Live Asana 2/9/25 - Vishāda - Emotional Overwhelm
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09-Feb-2025
Emphasizes the tool of FOCUS on breath, alignment + balance in support of working skillfully with vishāda or emotional overwhelm. Your focus cannot be controlled by anyone but you, despite near constant attempts to control it. We flex focus like a muscle. Hone it and tone it by focusing in the flow by synching breath and movement, by paying attention to alignment and in balancing postures, where focus isn't optional! Then we relax it in savasana!
Time stamps:
0:00-8:45 - Welcome and context (history of modern postural Yoga)
8:45-1:01:00 - Practice
1:01:00 - end Recap + closing
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