Yin And Shavasana Practice - Breath And Body Awareness

A Yin and Shavasana practice recorded live on IT. Movements and breathwork aimed at reducing tension and fostering self-awareness. The use of household items as props encouraged for comfort and support. Inclusive and adaptable to individual needs. A practice for everybody.

10/23/24

Please note: This audio is ripped from a video.

Transcript

Hey-o.

I think,

I think the things have been pushed.

If you could give me a couple of hearts,

If you can hear me,

See me.

I feel like something might be,

Oh,

Sweet.

Thank you.

Hey Sue,

Let me scooch back.

I am in cozy garb today.

It needed to be.

Welcome,

Welcome,

Welcome.

Come on in.

I mean,

Clearly you're in,

But start to gather,

Start to settle whatever you need to do.

Um,

Get your beverages,

Get your tissues.

I don't know.

It's what I have.

Books,

Journals,

Whatever you need for class.

Um,

I always recommend stuff,

So if you already know,

Gather the things.

If you're like,

Wait,

What stuff?

Hang out for just a second.

We're gathering into yin and shavasana,

And I am Lisa,

Um,

And thank you for joining.

If you're new to the practice,

To the platform,

To me,

To this day,

Um,

Our practice today is leaning into whatever.

There you go.

Leaning into whatever.

That's pretty,

Uh,

Eloquent.

There was more,

But that just struck me as funny.

Um,

Leaning into being.

Whatever arises was the rest of that,

But also kind of,

It is whatever.

Whatever is.

So,

It's not that we're like,

Oh sweet,

I'm going to feel this way today.

It's,

You know,

The bubbling up.

If you're here for the stretch,

Amazing.

If you're here for the mental unwinding,

Amazing.

If you're here for all of the things,

Great.

Um,

This class is for everybody,

And I can't stress that enough.

Um,

I offer lots of variations,

Um,

But always feel free to ask.

Um,

Yeah.

Oh,

Nice.

Welcome,

Cora.

Thank you.

Um,

Yeah.

So,

Yin is a contemplative practice.

There is sometimes emphasis on sensation,

But also there's always sensation in all the places.

So,

Just checking in with what you need,

The why.

Um,

If you're a more active person coming from yang type of yoga,

Let's say,

Uh,

Power or dot,

Dot,

Dot,

Anything that's not restorative or yin,

Um,

Or nidra,

Um,

You're,

You're finding some moments in a shape or not.

So,

You can listen to the practice.

You can participate in the shapes with the body.

So,

I can offer all of those kind of ideas,

Um,

Bubbling into,

Bubbling up,

Letting go of effort.

So,

This is why we have props.

We have,

Um,

Things from around the house.

It's not these things.

You do not buy a yoga thing.

You have some things from around the house.

I've been using my pillows for my couch,

Which is right here.

Um,

Whatever you have,

Some pillows,

Cushions from wherever,

A towel,

Um,

Something to cover or drape over the eyes,

Uh,

Something thin to place under your head for shavasana,

Which is our rest at the end.

We're really letting go of the doing,

And that can be a challenge for us all.

Um,

Yeah.

And so,

I,

Within all of that,

Especially if you're new to me,

As you will see,

You know,

I,

I care deeply about what's happening in the world,

And that's not something that we love and light away.

That's not a namaste away from good vibes.

So,

This is where we kind of come back,

Especially as western,

Um,

As a western person in the seat of a teacher.

I,

Um,

Take all of that to heart,

And so I'm coming from perhaps a different lens as,

Um,

Good vibes kind of classes,

And there's no judgment,

Shame.

This is where I'm coming to you from,

And so this is the information I'm relaying.

Um,

There you go.

Do with that what you may,

And I also like to be corny because,

Like,

It's the yes and,

And that's really,

I've been in practice with the yes and so hardcore lately,

In my own personal,

Which is the global as well.

