In this wonder of a pause I welcome you to land as quietly as the snowflakes softly land on the field covered with a white blanket.
We often continue in the same rhythm even when the nature is still and resting until spring.
So I invite you to share this moment of stillness in the yin pose of butterfly with me.
You can sit on the floor on something soft like a thick woolen mat or blanket.
Stretch your legs out and then bend your legs until the sole of your feet meet and the knees can drop to each side.
Before bending forward lengthen your spine and notice that your hips are tilting forward.
If not support yourself with a pillow under your buttocks.
And carefully bend forward until you feel the softer stretch or opening in your body.
Support your hand on a bolster so your neck stays safe.
Support your hips with putting pillows under each knee if needed.
We will stay here for three minutes.
The season of winter belongs to the element of water,
The energy that invites us to connect to the deeper stillness within us.
The organs of the kidneys and the urinary bladder.
These organs love and need to be held warm.
So now let your body soften into this pose as much as you possibly can now in this moment.
As you breathe out imagine all the stress and tension leaving your body.
Let the exhalation be deep and slow.
The pose of the butterfly also nurtures the meridians of the kidneys,
The energy lines from the Chinese system.
The energy lines that the acupuncture use.
Let us follow the kidney meridian.
It starts on each foot under the little toe.
Continues under the sole of your foot.
Runs up on the inside of your ankles,
Inside of your legs,
Knees and thighs.
The deeper line runs up on each side of your sacrum and then connecting with your kidneys.
The line also continues from the thighs and straight up close to each side of your belly bottom.
And then up and widens at your chest all the way up to your collar bones.
Open your face,
Your shoulders and hips.
Listening to the deep exhalation and slowly prepare to come out of the pose.
Press your hand to the earth and slowly roll up.
Bring yourself back before stretching the legs out.
Stay for a while with this new sensation from the after pose and you can let yourself rest on the floor and let your wonder of a pause continue for at least 10 more minutes.
Namaste.
