Hanuman devotion to LOVE

Theme: what is tattooed in your heart. What messages do you imprint within yourself and send out to the world with your thoughts, words, actions. We can consciously choose our inner tattoo by being aware of this and add new imprints with affirmations, mantra, prayer, meditation. 

Ancedote: hanuman rips open his chest to reveal sita ram sita ram. 

In the ramaya there is lots that happens with the great character Hanuman. When he is little he jumps to the sun thinking it's a mango lord of thunder old breaks his jaw. Hanuman one with broken jaw. Going into cave at center of earth he gets still and realize he has all these super powers... he becomes a yogi and asks what is he in service of. Then he finds Ram the one who incarnates for dharma, for living in the highest way connected aways to the heart. And Rams beloved Sita who is the embodiment of unconditional love. When Hanuman becomes a devotee of Ram he is committed to living in the highest, connected to the heart and unconditional LOVE. At the end of story hanuman stands in royal palace and Ram, Sita and royal kingdom are there and they give him the most gorgeous jewels to thank him for his service. Hanuman bites them, stomps on them, hits them... The court is like "what is happening? why are you destroying this gift?" Hanuman says if they are so valuable why don't they have the names of Sita and Ram inscribed on them? That's what I am looking for and I can't find it. Then he stands and he takes his hands and he opens the center of his chest and reveals that in his heart, ribs, all the space in his chest is inscribed with "Sita Ram Sita Ram Sita Ram Sita Ram Sita Ram Sita Ram.." because his whole life has been in service to living in the highest, and uncoditinal love. It's the inner tatto system. If you opened the center of your heart what would be inscribed there? Or another way I like to think about it is at the end of the day before you go to bed and you review your day and you ask "what really matters?" with all the catastrophes and joy why really matters? I imagine humanity across the board will look into the heart space and ask how did I love, how did I receive love and the way that we make ourself vulnerable open and exposed to be able to say this is me. This is my essence. like how hanuman says this is me and I am full of love and devotion!!!

Alignment focus. Muscle energy and organic energy 

Heart quality love 

Apex hanumanasana

Sun A 3x 

Monkey kneel- ss pulse - utt 

Utk pulses like swinging monkey 

Ams

L pulses 

L- anjaneyasana pulses 

L arms in "T" arm twist-rev- high runners lunge twist- ll quad twist 

Anjaneyasana twist - L twist - rev w2 husband by

Ll quad- Trikonasana - half moon pulse 

One knee up kneeling monkey - Ss pulse- handstand hops 

Hero repose

Half hanuman 4 ways

Pigeon quad 

Eagle- Dancer- ss- hanuman

Apex

Hanuman 

Cool down 

Pull pranam 

Happy baby 

Supta root femur - twist 

Supported baddha konasana 5 mins min

Meditation 

Mudra: Interlace hands thumbs to index. Untie knots of heart to open chalice to untie the knots in the heart and opening it up 

What legacy do you want to leave future generations? Karma Yoga

Theme: what is the legacy you want to leave? cutting cords of negative habits for future generations! 

Anecdote Bhagavad Gita

karma yoga is the path of skillful ACTION by serving others. Our yoga practice of looking deep within and refining our alignment to:

 ➡️mentally 

 ➡️emotionally

 ➡️ spiritually 

we can engage with the world in a more harmonious way because of the inner work we are doing (skillfull action) we are not passing down dysfunctional patterns to future generations. We are cutting the cord!

The Bhagavad Gita tells us that karma yoga - the path of service to other - is a fast lane to spiritual fulfillment. 