Um,

You can't really be living in these times and not be affected in one way or the other,

And so practicing,

Practicing when things are amazing,

And practicing when things aren't as amazing.

We're finding how we react,

How we breathe in those moments is crucial,

Is one breath at a time,

Is like my mantra,

Basically.

So,

This is where we come together.

So,

Gathering your things.

This is who I am.

Thank you in advance for your donations.

I know there's lots of places that the money can go to,

So I understand all of that stuff.

Um,

Give me a follow if you haven't already.

Oh,

Oh,

Oh,

I do have a talk scheduled.

Um,

It'll be kind of like this,

But we'll talk about grounding and centering,

Especially during this time,

Because here during this time,

I,

You know,

We're also making shapes.

I'm taking the time to create the space to have that movement in the body and that awareness in the body.

So,

With the talk,

We'll just take that part out and get down to it,

And it will be more interactive.

So,

You know,

I know here we're kind of splaying out and really getting into it and not running to the device to talk,

Um,

But in that instance,

Which you could be also,

I mean,

That would be kind of great.

Do your own class and listen,

But also welcome to chime in and ask and chat,

And if that one is well received,

We'll add more,

Um,

And then I am going to be adding some things to my library really soon.

If you think this is beneficial,

I'll get into the class here in just one second,

But sometimes if I'm not mentioning it,

It won't get mentioned when I'm,

Yep,

You get it.

I'm going to be adding the audio version of this class to my library.

Let me know if you think,

Well,

Why?

Let me know if you think,

Oh,

I,

That's helpful,

Or thoughts on that.

So,

Perhaps,

You know,

Listening and then self-guiding,

But also,

Like,

I'm there,

Just it's from,

You know,

A live class.

So,

Let me know if you find that useful.

I will be adding just a couple to see,

Again,

What thoughts are.

Okay,

With all of that said and the housekeeping house kept,

Um,

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for willing to kind of sit with self and breathe and kind of reconnect together,

As well,

In community.

So,

Finding your,

Your collection of stuff,

If you haven't already,

Um,

Moved,

If you were in a specific shape,

Move the legs.

I'm going to do that.

I'm just going to uncross,

Recross,

Give it a little stretch.

We'll come into our bodies here now.

We'll come into our bodies here now.

I had a lot of information that I was relaying,

So now let's listen to your own information.

Coming into a seat,

Or whatever you feel is appropriate for your body today,

Again,

You can be laying down in a chair,

You could be listening at work,

Whatever,

Um,

All the different variables.

If it's available to close the eyes or soften the gaze,

You're welcome to.

If that's not available to you in this moment,

Allow some softness,

So there's less of a focused in and kind of that pulling back the focus.

A couple of big breaths here to allow the body to arrive.

Hands can be wherever they land.

If you have a mudra,

If you have a shape that you like to make with your hands,

Or if they need to be cozy or if they need to be cozy in some pockets,

Allow this to be your own arrival.

What feels like you can start breathing into the body?

What shape does that require?

And as you build that shape,

Notice if the breath can support a sustainable type of shape.

So can you breathe and not effort as much?

Of course,

There will be muscle action if you're sitting up.

Allow the breath to be known and felt.

Felt.

Feeling into the body that has shown up with you today.

Honoring that sacred vessel or machine or humanness which comes with its own challenges to say the least.

Notice,

Breathe.

And important here is to remember to always come back to the breath.

Always come back to the breath.

What breath can reconnect you to your body and maybe even bringing the hands or fingers or whatever is touching the earth or if you're sitting up on a bunch of cushions,

A hand to the cushion which is resting on the earth.

Feeling that sense of breath connection.

Allowing yourself to drop in to the body via the breath.

And perhaps you stay here,

Checking out and acknowledging the body,

Noticing when the story starts to jump in and weave its web of tales.

Coming back to the breath and perhaps you venture on if this is in your amount of spoons today,

Whatever your situation is coming to the question of how am I today?

