Bough

Hindolasana - Cradle Pose

Hindola - Swinging Cradle, Hammock

Bough - main branch of a tree. “Apple boughs laden with blossom” 🌸

 

Gnomon

Surya Yantrasana - Sundial - Compass

Surya - Sun, Yantra - Instrument 

Gnomon - the arm, blade of the sundial that casts the shadow.

 

Confetti

 

SHOW UP Show Pony!!!

If you’re suffering from the Winter Blues it’s likely those all about you are too!!  Bring on the color, the texture and the prezzies and MAKE THE FUN at the parties. In all the ways Winter encompasses GIVING. 

🏈 halftime

 

Winter is only half way over. 

Skanda

 

Skandasana - Pose of the War God - Retreating Warrior 

 Side Lunge - One Legged Squat

Surfer’s Lunge

Heel up or heel down? I’m always wondering… you know what? Who cares?! Certainly not Skanda of War and Victory, son of Shiva the Cosmic Dancer, Lord of Yogis, The Constructive Destroyer!!!

Lunge. SURF. & Chandra Namaskar - Salute the Moon. 🌙 

Urdhva Paulina

 

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana - Upward Facing Dog Pose 🐩 

💝For the love of my Bernedoodle, Gala and this heart opener.

My habitual yoga classes have recurrently barely been pausing in URDHVA and head straightaway to ADHO Mukha Svanasana where we loiter and embellish. In which case I have been borrowing from Peter to pay Paul — staying put in Urdhva Mukha Svanasana for extra breaths as I feel the hour - and life -  feels too rife with all the downward facing.

🖤Gala🖤Galena🖤Galadriel🖤

Cotton with Silk 🌸

Arms Up Star of Vigor

 

Utthita Tadasana - Expanded Mountain Pose

The second law of thermodynamics states that the universe naturally tends towards increasing disorder and dispersal of energy throughout available space. 

Therefore, it is WORK to simply NOT slide backwards. & We must Continuously REFINE our Rhythm and Routine to make any progress. Analyze your days and identify specific areas of inadequacy — approach one pinpointed flaw individually with a fresh categorical strategy. Yes, it takes INCESSANT exertion to mobilize towards increasing order and organized energy. Get out that fine-tooth comb; Administer your days in great detail with extreme care. 

The end of the beginning

Ustrasana - Camel Pose. Fear. Elation. A life lived fully. 

At forty times around the sun, I have begun to live each day working my way backwards from the Final Destination. Who do I want to be before it’s time to return to Dust? I am able to visualize my best self in old age and aim in that stratospheric direction. It’s invigorating, exhilarating, and petrifying — & that’s when your whole world opens up. 

Angel as Messenger

Let your angels elucidate whilst you repose.

Formulate your unresolved affair into a Question. Query the Cosmos as you fall asleep or surrender to Savasana. Encounter the response as you arouse. 

Space Cadet

Adrift in the ether … 🪐 ✨ 

 

Flip the Script

 

 

Kakasana - Crow Pose.

It’s basically Happy Baby inverted, right?

Think of the FLIP SIDE and turn your day (life!) around. It’s a lighthearted, topsy-turntable way to get unstuck. Also a rad mechanism to make new shapes in your practice - ROLL OVER 🙃

Happy Baby Steps

Ananda Balasana - surely the most cheerful pose to say 💛

There truly is enormous power in putting one teensy foot in front of the other in (even just pretty much) the right direction. 🎯