Masculine & Feminine

Happy Father’s Day Weekend!  I hope you spend some time this weekend honoring the energy of the father.

Yoga is a movement towards union – union of the breath and body, union of the sun and moon, and union of our masculine and feminine selves.

In our practice, we find this union by exploring opposites.  For example, in a warrior pose, we press our feet actively into the floor as we extend the crown of our head up and way from our solid foundation.

In our Alternate Nostril Breathing, we breathe equally into the left and right energy channels of the body, seeking to balance the sun with the moon energy.

I hope that this weekend, you can find a way to honor the masculine, solar, heating energy you have within.  This is the energy of action, the energy which takes ideas and imaginings and makes them manifest.

To embrace this energy, find something in your life that has been just a glimmer of an idea.  Find a way to bring this idea into reality by making a list of easy, actionable steps, and watch your life become what you envision.

This weekend, I am honoring the masculine energy within, and the fathers among us. 

Thank you for your practice!

 

Travels with Shiva

I’ve been making a slow-travel through California on this little trip home to the US.  After a week of being spoiled by girl time and good cooking with a friend in Southern California, I hopped a train to LA and further north.  There was a moment of adventure at the train station when I realized that the tracks there were closed and no train would be arriving.  With only 10 minutes to get to the next station and catch my train, I had some luck with two guys and a pick up truck who generously loaded up me and my baggage and another poor soul who didn’t get the news of the closed station.  We pulled up to the next station just as a train was getting ready to leave and breathed a sigh of relief that we would make our destination.

Beach Tracks

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