And the I in question can be where you land.

Coming back to the breath,

Especially when the brain does what it's designed to do.

Come back to the breath,

Notice the connection to whatever you're sitting on,

Laying on,

Breathe in.

And long breath out,

Reconnecting to that piece of you that cannot be taken away,

That cannot be taken away.

That piece of you that cannot be taken away,

That cannot be.

Another full deep breath in.

And long breath out and you don't have to match with me but feel into a couple more breaths like that.

Feel that full breath in.

And even longer breath out.

Feel the connection to whatever you're seated on,

Connected to,

Working with,

Working through.

A couple more breaths like that.

Longer breath out,

Then in.

Even through the mouth making some noise.

Let's take one more full breath in wherever you are.

And long,

Full,

Even longer breath out with ease and grace.

Staying exactly as you are as you come back to whatever natural rhythm of the breath starts to arise.

Maybe some sighs,

Some movement,

Slow,

Just like a blink or two is the movement I mean,

Or acknowledging the jaw was locked into place.

Another breath or two as you lower your chin toward your chest,

Not against or press down,

But a small distance as you blink the eyes open if they were closed.

Maybe you reconnect even further to the earth so bringing hands to the earth or palms face down on the earth or blocks or cushions or body feeling into the bottom of the feet.

If that's your experience.

The edge of your body.

Some awareness.

How can the breath sustain this inquiry or the stretch wherever you are in coming to this community allow the breath to acknowledge and to find that sustainable pace.

Which allows exploration in whatever form,

Which allows you to honor and nourish and really come into acknowledgement of the divine,

Or the sacred within whatever you call your connection.

Allowing that to be acknowledged and to take this time here to come back to that self that capital self that capital S self.

Like who's doing the noticing who's doing the noticing who's doing the noticing,

Honoring and breathing into that witness awareness.

And when you're ready big full breath out maybe even loud exhale if that's available to you in whatever form.

When you're ready,

Bringing the gaze up.

Hello.

If you had legs crossed uncrossed,

And I'm scooching just because I'm quite close here.

So extend the legs.

I'm moving all of my stuff back if you were sitting on a mountain,

And you can spare a couple of cushions to come a little closer to the earth.

That's what I'm going to do carefully mindfully I'm keeping this big one because it's not as puffy as you think but I'm also going to stay here with legs extended.

I know my cushion rating here in this shape today so I am going to explore with this gentle pedal.

If sitting upright isn't available to you.

I have this mantle behind me I could lean against this.

If you have a wall where you don't have to move too far or you have stuff that you can help prop yourself up with having a couple of things on each side can help you not sink into the low body here so that you can perhaps have less effort,

More support,

Right,

Which is like,

Again,

Mic drop.

How can we create more support communally globally and have to have less effort,

Less hunching,

Crunching,

Whatever your fill in the blank is.

So in within this communal space,

You know,

We're not creating more pressure to release something else down here.

A couple more pedals,

How are we feeling in the lower body bringing whatever whatever variation your body is blood flow awareness wherever your boundaries and edges of your experience are allow that little wiggle that movement that breath the imagination energy again,

Whatever you call it,

We're coming back to the core the center of the breath outward.

When everything is my words lately,

Explosive and chaotic.

Literally,

And figuratively,

How can we come back?

How can we find ourselves again?

Okay,

Again,

Through a stretch through all of the analogies.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Okay,

Awareness in my extremities here,

Coming to stillness,

And then we're going to pause in the shape with legs extended.

So all of the things if you're like,

Oh,

I can't hang out here another second.

Then next time,

Let's bring all the more props and add them now as you support yourself.

Let's say by bringing all of the props up towards you,

So that you can set up tall in your body,

And then round forward,

Which probably just muffled me.

So allowing yourself to find space and then around,

Soften in what that looks like for your body is different than mine.

But again,

Taking the effort out.

The sensation through wherever you feel is up to you.

