Day 2~ Inversions Can Be OK?

onthemat • January 3, 2017

Today I returned to one of my favorite classes. It was physically demanding with my first downward dog feeling more awkward then restful. I experienced a moment of initial panic wondering how / if I was going to make it through the class in one piece. Then I remembered child’s pose and my lovely blocks, […]

Today I returned to one of my favorite classes. It was physically demanding with my first downward dog feeling more awkward then restful. I experienced a moment of initial panic wondering how / if I was going to make it through the class in one piece. Then I remembered child’s pose and my lovely blocks, took some deep breaths and kept on going. While there were some things that felt impossibly hard, others were more manageable and attainable. Towards the end of class, we moved to the wall for inversions. Normally this is not a favorite of mine, partially because it requires me stealthily moving all of my blocks, blankets and straps along with my mat, but also because I have been know to topple over while attempting a head or hand stand. Low and behold, the teacher started with a pose that I actually really like and could manage sans topple. It reminded me that just showing up and sticking through the awkward parts is often what matters.

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
“There is a light in the core of our being that calls us home—one that can only be seen with closed eyes; We can feel it as a radiance in the center of our chest. This light of loving awareness is always here, regardless of our conditioning. It does not matter how many dark paths we have traveled or how many wounds we have inflicted or sustained as we have unknowingly stumbled toward this inner radiance. It does not matter how long we have sleepwalked, seduced by our desires and fears. This call persists until it is answered, until we surrender to who we really are. When we do, we feel ourselves at home wherever we are. A hidden beauty reveals itself in our ordinary life. As the true nature of our Deep Hear is unveiled, we feel increasingly grateful for no reason—grateful to simply be.” —John J. Prendergast, PHD, The Deep Heart

SUN!~ Day #6 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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