When you feel shallow and dull, deeply breath to get more full.
Settle your seat and settle your feet.
Close your eyes and visualize a cave in each armpit; dwell inside.
Breathe in waves from hips to caves.
Deepen each region of your pits, so a ball of wool could comfortably fit.
This transpires to the cave of your heart, embodying this depth is an art.
Serve others from this Chit, that all begins in your armpits.
Dare to roam this deep, no matter how intense get the sheep.
Said my young friend who wants a connection: “I wave. I shake hands, with no objection. No pain, no remorse, no one intervening a choice I make without much thought or meaning~”
“…Is there a gesture that honors each other? That celebrates greeting sisters and brothers? Can you show me HOW to express happiness with social and spiritual significance?”
YES, my dear friend, I can show you a mudra~ a gesture of sorts, for kings, friends and sudras. Place hands together from fingers to wrists~ like a knife, cut through difference that may exist.
This immediately gets you to the shared ground~ of ALL people, of all cultures, of all sound. It’s a recognition, a united force~ that honors equality of all from the Source.
Close your eyes and tune into your own inner light; your divine spark that forever burns bright. That’s the key, my dear friend, you must see your OWN in order to recognize others’ light shown.
BLEND your five fingers of action on the left~ with five fingers of knowledge on the right~ to achieve the symbol of perfection the union of opposites; interconnection. FInd the Connection of your brain and your heart; your sun and your moon; your stop and your start. Marry together reason and emotion~ unite thoughts and feelings, stillness and motion.
Join positive and negative; hot and cold~ theory with practice, silver with gold~ Wisdom with Method, intellect with instinct~ talent with genius, and feelings with think!
Exhalation and inhalation, ,brain and heart~ Align in harmony, right from the start! There is indeed no sphere of our existence untouched by the symbolic significance~
Bondage and ignorance and limitation! Oh my! We contract like a sneeze~ You want to know why? These are the roots of our issues, You see~ Unworthiness, insecurity, feeling un-free.
These deep darkened roots, known as Anava Mala, cloak our awareness like pollen all upon ‘ya.
This pollen of unworthiness Helps us forget~ How miraculous we are~ We recoil ~we regret.
We regret and we doubt. We feel separate and small. Our pimples and frizzes Keep us enthralled.
How, do we, how do we How DO we re-remember? Our goodness, our freedom From here to September?
Good question, my dear! So at your request~ I’ll teach you the tools To elevate your quest!
Your breath is the broom that sweeps away pollen, Shines light on the ignorance Which is hidden and smallen.
Sit tall, close your eyes, Tune into your spine. Inhale your breath Down the left side line
Sweep your breath out~ On the same side, From bottom to top~ Deep inside.
Sweep your breath in, Down the right side this time. Get real close and real low~ To release dust and grime.
Sweep your breath out~ From bottom to top. Keep sweeping your spine~ No reason to stop!
No reason to stop~ Till you feel lighter and free! Relieved of unworthy Pollen and debris.
The pollen of ignorance~ And debris of limitation~ Can be swept to the surface For expansive illumination.
Each time we remember, We grow and expand~ We become more real! And that is quite grand!.
Community yoga at Central Night Shelter invites Atlanta neighbors, families, and guests to move, breathe, and connect. Sunday sessions from 5 to 6 pm build calm, compassion, and strength through accessible partner poses and simple breath cues. Come practice together and share what you experience.
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Little Bo Breath has lost her depth,
Bondage and ignorance and limitation!
So you finish your practice~
Your inner bliss continues