If you're looking for a specific,

I'm giving air quotes stretch within the body.

Again,

We're coming into the why.

Can I breathe?

Is this sustainable?

And as you settle in,

The breath can be the North Star as we create this idea of inquiry.

How can we breathe in a way that's more sustainable,

And then let that ripple outward.

Or if you look at it this way,

This visual might be helpful as you're settling into whatever shape visual might be helpful as you're settling into whatever shape you have settled into.

Maybe we're creating the most ease from the outside of the body and words.

Noticing,

Oh yeah,

My knees needed padding or whatever shape.

Check in with the breath.

Can the breath arrive differently with more support?

Creating space for the body,

The breath,

The body,

The breath,

The literal tissues and fibers holding us together within the skin.

Underneath wrapping all of the organs,

The fascia,

The connective tissue.

How can we nurture into the cells?

We can keep going.

Allow the breath to remove the effort.

As the mind wanders and does its magical things,

Allow the breath,

When it's noticed,

To create that graceful transition into the okayness of that moment,

Of that,

Oh,

Completely natural for my brain to wander in all of the directions.

Can I transition that in to a breath with peace and softness,

Kindness?

That which our innermost self thrives off of.

Thrives off of.

I was just watching No Judgment,

Monsters,

Inc.

And it's exactly the factory ran better,

Spoiler alert,

The factory runs better on laughter than fear.

In the movie,

They,

It took a while for them to figure that out.

A big,

Big,

Big breath in.

Long,

Full breath out.

Again,

There's no erasure of fear.

How can we come back to the breath?

The factory runs better on breath.

Full breath in and out.

A couple more times here as we,

Especially if we've floated into the ethers,

Allow yourself to come back into the body with those breaths before we move or transition into another shape.

Remember that we hold these shapes for a while.

So again,

That transition is peaceful.

It's all,

It's all related.

It's called a practice.

So we're coming back,

Transitioning with peace,

Kindness,

And grace as if you're forward,

Walking yourself up,

Building that long spine.

Set your props to the side.

And if you do have something underneath the knees,

Allow yourself to bend gently,

Remove your prop,

And then bending the knees as much as you need.

If it's available to plant the feet,

Prop yourself from behind,

Lean up against something or make your variation,

And start to acknowledge the toes,

Little bits of wiggles in the toes.

And before you rush to the ankles,

Can you move through the ball of your big toe?

So I just forgot all the words.

So yeah,

You know,

The,

The big pad underneath your big toe,

Bringing awareness,

Attention,

Even if it's just imagination to that spot,

Or again,

Boundaries of your body,

What translates for you,

Allow that awareness to be even imagination,

And then moving towards the outside of the foot,

The body,

Again,

My,

My pinky toes,

Like,

Moving on its own,

Right?

It's just,

I'm looking at it,

Just hilarious.

Anyway,

You're bringing the awareness over and then maybe to the inner most center point of your foot,

The arch,

Dot,

Dot,

Dot,

Allow that awareness to be there.

Can you feel in,

Again,

Now towards the heel,

Just feeling into,

Oh,

Did I crunch up the rest of my toes to feel into my heel?

Where did I sacrifice that softness,

That awareness,

So that I can notice something else?

So rebuilding.

Oh,

And then does my knee,

Does my hip start to,

And again,

We're noticing how it all fits,

How it all relates,

Come back to breath,

Release the knees,

Kind of find that softness,

Side to side,

Wiggle both feet,

And then pause here,

Bringing that left foot up,

Or again,

Your variation,

Big toe,

Just feeling into awareness,

Working your way towards the little toe,

Yeah,

Left side is waving too,

And then whatever variation you did on the other side,

I should have said do that,

And then working into this awareness here,

I don't want to spend too much time,

Also,

We're noticing how it all connects,

One thing is off,

It's all off,

Breath is held here,

It shows there,

There's,

It's all related,

Everything.

