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Shift happens

May 19, 2015 by Lucy 2 Comments

If there’s one thing in this life on which we can be certain – it’s change.

Sometimes it’s change we actively seek and welcome; sometimes it’s change that comes to find us.  Either way, it’s coming!

As human beings, we’re programmed not to really like change.  On a biological level at least, we like things to be constant.  Change means uncertainty…and that means stress.  Even if we hate our current circumstance, and even if it’s a change we’ve chosen gladly, there’s always that pull back to the devil we know.

In just a few days time, I’m moving house.  I’m really excited, but not without some trepidation too.  It’s a big shift.  A new chapter.  The start of the next phase of my life.

What can we do when facing change?  Our practice, as ever, has the answer.

Return to the breath.  Get our feet firmly on the ground.  Reconnect to the present moment – without catastrophising; recognising fantasy.  Return to this moment and observe.  This is how we learn to flow; bending with the changing winds; allowing the waves to break over us…rather than trying to hold back the inevitable tides.

This too will pass

Is any phrase, any four small words, more full of humility and hope?  I return to it often; and in times of shift and upheaval – with all their excitement, frustration, newness – it seems to me deeply yogic in it’s message of now-ness.

Shift happens.  It’s how we choose to respond that is really the measure of the outcome.

Yoga for when the winds of change blow:

1. Breathe.

No mat, no studio, no lycra required.  We always have our conscious breath to return to.  Take a deep breath in, and s-l-o-w-l-y let it all out.  Consider this your haven; safe ground to which you can always turn, whenever things get a little….cuckoo.

2. Connect with the earth.

Feeling sure and steadfast underfoot underpins our posture and our inner sense of security.  Be the virabhadrasana Warrior!  Confident, strong, looking ahead with poise and equinimity.

Send roots down through the souls of your feet – Vrksasana (Tree Pose) is a nice, playful way to root down to rise up and really feel the bend, sway and readjustment.

3. Be kind.

Kindness is king in a world of endless change!  Look after yourself. Tend to your needs. Be compassionate towards yourself – as you would to your child, your parent, your best friend.  Notice what you are noticing; newness can be uncomfortable; joy can be unsettling – but this discomfort is all part of the growing.  New feels disturbing until – it becomes the way of being.

As my mother always tell me – nothing is wasted.  It is all a lesson; all opportunity to expand.

Times they are a-changing; and we are flowing.

Filed Under: Mindfulness & Meditation, Yoga for... Tagged With: breathe, change, compassion, flow, kindness, mindfulness, yoga, yoga for change

Yoga for Balance and Confidence!

May 16, 2015 by Lucy Leave a Comment

Balance.  Isn’t it what we’re all looking for?  Work-life balance.  A balanced diet.  Steady emotions. That sweet spot of ease and contentment.  We search for it, strive for it, but how many of us have it sorted and under control?

I talk about finding balance a lot, in and out of classes.  Other than ‘being bendy’, the wild balancing poses are what many percieve yoga to be.  On the mat, it’s easy to find ourselves feeling frustrated and unaccomplished by our wobbling leg, our steely gaze burning a hole in the wall ahead as we try to attain the perfect Tree Pose…Bakasana…Natarajasana…without face-planting the wall/floor/person on the mat next to us!

But – ahh, Yoga – you multifaceted beauty!  Balancing poses challange and strengthen us physically but reveal so much more to us about our inner states of being.  Our energy levels, the busy-ness of our mind, the distractions we listen to, our ego bubbling up from within berating us if we fall – and getting cocky when we fly! Yoga is all about balance, but the poses are just the beginning.

The poses – all of them – can be a meditation.  Places and shapes and challenges from which to observe our body and the movements of our mind: our fears, our hopes. The stillness in between breaths.

The challenge isn’t about balancing on one leg, but finding the balance between holding on and letting go.

Practice balancing – and falling – with me in this full, 40 minute online class!  You’ve got this! We’ll catch you.  Stay playful, my friends, it’s only yoga 🙂

Would love to hear how you get on! Leave me a comment and let me know!

Keep practicing and stay frosty 🙂 xx

 

 

 

Filed Under: Online classes + videos, Yoga for..., Yoga in Focus Tagged With: balance, confidence, core strength, dancers pose, free yoga class, home practice, natarajasana, online class, pada bandha, self-practice, tree pose, vinyasa, vrksasana, yoga, yoga for balance

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