Thank you Eight year old Marlie for presenting me with this yoga book you wrote and taught to classes in your school. I appreciate your interesting chapters~ Yoga that keeps me calm Yoga that keeps me Grounded Yoga with more than two people Yoga with two people Yoga that keeps me happy and your very helpful notes~ Remember you will not get it the first time Breathe slowly Remember to lean your beautifully detailed art~ and your permission to share your work on our blog~ I am grateful that you have been a grounded student for three years and you continue to serve your school with yoga. With love, Cheryl Crawford
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…
Often people tend to pull us into their drama. Our awareness can get overwhelmed. What if we allow them time for self-correction? What if we don’t always comment about what we are critical of? What if we focus in a positive way and offer love with enthusiasm?
I invite you to practice the zip mantra (influenced by the brilliant Paul Muller-Ortega ) on your mat space as well as in your life space. Do tell us how it goes!
What Research Says About Kids Yoga and Mindfulness Yoga and mindfulness practices for children are backed by a growing body of evidence showing benefits in emotional regulation, attention, behavior, and mental health. If you’ve felt the impact of these practices in your own classroom or home, you’re not alone. If you would like to begin…
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.
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Thank you Eight year old Marlie for presenting me with this yoga book you wrote and taught to classes in your school. I appreciate your interesting chapters~ Yoga that keeps me calm Yoga that keeps me Grounded Yoga with more than two people Yoga with two people Yoga that keeps me happy and your very helpful notes~ Remember you will not get it the first time Breathe slowly Remember to lean your beautifully detailed art~ and your permission to share your work on our blog~ I am grateful that you have been a grounded student for three years and you continue to serve your school with yoga. With love, Cheryl Crawford
Unlieable – To be filled with ones own truth, to the extent that no lies can enter ones being, either form within or without
So you finish your practice~
Your inner bliss continues