You Get What You Need…

This is the time of applied, intuitive consciousness.

This is the time we let our hearts open up.

This is the time we need our children to experience reality through the compassion of the heart.

This is the time I asked our Fernbank Yoga Club Students~

What do you need to feel more present?

This is the time to state your needs so we can better serve our yoga club…

 

 

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Celia, fourth grade

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Ellis, third grade

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Beverly, fourth grade

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Julia, second grade

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Elena, first grade

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Emily, second grade

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Audrey, second grade

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Lauren, kindergarten

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Lucy, first grade

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Jack, third grade

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Brooklyn, kindergarten

…This is the time to strengthen our nervous systems, so the power of the magnetic human heart can be the force of peace.

Peace has a force to it.

It’s not passive.

This is the time to create a peaceful force to help us navigate through ups and downs, so we can really move mountains.

 

Let there be Peace
Let there be Peace of Mind
Let there be Peace with Mankind
Let there be Peace of the States
Let the World dwell within the Force of Peace~ Yogi Bhajan

Thank you, Traci Childress, The Mindful Reflection Project, for the “What are your needs?” inspiration.

Sat Nam

 

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    Say Yes to Brightness,
    To Certainty, To Health
    Say no to dullness,
    To doubt, to filth.

    Say Yes to Careful,
    To Enthusiasm, to Aim
    Say no to Careless,
    To Backsliding, to Lame.

    Say yes to activity,
    To Attention, To humility.
    Say no to Heedless,
    Inertia, Instability.

    How to say NO
    To such 9 Disturbances?
    Create a “no” prop
    To play interference.

    A block will work wonders
    To impede interruptions.
    Place between your hands
    To help with deductions.

    Press your hands in
    To fire your inner shoulders.
    Breathe your arms up
    And become a beholder.

    Keep pressing in
    To activate what’s dull.
    Reach the block up high
    As well as your skull.

    Hold a block in one hand
    Lift up your opposite knee
    Tilt to block side
    Finding freedom is key.

    Place the “no” block
    Right between your thighs.
    I know it is awkward
    May your enthusiasm rise!

    Press your thighs back
    Keep your shins fixed.
    Fold Forward, touch the floor
    Breathe steady while betwixt.

    Step back into Downward Dog,
    Bend your knees a lot.
    Press your block up and back
    Notice your train of thought!

    Shift forward into plank
    Lower down flat like a pancake.
    Keep shins pressing down
    Lift thighs up with a mandate.

    Stretch your belly and heart forward,
    Hips back toward your toes
    Open your shoulders
    Like a polyphonic prose.

    Press back to Down Dog
    Come down to table.
    Remove your block
    Keep hands and shins stable.

    Prepare to find freedom
    With boundaries no less.
    In this grounded pose
    We call “No Table Yes”.

    As you stretch right leg back
    Exhale Yes to Higher Aim.
    As you bring knee to forehead
    Inhale No to Lame.

    Your spine arches and curves
    As you continue 5 times
    Try it fast, Try it slow
    Switch sides
    Cause it’s prime.

    Sit is easy pose
    Tune into your frame.
    Each inhale in
    Think Yes to high aim.

    Each exhale out
    Think No to Lame
    May this help you
    Up your game.

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    when something horrible happens

    truth-1-300x225how do you teach yoga to teens?  you start by teaching Truth.  speak to the highest in them.  they will get it when you tell them that they are a spiritual being in a physical body and that they are immeasurably powerful.   when they root their feet into their mat, into the earth in Mountain pose they will feel steady and strong; a steadiness they themselves create becomes a thing they can rely upon.  when their feet are rooted into the earth, they will become rooted in their integrity. when they are faced with difficult situations they can breathe into steadiness, root into their integrity and make grounded choices.