Okay,

So moving up,

Look at me,

Looking to start it,

Last week was a lot,

All right,

Base of the big toe,

Working your way to that center most point,

And really pausing there,

So if you're rushing anything,

Pause deeply in that center of the center,

And ultimately,

That's where we come back to the breath,

That's where we breathe into,

Is the center of our center,

That which cannot be taken away,

That is yoga,

But I thought we were stretching our feet,

Yes,

Breathing into that,

And then heal,

And then notice where you crunch,

Or maybe you didn't on this side,

Maybe you knew,

And could see it,

So you're like,

Oh yeah,

No,

We're not doing that on this side,

And then wiggle it out,

Extend both legs,

Notice where all of the tension might have crept to,

Those of you who do,

Let's say,

Half pigeon,

Or the yin variation here,

You'll notice that a lot of people will fold forward,

And really crunch,

And everything just is so hugged in,

Just to maybe get some relief in the hip,

Which it's still not,

Because you're holding on,

If we're thinking just physical,

All right,

So we've wiggled it out,

We've stretched it out,

Let's lay down,

All right,

So coming to your back,

And I'll stay up,

Because I will sound muffled a little bit,

I'll show if needed,

Come down to your back,

Come down to your back,

If you're sitting on something,

Maybe move it out from underneath you,

Allow yourself to get the relief that you need,

The support that you need,

Maybe under the knees,

You don't need to build a whole thing,

We're not going to just be here for too long,

At least in my time,

So find that supported shape laying down,

Allow yourself to notice,

Maybe this is the first time that you've paused in this shape,

Like we did when we first arrived,

We gave some acknowledgement,

Validation to the body,

I notice,

I see you,

I know that is feeling this way today,

Without jumping into the story,

We're coming back from the story again,

How can the breath sustain this inquiry,

Or this stretch,

Or this quiet,

And then more breath,

More softness,

Perhaps coming back to the initial inquiry of how am I,

In this moment,

Taking away from story,

Because believe you me,

I know things are hard,

And this is the practice,

Is how do we keep taking the breath,

And a lot of times,

A lot of times,

That is the practice,

And then we build,

So taking the time to notice,

To breathe through,

To maybe you're lightening up,

And you're feeling into your own internal changes of season,

Allow just another breath or two in the stillness,

Whatever that looks or feels like to you,

There is no right or wrong,

And when it's time for you,

If you haven't already,

Start to reach and stretch into whatever organic stretch feels right for you laying down,

