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Yoga Blue: Its all Connected. 9.4.10

September 5, 2010

The studio was very hot so I opted for less than I’d planned to do. Started playing with talking about the connective tissue. Supine windshield wiper supine janushirsasana with twist using strap rest other side rest cat cow balasana puppy dog easy side plank balasana plank downdog lunge hammock lunge baby cobra locust cobra lunge [...]

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11th Step Meditation. Power Greater than Ourselves. 9.2.10

September 2, 2010

Baddha konasana yin style seated janushirsasana with twist and side bending eye of the needle uttanasana with hamstring stretch downdog baby cobra locust cobra balasana vijrasana with 3rd step prayer sit read from “Buddhism and the 12 steps of Recovery”, Zen Center, San Francisco share sit OM Namaste!

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Prototypes Women’s Center. Ujjayi Breathing: “that Breathing Thing”. 8.30.10

August 30, 2010

There is a big turnover in the house and a large influx of new women. The energy of brand newly sober peeps and ‘Oh my God I’m in rehab’ anxiety is thick. Clearly there was one thing to teach today..to breathe deeply. Some of the women who have been arounda while are starting to catch [...]

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Yoga Blue: Love as a tool for transformation. 8.28.10

August 28, 2010

Class tonight as a special fundraiser, followed by kirtan. The generosity of those who showed up helps others and I am grateful for their support. Heart opener over bolster breath awareness Love meditation Krishnamurti “When you feel in the heart this extraordinary thing called love, for you, the world is transformed” OM supine rest cat [...]

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Prototypes Women’s Center. Be Kind to Yourself. 8.23.10

August 23, 2010

Peeps were really in their heads today, and there was a lot of resistance when we got started. I have to pick my battles, and some of them I just let sit in chairs on the sidelines and breathe. It took 30 minutes to get into a zone. I kept cueing deep breaths and it [...]

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Yoga Blue: Syncing to the Anahata. 8.21.10

August 21, 2010

Practices for the heart, from the heart. Heart opener over bolster YAM 12 petal meditation windshield wiper supine rest sukasana side bending table top paschimotadasana sukasana with hrydai mudra gratitude mediation uttanasana uttitha tadasana tadasana heart tapping with subtle energy play tadasana YAM lunge low lunge cresent tiger other side sphinx downdog uttanasana uttithatadasana with [...]

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Prototypes Women’s Center: Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, Fabulous. 8.16.10

August 16, 2010

In the therapy group I lead directly before yoga class, an incident inspired a sharing of Marianne Williamson’s “Our Deepest Fear”. I used this a a theme for our yoga class today. We played with feeling the subtle energy and practiced feeling our light. supine 3 breaths supine shoulder openers sukasana side bending x 2 [...]

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11th Step Meditation: Offering: Unravelling the Intellectual. 8.12.10

August 12, 2010

Holding patterns in the body, holding patterns in the mind. Belief systems were explored and further revealed, unravelled, and discarded through the practice today. janushirsasana with twist and side bending sukasana spine rolls forward fold seated mini backbend other side sukasana third step prayer OM pigeon with downdog counterpose cobra windshield wiper balasana sit 20 [...]

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Prototypes Women’s Center. Buddha Mind. 8.9.10

August 9, 2010

Setting up for class, one of the women said, “I always forget to breathe”, so our focus today was all about practicing breathing with ease. No matter what! Supine 4 part breath awareness Eye of the needle with breath in the tight spots Sukasana side bending Uttanasana Uttithatadasana Tadasana Lunge low lunge low cresent other [...]

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Yoga Blue: Quieting the Heart. 8.7.10

August 7, 2010

Heart opener over brick and bolster OM Shoulder openers over brick and bolster Supine rest sukasana side bending cat cow balasana puppy dog plank downdog uttanasana uttithatadasana tadasana lunge salute sphinx other side baby cobra locust cobra cobra/frog series balasana tadasana side angle triangle other side downdog plank cobra starfish 3 part bridge supine baddha [...]

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