Strong Foundation, Light Heart

There is a subtle urgency happening; watch the birds, the bees, the animals, even the plants as they soak up and store the suns energy in its seed. The early morning chill tells us it wont be long before the wind pushes us to stillness and a freeze jolts us into dormancy. And the people...we scurry to save food, gather to celebrate, run around trying to get "it" all done before the anticipated cold wraps around us. Through all this I feel drawn to the Earth and all its harvest; I crave stability in daily and weekly rhythms. Lately, I have been staying with poses longer, taking in a more deep breaths, finding stillness.

Just as we prepare our home, the container of our daily living, for rain, snow, and cold. I am looking to strengthen the vessel that holds my interior Self, such that I am protected from the harshness of winter and can safely allow vulnerability of the emotional and mental bodies to come forth.  I am looking forward to the journey inward, and cultivating tapas in a grounding, energizing sadhana that will sustain me through fall, winter and early spring.

The sadhana looks like this: backbends, backbends, and more backbends!

Strong Foundation
Poses that strengthen legs, especially the inner thighs and pelvic region, help us to find deeper connection to Earth, strengthens our foundation for backbending, and helps to ground and find steady flow of prana rising from below, and further awakens our embodiment.
Key asanas: virabhadrasana 1 and 2, anjaneyasana, ardha candrasana, parsvakonasana, ekapadarajakapotnasana variations.

Light Heart
Lessening the intensity of the inner self. Poses that lengthen our sides, lengthening the spine, and open the chest and shoulders help to lift "the load", creating more space for light.
Key asanas: gomukasana, dhanurasana, anjaneyasana, salambasana, bhujangasana.

Jai ma!
Marcy