A 75-min All Levels Class for you!

Hello friends! Here is a 75 minute All Levels class just for you! I have really been enjoying the creative process of my podcast and cannot wait to post a 5th class. I am so motivated to share my practice with the world! This week’s class is dedicated to the incredible power of our bodies, […]

Hello friends!

Here is a 75 minute All Levels class just for you! I have really been enjoying the creative process of my podcast and cannot wait to post a 5th class. I am so motivated to share my practice with the world! This week’s class is dedicated to the incredible power of our bodies, minds and spirits to yoke! To mesh well, to align, to become one being! After really thinking about the impact that my practice has had on my lower back pain within the past 3 weeks, I had to share my thoughts on the healing power of yoga

And so the class you are about to take will (hopefully) bring you into a state closer to your higher self. When we are able to align our physical selves with our minds, and our spirits/the divine within, then we are able to release the tension, soften the pain and, on a more physical plane, our muscles and organs are able to bring our bodies into balance. Often it is difficult to go past a “quick fix” when something is hurting or bothering me. The first few days of back pain, I was eager to find something to stop the bad feeling in my back, the tightness and soreness. Muscle relief creams and pain relievers numbed the pain temporarily, but it was still there. The quick fix was not enabling me to move, to bend, to dance, to lift heavy objects. It was only after I really took the time to understand the pain I was feeling and discover the source of it that I began the healing process. 

My yoga practice and some physical therapy exercises, as well as breath work and meditation were the only things that actually stopped the pain in my back. Only when I listened to what my body, mind, and spirit were all asking for me to do, was I able to use my practice as a source of healing. I am continuing with this process. Even though the pain has diminished, I am not going back to how I used to stretch and manipulate my body. A new level of awareness has surfaced. I am learning about my body and my anatomy as I practice on my mat. The Anusara principles of alignment (setting my foundation, opening to grace, using muscular energy and organic energy) are so important in this process and have developed into a much more integral part of my physical yoga practice. 

And so I share my fourth class with a request that you bring awareness to your ability to heal. Every human being has the potential to relieve their own stress, pain, soreness, aches, mental unclarity, and/or anxiety. Set your foundation. Open to Grace. Engage your muscular energy. Expand your organic energy. And surrender to your Self.

Breathe. Listen. Be You. And Excuse Me While I Yogini…