Unperturbed ~ Janu Sirsasana

 

Janu Sirsasana - Head to Knee Pose

Unperturbed (by the trendy societal madness!) by having cultivated your inner (garden) life. 🙉

Clueless ~ 3-Legged Downdog 🐕

Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana - Three Legged Downward Facing Dog on forearm 
Remember when everything was not shiny, new, polished and perfect?

Pre-Social Media Yoga. On your cotton mat. Wearing your worn-in clothes. In that clueless, unique only to you, pilgrim style.

Time Tested ~ Scorpion Leg 🦂 Three Legged Downward Dog

Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana Vrschikasana Pada -
Three Legged Downward Dog Pose Scorpion Leg
Yoga bodies are still looking the best to me 👀 

So many workout classes, new fancy studios, hybrids, conglomerations, crazes… but the yoga vibes always bring me back (and the yoga bodies, of course).

Deprogrammed ~ Half Pigeon

Ardha Kapotasana - Half Pigeon Pose

Deprogram - unlearn, reset  - the programming - indoctrination, conditioning - with yoga. 

Counterculture - Flip Your Dog

Adho Mukha Svanasana flip - Flip the Dog
Counterculture saved me.

Why yoga and not Pilates or running or weightlifting or…

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. 

lol asana - Lolasana

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).

Many Mountains - King Cobra 🐍

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. 

Balancing Chakras: Life Stages ~ Neck Stretch

Neck Stretch

Building a family and its nest is a primordial undertaking - where we operate predominantly from the lower, the heart and below, chakras. (Aka ‘survival mode’.) Once these basics are in place, we are available to lift our energy back into the higher chakras, the heart and above, where life is more spirited and less physical. 

Aura - Root Chakra

 

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!

Asana ~ Crescent Low Lunge

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.

Fated ~ Mermaid Pose

Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana - One Footed King Pigeon Pose
Mermaid Pose 🧜‍♀️ 

Cultivate inner peace and outer beauty is assured.

Limbs of Yoga

Anjali Mudra

If your mind cannot solve your mind problem (meditation) - let your body solve it through movement (asana). 

Re-Union ~ Yoga Your Everyday Life

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. 

One Problem Per Yoga Class ~ Supta Padangusthasana

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. 

Tool Box ~ Supta Padangusthasana

 

Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand-To-Big-toe Pose 

There is always more to learn. 

Soft-Test ~ Vakrasana

 

Vakrasana - Twisted Pose
Soft, relaxed version.

Accomplish difficult tasks with a light touch.

Unexpected ~ Urdhva Dhanurasana

 

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.

Spring Flings ~ Bhujangasana

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!

Candles On My Cake ~ Virabhadrasana II

Virabhadrasana II - Warrior 2

 

__ Kisses when I wake.

__ 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. 💐 

Self Massage ~ Utthita Parsvakonasana

Utthita Parsvakonasana - Extended Side Angle Pose

With familiarity through exposure, background and skill, yoga becomes self massage.