When you need to move straight away: a fluid sequence with less instruction/talking and more doing! And options to play upside down.
Heart Flow: A flowing practice to locate, embody, move from and reintegrate the heart. Move through lunges, warrior poses, play with half moon balances and crow and finish with a few seated postures before you rest.
Sri Ram Jai Ram: chanting the names Sita and Ram.
Sita and ram, queen and king of the universe, masculine and feminine; the integration of both within us. Deeply in love, and many stories of losing each other and finding each other, just as we forget and then remember ourselves. A call to the deepest remembrance of who we are, a call to trust and faith and perseverance. Melody - Paula Andreewitch.
Kali Mataji: A chant to kali, the dark goddess, mother, warrior power, and ruler of time: past, present and future who brings us into presence and NOW. Our ability to dig our way out of confusion and misunderstanding into truth.
Mata means mother, ji is dearest or most beloved. Calling to kali as the mother of all, and the aspect of ourselves that knows how to nurture, protect, and fiercely, unconditionally, love. Melody - Paula Andreewitch.
Arunachala: Arunachala is a mountain in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a considered to be a highly auspicious holy site, and the home of various ashrams and temples. Arunachala means red mountain, and every year people make pilgrimages to the top of the hill carrying embers from a fire to the top of the mountain. The red of the mountain and the fire and flame can also be understood as the flame of our deepest knowing and highest wisdom. This melody is by Mooji.
Jaya Jagatumbe: A mantra for Durga, as sung by Krishna Das. Durga is the embodiment of the fierce warrior goddess. She fearlessly leads us to right action even when everything within us is resisting. Jaya - Victory to! Jagatumbe -mother of the universe. He Ma - calling out to Ma the devine mother, and the part of ourself that knows how to nurture, look after and love fiercely and unconditionally.
Sita Ram: Sita and Ram, queen and king of the universe, masculine and feminine; the integration of both within us. Deeply in love, and many stories of losing each other and finding each other, just as we forget and then remember ourselves. A call to the deepest remembrance of who we are, to trust and faith and perseverance.
Back to Centre: a dynamic full body flow exploring fluid pathways of movement. Move your spine, play with balance and remember how inherently well made you are. *Archive: an older video with lower resolution video & high quality sound.
Find your voice: exploring the relationship between voice, our middle body and the pelvis with playful practices that challenge and investigate this relationship, seeking to free up our voice and embody full self expression. *Archive: an older video with lower resolution video & high quality sound.
Well made & beautiful: an idea that sits at the heart of my practice, found in the Taittiriya Upanishad (2.7.1), that the essence of all in existence is well made, inherently worthy, whole and complete. How do we use our practice to anchor into that as a baseline as our circumstances shift and change constantly? I share some thoughts and a translation of the verse by Bill Mahony.
