice?
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Comes in all shapes, sizes and experiences…
Mysore class, Spirit Yoga, Osaka this morning.
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