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| Adho Mukha Svanasana flip - Flip the Dog Counterculture saved me. |
Yoga answers my many burning, buried questions (that I don’t even know I have or how to express). With yoga I can live productively and joyfully in this world that I do not necessarily embrace or even accept. Yoga is for the sensitive and the curious - you know who you are.
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| Lolasana - Pendant Pose Hang out like a pendant this Summer. I sure am 😉😎 |
Dear self,
I know you like to frolic in the sun all summer basking in your freedom - but perhaps you could squeeze in just a few asanas for just a splash of at-home practice? 🍊
Sincerely,
Yours Truly
PS: Your daughter says to spend more time on your backgrounds and to make your drawings crazier (like you used to).
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| Raja Bhujangasana - King Cobra Pose 🐍 |
There are climb the mountain days, enjoy the view days, plan which mountain to climb next days … not everyday is a climb the mountain day.
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| Neck Stretch |
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| Vajrasana - Thunderbolt Pose Muladhara - Root Chakra: earthy, deep red 1st Chakra located at the pelvic floor |
The red root chakra at the pelvic floor manifests itself as our connection to the physical world. If MATERIALISM beyond survival, stability and safety, has become a fixation for you (it has been an obsession for me,) there is an abundance of Muladhara.
Ascend your energy out of the red Muladhara, located at the base of the spine, with your mind’s eye: your imagination. Levitate your vitality up the body through the rainbow of colors from red to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and ultimately, to the aura that surrounds you in violet, pink and white. Picture this rainbow flowing upward, outward and skyward into translucent stars as you go about your day.
Make decisions from this pink, white, ultraviolet, sparkling perspective and quickly you will begin to lighten up!
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| Anjaneyasana - Crescent Low Lunge Pose 🌙 |
Steady, comfortable movement: your Yoga Asana may be Pilates, weight lifting, walking, running, hiking, fishing, skiing, skating, swimming, dancing, biking, gardening… steady, comfortable movement.
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| Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana - One Footed King Pigeon Pose Mermaid Pose 🧜♀️ |
Cultivate inner peace and outer beauty is assured.
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| Anjali Mudra |
If your mind cannot solve your mind problem (meditation) - let your body solve it through movement (asana).
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| Yoga Your Everyday Life |
What movement is your Yoga?
What clothes are your Yoga?
What food is your Yoga?
What home is your Yoga?
Yoga: union with the divine.
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| Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose The monkey mind is no match for the yoga mat. |
Big, huge cosmic dreams realized in pretty, average-sized human steps.
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| Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand-To-Big-toe Pose |
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| Vakrasana - Twisted Pose Soft, relaxed version. |
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| Urdhva Dhanurasana - Wheel Pose 🎡 |
Just lay it all on the yoga mat for the universe to figure out.
Wrestling with my usual mommy / wifey / community conundrums, I arrived at hot yoga in a tizzy. So I just gave it all over to something greater. Immediately an unexpected course of action - to embrace what I had been rejecting - was proffered by the divine. By opting for this original possibility I then floated through the remainder of the (rife with responsibilities) day in pure peace. OM Shanti OM. Namaste.
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| Bhujangasana - Cobra Pose 🐍 |
SPRING - bright sun, dark clouds; high temperatures, UV rays, summer-like days, drizzle, pouring rain, sleet, hail, snow, storms, sunshine, tan-time … and all the moods that come with it!
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| Virabhadrasana II - Warrior 2 |
__ Candles on my cake.
We have closed ‘Birthday Season’ (until next October) in the Kirschenbaum home. A huge EXHALE for a mother who decorates and celebrates (6 human stars and a sparkle pup) in fantastical excess. 💐
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| Utthita Parsvakonasana - Extended Side Angle Pose |
With familiarity through exposure, background and skill, yoga becomes self massage.
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| Hand to Heart and bébé belly. Butterfly Legs Seated on Bolster. |
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| Prasarita Padottanasana III - Wide Legged Forward Fold C |
What was the cherry (peak) and what was the pit (valley) of your day? We use this as our analogy since our last name is “Kirschenbaum”, German for Cherry Tree. 🍒
When our family has been apart for the day’s working hours conquering the world, we dine together at sunset while comparing notes, but when the weekend has been seemingly endless hours of “mom”, “MOM”, “dad”, “DAD”, why not serve the children separately?
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| Chaturanga Dandasana Strong arms for pouring, whisking, flipping, serving, clearing… |
Creating resourcefully for everyday tranquility.
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| Batter, Dressing. |
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| Infinite granola iterations. |
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| Pancakes.🥞 BUTTER. |
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| Diver Pose (Drinking Bird Pose) 🦅 |
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Just keep COOKing (in silence for effortless enlightenment). Spring goddess salad, chocolate pots, homemade ‘perfect bars’ plus oats, three berry muffins, classic stuffed bell peppers. 💚🤍❤️ |
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| EN-JOY |