So if you're super ready to get off of your back,

Maybe it's a rolling side to side,

Perhaps it's rolling to your belly,

But you know,

Maybe not,

But again,

Do what you need,

Little bits of what feels right to the body,

Starting to draw that listening inward,

Letting everything else fall away,

And what what did the body react to,

Or breathe into,

Soften into,

And I'm not talking about where we bend into the soft spots,

It's these little nuanced movements,

Not a lot of effort,

It comes with breath,

So maybe you know,

Someone next to you wouldn't be like,

What are you doing,

They'd be like,

Oh,

That's a little stretch,

And not that we'd care about judgment,

But it's nuanced,

All these shifts,

All of these breaths are nuanced,

Survival sometimes is nuanced,

All right,

When you're ready,

Draw one knee at a time in towards the chest,

Wrap whatever reaches around,

So maybe it's fingertips,

Maybe it's nothing,

Maybe you're holding on to the outer edges of the knees as you're on your back,

Let your tailbone soften,

But don't get caught up in what I just said,

If your body's like,

Oh,

Okay,

And it softens down a little bit,

Or you take a moment or two to like,

Associate brain body connection,

And you're like,

Okay,

Maybe you move a hand,

And you're like,

Okay,

That's what that feels like in my body,

Or imagination,

Or if you're like,

What,

Then forget it,

So nuanced,

And I hope that's translating through all of the things,

Because it's really our experience on the inside,

Which who can gauge that,

All right,

One more little stretch,

Stretch,

And then arms come down by your side,

Oh,

We're in,

We're hugging,

Yes,

One more squeeze,

Squeeze is what I meant to say,

And then knees soften out,

Arms come down by your and then knees soften out,

Arms come down by your side,

And let those sensations marinate,

Percolate,

Allow whatever is to be,

And then with whatever you have within reach,

It doesn't matter what it is,

Just because I use it,

You don't have to have one,

That is always the permission,

I just I have the things,

I believe the hype,

So don't believe the hype,

There is no yoga thing you can buy,

Pants,

Sticky mat,

Things,

Blocks,

Whatever,

Just,

Okay,

All of that said,

You are on your back,

Knees are extended,

You are reaching for a block-like item,

So it can be a thin cushion,

Because you might not know what I'm about to say,

And your body might react at this block,

Which looks like a brick,

So for me,

My feet are going to be planted,

And I'm going to be coming into supported bridge,

So with all of that said,

Some people are like,

Oh,

Bridge,

That's this,

And we'll pop right up into it,

Please,

This is this different type of class,

We're checking in before we do the thing,

All of that said,

Feet are planted,

How will it feel in energetic and imagination-wise to lift the hips enough to place something underneath you,

