Living mindfully takes more than intellectual understanding, it takes embodied experience. We can't just "get it," we have to do it. And we can start by find the keys (skills) to open the doors (domains) of mindfulness practice.
I don’t think I realized how much anxiety I experienced until I momentarily stopped feeling anxiety, looked around, and thought, “is this how everyone else normally feels?” I owe that break in anxiety entirely to yoga. If anxiety is the pain of disconnection (a paraphrased definition from Sarah Wilson) then yoga eases anxiety through reconnection – to yourself and your “Something Else.
Although physical practice hooked my attention, it's the philosophy of yoga that changed me. Join me for the Beyond Asana workshop series, which will take you past the physical practice and into the philosophy of yoga through the Yamas (moral guidelines). Each 2-hour workshop includes group discussion, journaling and self-reflection, micro-practices, and guided meditation.
Back bends and forearms stands featuring Sheffield, the dog.
Svadhyaya, the fourth yogic niyama, is the concept of self-study. We’ll apply svadhyaya to our book club and read books that ask the BIG questions that lead us down the path of self-discovery.
Ladybird is a great movie not because it captures triumph or heroism, but because it touches the heart of an experience that people relate to. How do we speak to our everyday experiences from the heart?
mindfully, jaime 