Yoga friends,

Our body (physical, mental and energetic) is what we have to feel
the experience of life. Our energy body is, for better or worse,
truly married to our physical body. It might want to slip away into
the cosmic ether but it is stuck, tied to this bed of flesh and nails
and bone, an osmosis of life dissolved in a body of 70% water.

Last Sunday's energetic yoga class-
started with sleeping tiger pose, 5 minutes to pull the breath down
into the lower tan tien. our physical awareness of energy drawing
inward is expressed by contracting muscles and nerves.
in the same direction, we are concentrating our mental observation
in toward the lower abdomen,
Coincidentally this pose encourages the body to open along other
energetic gates in the palms, soles of the feet, the anus and top of
the head.

Moving thru a series of asanas-
Stiffness is a small stumbling block on the journey thru our physical
topography. Stretching enables our body to release used energies,
gone tired and sour. Stress is an obstacle across our mental terrain,
crossed using meditation to release negative energies.
Class ended with an energy meditation using our palms.
Yoga aims to unite mind and body by physical and mental exercise.
We unblock. We are balanced. We become aware.

"I can feel my mind and body connect to the surrounding ocean of
prana, the vast life energy carried in the air and light, and distilled
from the food we eat." (Overheard after yoga class).

"On a universal scale, our self has the reality of a drop of seawater
in the ocean." (Scrawl found written in the wet sand at low tide.)

"It's been said that the body is a physical expression of the spirit,
our own temporary vantage point of view within the cosmic mind."
Swami Paramajama, flannel clad yoga guru.

namaste, :)ohn

wed. class- 7pm.
fri. class- 7am.
sun. class- 10:30am