~Yoga with Kumari Sky~
:::I am excited to announce two new class locations for the fall::: VIROQUA-starts THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6th @ 7pm at the VMH wellness center. You can call there to register! GAYS MILLS-Starts TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18th at the new community center @ 6:30pm. Please call me to pre-register. And my on-going class in LaFarge-WEDNESDAYS at the KVR visitor center @ 4:30pm Yoga is for everybody! No experience necessary! Come enjoy a good,gentle stretch and leave feeling refreshed and renewed in body,mind and spirit.
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I am really excited about my new endeavor>>> learning the names and where all the muscles in the body are(36 total),their action,massage pressure points,origin point,insertion point and that muscles synergists! Wow!
I had anatomy courses in my teacher trainings-but we just didn't have the class time to take the study further... With my recent injuries my interest has been heightend!!! So here it goes-I am endeavoring to become the anatomy geek I always dreamed of being!!!!! August 1st...a milestone day! I taught my first 2 classes today!!! It was so wonderful...my love for my students and their love for me was heart lifting <3 Any insecurity or jitters I had melted away without thought...I am at home when I teach, my passion for helping others in my special way shines through and I FEEL GOOD!!!
The chair...some friends loaned me a lazy boy recliner when I first returned home from the hospital-it became my bed because of the halo brace...In the special green velvet chair I could recline half way and stretch my legs and sleep as comfortable as possible! But today the chair was picked up by its owners...no more sight of it, no more reminding me of my previous nights, just an expansion of my living room...and the appreciative memories of it! Thank you to my body,my students and the green chair. Namaste. I am excited, yet nervous to teach my first class post car wreck...it's an innocent nervousness-like I'm not REALLY nervous, yet I have butterflies already! I guess this is just part of being human. I plan on doing a basic beginner class, I imagine my students and I starting from scratch together. We are fresh to our practice, once again. Even though most have continued practicing, we are re-newed as a group.
I look forward to the good energy of my classes, I look forward to that feeling I always get after every class, I look forward to continuing our yoga journey,I look forward to what my heart will share... ~Namaste my beloved students, see you on the mat soon <3 I went to this conference in San Diego and was able to attend classes with 6 different teachers over the weekend.
My first class was with Bhava Ram of deepyoga.com His class message was: Own your power-Live your truth It was a fun filled class that included dance/movement, singing, chanting, praying,asana,lecture and relaxation. I am very inspired by this man and his journey to yoga and self-healing. Next was Holotropic Breathing, a practice that uses the breath to allow access to nonordinary states for the purpose of self-exploration with Steve Ross. I had a neat experience in this session, I did enter a "non-ordinary" state, and I am interested in trying this technique in the future. Marla Apt, a well known Iyengar teacher was my next session. Her class was focussed on yoga for the neck and shouldres. She taught us ways to strengthen and release our muscles in poses. We experimented with muscle isolation and ways to use props to take poses deeper and also ways to modify poses. Sunday my first session was with Jill Miller, where we learned about the "bony landmarks" of the body, along with the various layers we are made up of(we got to see pictures of cadavers muscles and fascia,oh my) I felt I really got to know my anatomy on a deeper level because of this course. Session 2 was with a wonderful teacher named Aadil Palklova. It was all about the "Art of seeing" your students clearly, their alignment, their energy in a pose and then how to make adjustments-both verbal and physical. My last class was a Chair yoga class. My teacher Claire Diab taught us a basic chair yoga session-including a sun salutation,simple poses and a relaxation. I found this course very informative. It is always very inspiring to be at an event like this-with so many like minded people(yoga geeks,lol) and wonderful teachers. I look forward to incorporating many of the things I learned into the classes I give. My deepest appreciation goes to Organic Valley for making ...that is the human body...daily I am awe-inspired by it's ability to heal itself...its ability to function with out any thought on my part...its ability to re-fresh and re-new...but to do these things, the body does need LOVE... Love in the form of rest, plenty of water, exercise, good nutrition,meditation and healthy thoughts. Of course we all know a body can survive without many of the mentioned "Love" items...and this is our goal as "yogi's", as humans wanting to be conscious creators on our life journey...This has become crystal clear to me in recent months. Treating your vessel/body with as much love and care yields amazing results-in so many areas of our existence! So elementary it seems...yet, we all could use a reminder---frequently!
This has been my affirmation lately.What does it mean?
It means that our inspiration is free to be what it is, no questions asked. It means that our inspiration is free-no charge from the universe...lol :D It means that Divine inspiration truly comes from within, we only have to listen to the subtle(and sometimes not-so-subtle) to know. Free divine inspiration can be called upon in all areas of life...especially our yoga practice. What poses just FEEL right today? and how long to hold? and when to practice and to what music or no music? meditative or more active? the list goes on....what it's really about is tuning into your inner guidance for inspiration. Today is the day :) I did a basic sun salutation! It was intense! Such a simple sequence, once so basic-now strenuous! But I will now start with one a day, and soon as I know it, I will be adding variation to it!
The hardest part today was kneeling warrior 1 and also upward dog. I feel privy now, to the true meaning of patience. I consider myself a very patient person in general-with many years of conscious practice to achieve this state. But now patience is a whole different thing...its not about the kids, or other people, or the person driving in front of me-its about ME...my BODY. It always seems there is something to "do" about "being patient", using the power of your mind. But now i have a physical situation that I cannot change with mere thoughts and focus. I must surrender and BE PATIENCE with my body and its temporary limitations. It has given me the beautiful opportunity to LOVE ME exactly as I am...NO EXCUSES>I JUST AM like this in this moment. No blame, no other way around it. All=patience.
So I head back over to my mat, and lovingly tilt my head as far as IT wants to go today...breathe deep...and TRUST that someday soon it will go all the way :) Such a deep personal journey here on my mat. As I take myself to my edges, I know how far I have to go...but yet...that doesn't even matter at all...this is no race,just a journey :) And I appreciate that I know that, that I am gentle and loving to myself and the limitations I am experiencing in this now.
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