From there we will move into hatha yoga poses and myofascial release for hips and low back, spine and back, shoulders and side body, and your entire posterior line in downward facing dog. The class begins with hatha yoga movements for your shoulder and neck combined with myofascial release to provide greater ease of movement and more range of motion. The self myofascial release exercises in this class a neurological response that will give you more efficient movement patterns, greater range of motion and flexibility and greater ease of movement. Based on the latest, most up to date research on myofascial release we will attend to fascial tissue in your chest, shoulders, neck, spine, and back that have been misaligned due to trauma, injury, poor movement patterns and emotional stress. Spend some time now picturing what you want to get out into the world next growing season and you will be ready to surf the crest of the wave of the growing tide when spring comes round again.This 75 minute full length, full body myofascial release yoga class combines the best of hatha yoga and self myofascial release. Just as the oak tree stays alive over winter by stripping itself of leaves and using almost no energy we tooĬan look for opportunities during this autumn-winter period to enter a place of stillness, and simply be utterly present in the moment.Īlthough this period is not a good time for action, it is the perfect time to plan and incubate ideas then, like a bulb resting in the soil over winter, you will be ready next spring to send up new, green shoots. In the same way that the darkness of the night gives us rest and dream time, so too the dark half of the year gives us an opportunity to pause, rest, and rejuvenate. Similarly, as autumn turns to winter we are entering the darkest phase of the year, until the Sun is reborn at the Winter Solstice in December. Every month, before the new moon is reborn into the night sky, there is a period of darkness, when the moon is not yet visible. Each new day begins and ends in darkness at sunrise and sunset. An oak tree started out as an acorn buried in the darkness of the soil. You and I, before being born into the light of the world, began our lives in the darkness of our mother’s womb. We pass through the darkness only to be reborn into the light at the Winter Solstice. In many traditions this point where we enter the darkest phase of the year, is seen as a new beginning rather than an ending. Autumn is turning to winter now and the leaves are falling from the trees the days are getting shorter and cold frosty mornings whisper that winter is on the way. So, at Diwali Hindu houses are lit with dozens of flickering, hand-painted terracotta lamps. ![]() The Hindu goddess Lakshmi only visits houses that are clean and well lit Diwali means “a row of lights” and marks new beginnings. We can also draw inspiration from Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, which takes place in either late October to early November. We light a candle in the darkness, drawing our awareness inwards to contemplate that which is eternal and unchanging. As Nature ( prakriti) enters her decaying, composting phase, we can counterbalance the dark, heavy ( tamas) quality of the season by visualising sattvic images of light and luminescence. In Classical Yoga the divine spark within is called the Atman, and is said to be like a flame, or a continuously burning pilot-light that has been ignited in the heart-space. At the same time, it’s important to lighten up dark days by conjuring up healing images of light. ![]() We recognise how darkness offers us rest, regeneration, and renewal during the autumn-winter months. Our challenge during the autumn-winter period is on the one hand to embrace the darkness and on the other to bring light into the darkness.
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