Vinyasa | Ease of Becoming
75 MINUTES | VINYASA | ALL LEVELS
Ease of Becoming
Filmed in the desert of Joshua Tree, California - a place pervasive with the elements of air and ethers. In Ayurveda, the air element captures the energy of movement and ether represents connectedness. We are always in movement, in change, transition and the process of becoming. Experience bears the cycle of life/death/life and so forth. We live in a modern culture of constant movement, yet within it lies on opportunity to find presence in the fluidity of it. This practice is designed to create more ease in the changes we endure, first on the mat and with the intention to permeate into other ares of our lives. Can we learn to lean into transition? Allow it rather than resist it. Can we open to its unfolding grace? Can we let ourselves be in process, in the presence of becoming? And in doing so, can we release good or bad, judgement from what is - inviting inspiration from Mary Oliver to notice the “prayers {that} fly from all directions.”
Expect a full body practice. Enjoy hip, heart and shoulder opening in a continuous, mandala flow. Lots of twists, a movement of digestion, detoxification and alchemy. Side bends to welcome deeper breaths and easeful heart opening. Ham-string love as we work towards the peak pose of Bird of Paradise. There are modifications for ease and options to challenge your asana with headstand and crow pose.
Inspired by:
Do you bow your head when you pray or
do you look up into that blue space?
Take your choice,
prayers fly from all directions
- Mary Oliver
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TUNE PAIRING
Like music as the backdrop to your practice? Here is a playlist that may get the energy moving!
Begin this playlist after the introduction. Timestamp is 1:45.
RESOURCES
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