This is so so so SO important to me. Specifically around body image and beauty obsession. Society is teaching us this false image of beauty of being thin and overly manicured. I can look back and see how the adults around me modeled this to me along along with society. It's even worse now with photoshop and Instagram. I DO NOT AND WILL NOT PASS THESE LIES TO MY CHILDREN. Coupled with my awareness and my yoga practice I will not pinch myself in the mirror and call myself fat. In fact "fat" and "skinny" are swear words in my house. I will teach my children that our bodies are containers for our soul. We want to take care of them so we can feel vital in our bodies and contact to our soul and have clear thinking. It's hard to connect to our sparkling spirit and our mind when our body is injured and not cared for. However, speaking from personal experience, I can get to caught up in my body and appearance so much that I miss the fact that it's the experience of my soul and being of serve to others that really matter. I know that loving myself, my body and modeling a healthy body image for my kids is karma yoga. Because I am consciously cutting the cord of addiction and eating disorders for them. This is a practice I am deeply committed to!

Alignment focus: lengthening the psoas with muscle energy, thigh loop, kidney loop and organic energy  

We have really been hitting psoas and will continue for the rest of the month. The psoas is a perfect example of something inside of us all that is tight that we tend to not look at that can contribute to chronic pain and poor posture 

Heart quality discipline and freedom 

Apex Bridget's cross 

Warm up 

Sun A 3x

Cat/ cow 

Basic 

Table shalabasana 

Mod. Bridget cross

Lunge 

Anjaneyasana 

W2  - rev warrior 

Mod. Parsvak- parsvak - rev warrior 

Anjaneyasana 

L.l quad - standing splits- handstand hops 

Lunge twist 

Anjaneyasana twist - low lunge twist quad 

Apex

Bridget cross 

Cool down 

Pigeon- cow face 

Uptivista konasana prep 

Uptiviata konasana parsva (with strap) 

Supta extend leg and same arm psoas stretch 

Laying in back root femurs 

Shavasana 

Meditation 

How I shift my mood with yoga asana, manta and 2 children

my home practice

Sadhana

• Theme sadhana the discipline following your goal spiritual practice. 5 components of sadhana: Presence. Courage.  Commitment. Devotion. Regularity 
• Ancedote: shiva story. Feeling doubtful unsure defeated questioning. He comes to a cliff, does he withdrawal? Or look forward and speculate? no he takes a step forward and a lotus flower rises and blossoms to meet him. Bks iyngar says like an oil seed needs to be crushed to release the oil. Like wood needs to be soaked to release the fire. We need sadhana to ignite our spirit 
• Heart quality: perseverance 
• Apex Ashtavakrasana 
• Upa muscle energy midline 

• Warm up
• Chataranga bolster 
• Sun A 3x watch chatarangas 
• Urdhva a hastasana side stretch 2x 
• Clasp - utt
• Basic 
• W2
• Mod. Parsvak 
• Parsvak 
• Hrl twist- scandasana- half moon - standing pigeon - by btkeagle- L
• Dolphin 
• L.l quad twist- anjaneyasana forearms 
• W2 clasp bow - hrl shoulder under 
• Crow (chat. Arms) 
• Double pigeon 
• Compass 
• Dandasana bow and arrow pick up 2 blocks
• Apex
• Ashtavakrasana 
• Cool down 
• Fish Twist 
• Bridge 
• Supta eagle leg twist 

Turn it all into sweet nectar

Theme: Returning again and again this to our practice. Turning into all our experiences. To all the flavors and situations of life and taking them all back into our center and extracting the transformational essience that they offer. 

Theme rasa 

Ancedote: bees. Bees go out into the world and bring their experiences (pollen) back to the beehive to transform those experiences into sweet nectar 
Alignment focus: inner spiral and outer spiral 

Quote: Last night as I was sleeping,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that a spring was breaking

out in my heart.

I said: Along which secret aqueduct,

Oh water, are you coming to me,

water of a new life

that I have never drunk?

Last night as I was sleeping,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that I had a beehive

here inside my heart.

And the golden bees

were making white combs

and sweet honey

from my old failures.

Last night as I was sleeping,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that a fiery sun was giving

light inside my heart.

It was fiery because I felt

warmth as from a hearth,

and sun because it gave light

and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night as I slept,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that it was God I had

here inside my heart.