So that something,

Again,

Can be super thin,

That something can be nothing,

You can rest the knees together and be here,

Okay,

With all of that said,

You can,

Knees apart,

Feet planted,

Hinge the hips up,

Pressing into the feet,

The hands,

And then collecting whatever it is that you have below the belt line,

So above the tailbone and below the belt line,

The sacrum,

That kind of triangle bone there,

We want to find no wiggle in whatever you're using,

So making sure that it's solid,

It's stable,

You can breathe,

You can feel safe in the shape,

So again,

You can be on a thin cushion that you have all of the safety,

Stability,

This,

Of course,

There's some wiggle,

But I am shaking it with my hands,

And it's secure,

All right,

Again,

Here,

You can let the knees rest,

Pause,

Feeling like maybe I need a little bit more length,

You can establish that in the back of the neck,

If you would like to extend the legs,

Scooching whatever you have out in front of you to the side,

And taking it one leg at a time,

When you extend,

Maybe it's not sustainable,

And you're like,

Oh,

No way,

Coming out the same way with grace and ease,

Establishing your own boundaries,

Knowing what's right for your body today,

And then resting in,

And again,

Making sure we're not resting on the tailbone,

We find that secure shape,

Maybe the eyes closed,

But coming back to how's the body,

How's the breath,

Might I pause here,

Soften into the low back,

The low belly,

Release the jaw,

What you're using underneath you,

Coming back to the breath,

What is right for your experience here today,

And we're not talking necessarily preference and aversion,

What you like and what you don't like,

It's what you know in the core,

What's right for you,

And of course,

We are all learning,

In this moment,

How can the breath help guide you to the place where inquiry is available,

And that inquiry could be a breath today,

And a whole chapter on your past tomorrow,

So allowing what needs to be,

To be breath in and all the grace breath out,

Let it be long,

Let it be nourishing,

Kind,

The most sweet to your innermost self,

Let's do a couple more of those,

Just as you are,

Even if you're pretending to be nice,

Pretend just a smidge more,

And letting that go,

Longest exhale,

Sometimes we start with the fake it till you make it,

And you know what's right for you underneath,

Letting that all go,

All right,

Wherever you are,

Come back to the natural rhythm of your breath before you move,

Before you move,

Where you're taking these vulnerable shapes,

And we want to take the time coming out,

So if you extended the legs,

One leg at a time,

Comes to our starting shape,

Feet planted,

Secure your foundation,

Your base arms,

By your sides,

And a good proper inhale helps to press into the feet,

The arms to lift the hips,

Enough to slide whatever out from underneath you in slow motion,

Articulate the vertebra,

One bone at a time,

If that's available,

Down,

Noticing your own mobility in spine,

Slow,

Slow,

Gentle kiss,

Gentle touchdown versus a plop,

No judgment again,

And then pause here,

Let the knees rest,

Observe the movement,

The sensation,

Check in where you were tensing,

Contracting,

So that you could release somewhere else,

Soften in,

Again it's that inquiry,

That taking the moment to notice,

Big full breath in,

And full,

Nourishing,

Sweeping,

Cleansing breath out,

Coming back to peace and kindness from within,

One more breath in,

And out,

With care,

Gently hug one knee at a time in towards the chest,

And gentle hug in,

Not efforting,

Maybe resting the hands,

Or whatever's resting on the thighs,

The knees,

Wherever the ankles,

Allowing the shoulders to soften down,

Pause here,

Seed shape,

But also letting the low back,

Maybe decompress a wee,

A wee,

Full breath in,

And long,

Full,

When you're ready,

Full extension,

Once again,

Extending the arms and legs,

If you have stuff in your way,

Really gently,

Kindly move it,

Slowly,

And then that same type of organic movement here,

Moving into the breath,

What does the breath need to expand,

Like you're blowing up a balloon,

In theory only,

So as you're breathing in,

Where can you expand into,

So we're pressing out the contraction,

By expanding into the fingers and toes,

With no force,

No pressure,

Again,

In your own body experience,

Your borders,

Your connections to the earth,

Or whatever you're resting on,

And again,

For some of us,

It's breath,

One breath at a time,

That is the yoga,

How can I breathe,

One more stretch into your own boundaries,

And then lower the arms down by your side,

Pause here,

Let the shoulders soften,

Let everything come back to center,

To center,

Coming back to,

Notice how your humanness runs,

Does it run better on regulation,

Breath,

Co-regulation,

Noticing your own nervous system,

Or learning about it,

Perhaps,

For the first time here,

Without that regulation,

Without that noticing,

There is no hack,

There is no moving forward,

Moving on,

Allowing ourselves to notice that we are in,

The times we're in,

Our nervous systems,

Perhaps we're not designed to be regulated in times like these,

And this is the time that calls for inquiry,

Contemplation,

Digging deep and knowing what's right,

And sometimes we've got to stretch and move and be in the body so that we can drop into those other layers,

One more moment in this rest here,

Come back into that full stretch,

This time,

Taking up more space,

So maybe you're moving more stuff,

Perhaps you're touching the boundaries of touching the boundaries of whatever space you're in,

That's okay,

Allow yourself to be big again,

Even if,

Especially if it's an imagination only,

What does it feel like to take up some space,

To speak your mind,

To know your truth,

And to let that be emanating from your pores,

Knowing that is based in love and kindness,

And in intention,

Community,

Self-study,

Releasing suffering,

Right,

With that built bigness,

Reaching into all of the ends,

Find one more,

Reach,

Stretch,

Reach,

Stretch,

Reach,

Stretch,

All the space is taken up,

And then slowly lower down into whatever shape you need for your Shavasana,

For your deep rest,

I will be coming up so that I can lead and speak a little bit more clearly,

Slowly,

Find the comfort that you need,

Make yourself then 10%,

20% more cozy,

Comfortable,

Warm,

So that that alignment,

That dropping in,

That nourishment is there,

Available,

Palpable,

As you continue to arrive and setting up your space to hold the space for yourself,

Allow the body to breathe,

To settle,

To get heavy,

All the ways that we think we are driving the machine,

Letting those things go,

Letting those things go,

So let the muscles soften,

Release,

All the tiny muscles in the face start to release,

Taking off that mask of happy,

Of personality,

Of of dot,

Dot,

Dot,

Letting all of the body simply be,

As we settle,

Start to notice the body being breathed,

Especially as the brain does what it's designed to do,

Allow the breath to be the tour guide that escorts you back into this moment,

This breath,

Allow it to be felt,

Sensed,

Nourishing to that space that cannot be shifted,

Changed,

Moved,

Your own divinity,

Your own connection to that capital S self,

Which is so priceless,

Beyond ego,

Beyond the rules,

Coming back to what is right,

Creating peace,

One breath at a time,

All senses,

All senses,

Focus in on one breath at a time,

Allowing everything that is a disruption in the external or internal world,

To fall away as we come back to breath,

Creating space for the remembering,

Creating space for the knowing that you are already all right,

Even though things might not be okay,

Allowing breath and regulation to hold the space for the body,

The spirit,

The witness awareness.

