Resource: Cyndi Lee from Yoga International: https://yogainternational.com/article/view/satya-vrksasana-learn-the-truth-about-your-tree-pose

This practice leads you through the 6 directions of the spine and two balancing postures. Use a wall if you wish.

Let go of the confusion that is inevitable when obsessive squirrel gathers too much. Gather your energy and store some for later. Honor a pause so that your untroubled mind can be a safe place to keep your gatherings.

Resources: https://medicinecards.com

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Thanks to Renae for bringing this practice to me and letting me study it with her. Hope this Monday finds you well and taking good care of your body.

This sun salute is in honor of the lengthening days as we head into spring here where I write in North America. The sun salute was created in the early 20th century as much of postural yoga was as it expanded to the west, so it is relatively new in the history of yoga. Before that yoga was a sitting and breathing practice, a system for calming and understanding the mind and movement, a system designed to bring us to wholeness. As Patañjali said, “Practice and all is coming.” To me, it makes sense that yoga would find its way to the west through the body practice, as we have been all mind divided from our bodies for so very long. Nature exists in the body. This gentle variation is meant to open the pathways in the body so you can stay connected to your best intentions all day long. Put care for the body on a solar schedule. Let me know what you discover.