Discover your COURAGE

Theme: Discover Your Courage

Anecdote: In a Sioux Indian story about courage, the Great Creator gathers all living things together and presents them with a challenge. “I gave each of you courage,” the Creator says. “But it is something I want humans to work hard to discover. Where can I hide it?”

The eagle spoke. “I am not afraid to soar high into the sky. I will place it among the stars.” But the Creator said, “No. One day humans will fly into the skies and easily find this.”

The dolphin said, “I am not afraid to dive deep into the ocean. I will deposit it on the ocean floor.” But the Creator said, “No. One day humans will go far below the surface of the ocean and find it.”

Then a tiny gnat spoke up. “I cannot soar into the sky or dive deep into the ocean or dig into the ground. Even so, I have courage. Why not place it inside of humans? Then it will be up to them to discover it themselves.” And so it was.

Until you discover your courage, you will not be able to see how high you can soar and all of the things that you can accomplish.

I will seek the courage within me and use it to guide me in all that I do.

“Courage is only an accumulation of small steps.”

—George Konrad

Heart quality: courage 

UPA: muscle energy to the midline 

Apex: warrior 1 

Sequence: 

Warm up 

Cat /cow 

Table shalabasana 

Ams

Basic 

L - tree  L 

L- tree- eagle- L 

L twist - half moon 

W2- mod. Parsvak- rev w 

Malasana- crow 

Utkanana twist - L twist- anjaneyasana twist- add quad stretch 

Harder 

Eagle- Standing split - handstand hops 

Low lunge quad 

Active pigeon Cow face 

Apex:

W1 

L- tree- eagle- w1

Cool down 

Janusirsasana 

Janusirsasana twist STRAP 

Fish twist 

Baddha konasana 

Shavasana 

Have questions a my short hand? Just ask. These are just my quick notes some students have been requesting I post. 

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