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The Ride of Your Life
You’re Up Then You’re Down is in the Twist and Shine sequence of our Grounded Elevator Pose Series. In this sequence, the focus is on the Third Chakra located in the solar plexus, the core of your body. These poses challenge you to exert your personal power and strength of character. Self-esteem is born out…

Grounded Yoga at Refuge Coffee ~ Clarkston, GA
Hi, I’m Lillarose Hardin… You may remember me from my last post here. April 28 was my 11th birthday. I asked my mom if I could celebrate at Refuge Coffee in Clarkston, GA by teaching yoga and running their fun run race. When my mom asked the owner, Kitti Murray if I could…

Dr. Suetra presents: Yoga Sutra of Patanjali 1.2 yogah citta vritti nirodhah

Yoga is the stilling
of the changing states of mind~
The act and policy of
No chitta* left behind.
Yoga is the re-channeling
of habits of the mind~
Capacity for Contentment grows
And Vrittis* get declined.
Yoga is the resolution of
the agitations of the mind.
A uniting of consciousness in the
heart of all mankind.
Yoga is the settling of themind into silence.
Nirodha* the misconceptions,
And ignorant defiance.
Yoga is the deepness
In the lake of tranquility~
Out of the surface ripples~
And into heart’s reality.
Yoga is a gentle
Process of release~
A settling into the
Natural state of peace.
Each inhale think calm~Each exhale think peace.
Favor these words~
Your distractions will decrease~


Hi Ken…It’s me Barbie!
We all have a limited, contracted, outer surface. Yoga teaches us to dig deep into our center to know our true, authentic selves. Yoga Teacher Barbie was gifted to me on my birthday and I have chosen to Ground her and help her to expand her consciousness. All of my students are gifts; yet this is my first one who was born in Indonesia and had a non-existent childhood,. No wonder she has restricted knowledge.Perhaps Barbie’s obvious patterns of limitations can teach us how to observe our own stuff.
Bring It On! Barbie has offered her letters to her beloved, Ken for you all to witness her progress.
How to Bliss Bomb the World
So you finish your practice~
You feel loving and calm.
There is nothing you dismiss~
You are full of BLISS bombs.You rejoin your family~’
And what do you hear?
Shouts of anxieties~
Blames, Shames, doubts and fears!Does loving-kindness deflate
As you join the contention?
Or will your blissed state
Transmit without tension?Each time you experience
The delight of {I AM}
Your bliss will flow forth~
Like a hydraulic ram.Embody the KNOWING~
Of your inner LOVE state.
So you can keep it safe~
And INTERRELATE.YOGA says your relationship
between you and your SELF~
can not be diminished,
or put upon a shelf.You take your SELF
everywhere you GO!
Then everything is spiritual
from Grumps to Sloppy Joes!Lokanandah Samadhi-Sukham
Shiva Sutra One.Eighteen~
Your inner bliss continues
Like you won the slot machines.So how do we GROW
In our capacity for such LOVE?
Without mermaids and unicorns~
Blue moons and white doves?We create an INNER space
Direct love toward KNOWERSHIP~
Call forth our virtues,
Our patience, our grit.We bridge the gap of difference
SERVE in a profound way~
Not cold duty or bargain~
LOVE is the order of each day.Become capable with powers
Of WILL, KNOWING, and ACTING
By practicing {I AM}
Without useless distracting.Place your hand over your HEART~
Feel right beneath your palm~
Towards your back body~
Where this is endless peace and calm.Allow your attention
To be with your BREATH~
To flow in and flow out
Softly in your chest.Welcome the BREATH~
Right into your HEART.
Feel a soft golden sun
That is bright, warm and smart.With each breath IN~
make that SUN glow.
With Each breath OUT~
Expand the warmth to and fro.As you welcome the breath in
To the vast INNER world~
Invite the HEART to reveal
It’s largeness, depth, and swirl.Flow in with the thought {I AM}
The mantra of the inner self~
(Not I am Sam~
Or I am a silly elf)The heart receives the breath
With the recognition {I AM}
The exhalation feels space,
The experience of BLISS BAM.Practice with eyes open
Practice with eyes closed
Practice often
And LOVE will be exposed.As you greet those outside~
Amongst the chaotic and mundane~
Stay tuned into your heart
And send LOVE to their pain.You’ll get glimpses of KNOWING
Your yoga is working~
When outer frustrations
Are shirking, not lurking.











We all have a limited, contracted, outer surface. Yoga teaches us to dig deep into our center to know our true, authentic selves. Yoga Teacher Barbie was gifted to me on my birthday and I have chosen to Ground her and help her to expand her consciousness. All of my students are gifts; yet this is my first one who was born in Indonesia and had a non-existent childhood,. No wonder she has restricted knowledge.
So you finish your practice~
Your inner bliss continues