Sometimes you need to rev up to balance yourself. Sometimes you need to downshift to balance yourself. And sometimes, you need to maintain the balance you’ve got!
This is one of my SolaLuna practices that is a balanced blend of solar, or active energy and lunar, or receptive energy. We start out with standing poses, dynamic flows and core cultivation and then shift into hip openers and slow flow to settle in to mindful relaxation.
The idea is that we learn how to achieve this kind of mindful energetic balance in our lives off the mat with our choices in how we care for ourselves.
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YINside
This contemplative Yin Yoga practice serves the dual purposes of tractioning all 4 quadrants of your physical hips, front, inner, back and outer AND in drawing your awareness towards your inner landscape to foster quietude within.
Suggested props: 2 blocks or large books and a blanket or towel
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Wring It Out
In those times when we just feel FULL of emotions, of responsibilities, of ideas, of stress, nothing satisfies quite like a deep twisting practice to holistically wring yourself out.
This active yet methodically paced home practice combines stretching your side body with lots of different twists...
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Transmute ~ Working With Anger
I'm not a fan of pretending we always experience love and light! Our shadow side is an amazing teacher, if we learn how to work with it skillfully. In this case, anger is something we all experience from time to time and a natural part of being human. When we try to suppress it, deny it or hide i...
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