Tailbone adventures: A practice continuing with our exploration of circles, spheres and embryology (see previous class) but that also stands on its own with a focus on the spine from the perspective of the tailbone. We explore the dynamic spiral articulation that begins in the tailbone and travels up towards the scull in rotation and play with responsiveness, freedom and expressiveness of the spine. Opens with a little roll around on a small half inflated ball, but you can also use a pillow or the ground if you don’t have (recommend getting one though!). Closes with a rest and some chanting. Props: Small half inflated pilates ball

Slow & Circular: A practice exploring circles and spheres, with a focus on navigating the ‘in between’ spaces. We begin slowly with a mini meditation, gentle movements for neck release and yummy floor work building the circular pattern through the layers of our experience and awareness as the movement opens into a full body exploration of multidimensional, spherical, creative movement. The design of the practice is such that it could stay quite gentle and more floor based or evolve into something more dynamic and strong. Enjoy!

Limb patterns & Perception: This is one for the movement nerds! More of a mini training practice than a class, we explore movement patterns of the limbs in relationship to the spine. We work through the three limb patterns: homologous, homolateral and contralateral, exploring how each of these affects our visual field and perception, and play with differentiating each patterns so that we can eventually integrate and work with them as a whole.

Into Embodiment: This is a meditation that explores the movement of formless into form via attention moving in a particular way in relationship to the breath and the base of the heart. A short, sweet micro practice.

Into the Center: A micro meditation supporting us to find a sense of the continuity between the world beneath the skin and the world beyond it as we explore the two ways in which “center” is interpreted philosophically in The Recognition Sutras.

Vibe Check: This is a practice from The Recognition Sutras that explores receiving a bit of the ‘vibe’ we are currently emitting out into the world. It’s super interesting! And helpful for noticing, processing and digesting how we currently are feeling as a gateway into awareness.

Objects & Awareness: A meditation to explore object predominant attention and awareness predominant attention. The practice is about building capacity for both, and being able to move in between with a little more familiarity and ease.

Meet yourself as your are: A meditation to meet yourself as you are, and become interested in the sensation of how you are doing - going underneath the language we might use to describe how we are to meet ourselves in the truth of the moment, welcome ourselves into presence from that place of honesty, and explore gradually shifting attention to awareness itself.