This is the yoga that cannot be taken away.

This is the practice one breath at a time.

Allow the breath now to become fuller as the awareness starts to drift back into the physical fingers and toes move and again take on that movement of organic what what does that innermost sense of you feel like?

Does it need to stretch?

Where can the energy flow more?

And then when you're ready,

Roll over to one side or the other and pause again in that stillness coming back to that dropped in sense of nourishment,

Of kindness and peace.

And then when you're ready,

Roll over to one side or the other and pause again in that stillness coming back to that kindness and peace.

Letting that coat all of you,

The W-H-O-L-E,

The entirety of you and that golden self.

Let that be palpable to all that you encounter in person,

Online.

May you be that to yourself.

And let that forgetting and remembering be so very short.

Remembering and bathing in that existence.

When it's time,

Gently use the top arm to press yourself up,

Come to a seat.

Hands gather in front of the heart as we bring the hands to prayer.

And this gathering of this community that I am so grateful for that is palpable through the interwebs,

Allow us to be an acknowledgement of each other.

Again,

No matter what sign is in our yards,

Allowing us to remember our own humanity.

Let's bow forward and show that gratitude to the teacher within all things,

In which we give a hearty thank you.

Thank you,

My friends.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for allowing us to share space,

To unwind,

And observe,

To learn,

And to keep showing up.

So thank you.

I'm going to scooch forward so I can see a little bit better.

Thank you for your donations.

Thank you,

Lynn.

I greatly appreciate you.

Cara.

Oh,

Cara and Cora,

Thank you for being here.

Miles from Kingston,

Canada,

Thank you for being here.

I am so grateful for all of you Miles from Kingston,

Canada,

Thank you for being here.

I am so grateful.

Like I said in the beginning,

I have some things coming up,

So I will be scheduling for next week.

I am here on Wednesdays,

Same time,

Same place.

I am going to be adding,

If you feel it's of benefit,

The audio portion of these classes to my library on Insight Timer,

So that's kind of a cool feature.

Know that that's coming,

So if you don't necessarily need to see and aren't as visual of a person,

You can listen and then do the shapes or just listen for the teachings,

Whatever it is for you.

Know that that's coming.

And then November,

First week of November,

It's on my page.

I have a talk coming up,

Which is more of me talking,

But hopefully more of you talking as well,

So getting that kind of interaction coming up.

Give me a follow on said profile page.

You see what's coming,

What's happening,

How to work with me,

All of those good things.

And yeah,

Also like what are you listening to,

What is getting you through,

What is bringing you joy,

Is something I'm always interested in and that's something that I love about community.

It's like,

Oh did you hear this song,

Did you read this daily,

Whatever,

You know,

Whatever's happening.

It's that kind of connection and community that I also enjoy,

So feel free to share that.

Yeah,

That's all I have,

All the things.

Thank you so much for writing a few minutes over with me.

And if you have any questions,

Comments,

All of that stuff,

Know that you can also DM me,

But keeping it kind and appropriate as always.

That's all I got.

Thank you so much for being here.

I am grateful and we will see you next week,

If not sooner,

If we're not floating in some of the same classes.

Thank you so much,

Friends.

I will see you soon.

Take care,

Be kind,

Be safe.

It all starts from the inside.

All right,

So much love to you.

Take care.

Bye-bye.

See you soon.