Yoga By Letters: B

  In P Out P Yoga with the P Pause, Prana, Purpose, In P In     In P Out P Yoga with the P Pain, Pettiness, Pollution Out P Out In P Out P Yoga with the P Play, Pulsate, Participate In P In   May all Children be on Purpose and Perceive: Patience…

In the business of life, we tend to get contracted, even with our yoga practice. We  want to be aligned, with good form and practice these principles in sequential order. At times, all of those details can bog us down.  Bring playfulness into your yoga practice and think of it like a game. See what part of you is winning in certain poses.  Steadiness, Spacious Breath, Hugging the Midline? The directions for Warrior 1 Up are here, but don’t stop there. Think  Rock, Papers  with each pose and notice what becomes more clear.

In F Out F Yoga with the F Fierce, Focused, Flexible In F In In F Out F Yoga with the F Fatigue, Frozen, Furious Out F Out In F Out F Yoga with the F Funny, Friendly, Fluid In F In In F Out F Yoga with the F Flat, Fake, Fidget Out F…

In X Out X Yoga with the X X-pand, X-plore, X-tend In X In In X Out X Yoga with the X X-clusive, X-plosive, X-hausted, Out X Out In X Out X Yoga with the X X-traordinary, Xpressive, X-hales In X In May All Children X-plore the X-uberant X-periences of X-haling… Sat Nam XOXOX  …

In V Out V Yoga with the V Venturesome, Virtuous, Vibrations In V In In V Out V  Yoga with the V Vain, Vicious, Violence Out V Out In V Out V Yoga with the V Vulnerable, Vital, Vessels In V In In V Out V Yoga with the V Voiceless, Vengeful, Victims Out V…

Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: “What does his voice sound like?” “What games does he like best?” “Does he collect butterflies?” They ask: “How old is he?” “How many brothers does he have?” “How much does he weigh?” “How much does his father make?” Only then do they think they know him. If you tell grown-ups, “I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof…” They won’t be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them “I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs.” Then they exclaim, “What a pretty house!”…That’s the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

— The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

So Children, how do you master the art of Grown-up relationships one conversation at a time?