It takes repetition, technique and time to fully embody postures in your practice, change chemistry and move currency. Using measure allows us to follow the same recipe to develop technique, find the practice in our bodies and engage our imaginations, allowing us to find new avenues to change our minds and our lives.
This practice dedicated to the water element is an invitation to go slow and stay low, in contact with the soil to nourish, as plants do, the body from its roots and return to the earth what we no longer need. We are accustomed to associating emotions such as fear and terror with the kidneys, but...
This foundational class moves us gently through folding and unfolding with a nod to the spit in each form. Our spit, our central line, reminds us to move forward, see the long view and not to be afraid to delve into deep waters.
As we move into late fall, we reflect on the year we've spent, anticipating the winter ahead, preparing to go deeper inside ourselves. Twisting gives us the vision of lunar (left) and solar (right) as we cross over the threshold (middle) in order to access the third strand (center) which is our p...