Antonio Machado

Heart quality. Love  

Upa: muscle energy to the midline 

Apex vashistasana 

Warm up 

Sun a 3x 

Tree- quad- Standing pigeon 

Malasana

Basic 

Supta modified a - b - c 

Supta pada A - b - c STRAP

AMS 

Side plank - side plank 

Side plank- Active pigeon- twist quad stretch 

W2- Mod. Parsvak- rev w

W2- Parsvak- rev w 

Harder 

L T arm twist- rev- hrl twist- quad stretch 

Half hanuman 4 ways 

Trikonasana 

Scandasana- half moon- tree 

Scandasana- half moon- standing pigeon - utthita pada b prep 

Utthita pada b 

Side plank tree 

Apex

Vashistasana - Wildthing 

Cool down 

Wide leg forward fold - side- Parsvak strap 

Supta pada A B C 

Baddha konasana 

Beltane

Theme: align with nature. Celebrate life 

Anecdote Beltane is a celebration of the potency of the earth and the forces of nature. It's the cross quarter holiday between spring equinox and summer solstice and marks the beginning of the most active part of the year. All of life is bursting with fertility, sap is rising, birdsong fills the air and growth is everywhere. It is a time to express your self, but also to remember to stay grounded. 

Ask yourself what you wish to give energy to? Where will you put your focus? What can you change for the better? What actions can you make that will help the spread of goodwill and love in the world? All to soon this highly fertile time will be spent, so make the most of its raw energy for initiating plans and visions. Everything you do now will bring you closer to your goals, as the expansive energy of the moment carries you along. 

The intentions we give energy and passion to during this time will be coming into fullness in 7 months. What do you want to give your energy too? My Beltane intention for growth is more self LOVE and to move away from fear and towards trust. Trust in the resilience and abundance of life. 

Heart quality: passion 

Upa: Turning in (inner spiral) and rooting down (Outer spiral)

Apex: eka Prada bridge. Or eka pada urdhva 

Warm up 

Tad side stretch 

Is/os blocks sun A 3x 

Cobra block 3x - frog quad 

Table shalabasana glute workout - mod 1/2 moon 

Basic 

Mod. Mod. W2- mod. Mod. Parsvak 

W2 - mod. Parsvak- rev - half moon 

W2- L - twist T arms - rev L - l.l quad twist 

Anjaneyasana clasp hands open heart  

Harder 

Anjaneyasana quad 

Camel block is os 

Ardha hanhmanasana - standing splits- handstand hops 

Hero 

Virasana- supta virasana 

Prone pec stretch 

Spinx quad 

Danurasana 

Apex

Bridge block 

Urdhva danurasana 

Eka pada urdhva danurasana or bridge 

Cool down 

Supta root femur 

Down dog 

Utt- ardha utt 3x root femurs 

Malasana  

Upright Fish twist 

Baddha konasana 4x block 

Shavasana 

Meditation 

Soul Questions

The past ten  + years that I have been diving headfirst into spiritual evolution, one of the biggest tools I use is journaling. Pen to paper! It works when almost everything else fails. A great book I refrence and refer to others is An Artists Way. One lesson from this book is called morning pages where you journaling three big pages (or about 20-30 minutes) every morning free flow writing. The pen is always moving. This has helped me uncover and work through many issues and cultivate subtle and radicle change in my life. I highly recommend it.

 I also love using journal promps (An Artists Way) also includes many prompts. I am in a year  long apprenticeship program with Sianna  Sherman and Ashley Turner and was recently given these Soul Questions to write about. They touched me deeply and required deep thought and contemplation. I wanted to offer them to you. Enjoy!

Soul Questions:

• What fears are controlling you?
• Where are you hiding your power?  
• Where do you need to cut the cords?
• What do you want to protect or defend?
• Where are you staying too safe or complacent? 
• Where in your life are you ready to initiate change?