Yin And Shavasana Practice - Cultivate Inner Peace

Yin yoga postures are long held and passive in nature, practiced mainly seated or lying down. This gentle session will let us discover the meditative aspects of yoga through movement and guided rest. Props from around you are helpful but not necessary. Recorded live on Insight Timer 11/6/24.

Transcript

Hey friends,

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Hello.

Welcome.

Come on in as I'm seeing some of us float in.

Holding space,

Holding space today.

So please come on in.

I'm Lisa.

This is Yin in Shavasana and really this this is the same class as it was last week and the same class that it will be next week.

Not the same but holding space and allowing ourselves to feel.

So yes we can move and stretch as well.

We can take the deep breaths.

We can also come together as community and yeah hold that space together.

So please feel free to well let's let's I was going to say some housekeeping kind of tips and rules here.

We're not going to point fingers.

We're not going to discuss specific issues at hand.

We are going to hold each other's hold space for each other and be in community and show each other again and again like last week and like next week that we show up as humans and we keep remembering our humanity and how can we be there for each other.

Yes so please with all of that said and all of that kind of in mind please hop on into the chat if you feel so inclined and say hello.

Maybe a word or two just how you're feeling how you are.

Yeah and and we can take this class as it needs.

So Elizabeth thank you for being here.

Christina from France.

David hello.

Fiona from the UK hugs hugs.

Ah yes so again thanks for being here for showing up.

I'm in Colorado in the U.

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And it's it's a beautiful day.

It is white outside and snowy and about ankle deep snow.

So that's what greeted me this morning amongst many other things.

So maybe where you're from how you are in wherever you're coming from.

Yeah.

Tired and depressed with the news.

Yeah yeah yeah.

Mm-hmm so what else?

Okay so other housekeeping.

Thank you for your donations.

Thank you for showing up for yourself first and foremost.

I was having a check-in with someone earlier this morning.

Just like how are you I don't know how are you kind of and then we got to kind of work through some some feelings and some things and for me it's community coming back to connection coming back to what did I know yesterday that still holds true today that will hold true tomorrow.

We revisit and we sharpen our tools and we keep doing the work that we're doing and oftentimes action or inaction just depending is what we need.

So allow this class to be space for you and so inaction could look like which it's actually plenty of action laying and I look this way because my my couch is over here but it could look like you know laying in bed on the couch on the floor.

I'm a big floor earth connected person so find whatever helps you to feel connected.

Maybe you feel like you want to move the body a little bit more than even I suggest.

Allow that to be heard and felt but also coming from what stabilizes what brings us back to center yeah yes yes what else anything else I'm gonna take a sip of this lovely coffee that is bound to get cold and coffee still tastes delicious today one breath at a time my friends so all right yin and shavasana grab some props grab whatever you need to help support you and for those of you who are newer to this practice this class me any all none and you just need to hear it again I have a giant stack of stuff behind me I'm usually sitting here but I felt like I wanted to be up in today so of course this was all my stuff but grabbing couch cushions grabbing pillows from your bed whatever you have you do never you never need to never need to buy anything period but you never need to buy anything for yoga you don't need a sticky mat or special pants or a cute top or whatever pillows thing with the thing on it no you can just collect what you have this is that's what I do so it's what I have I collect a method okay so find what you have and never pressure just some comfy pants maybe that you can move in something that you feel warm and held in maybe also a I don't know a scarf a shawl something you know to stay a little bit warmer with maybe you have a blanket also for the end Becky neck and shoulders are really tight absolutely absolutely I hear that yeah so collecting your props things that will be helpful maybe regulating and coming back into the body noticing the breath and coming out of that kind of reaction state which comes and goes right yes Kelly for sure yeah I'm in Colorado you're probably going to get the storm coming through here it's it's a doozy absolutely I'm glad that you're here as well yeah the end the unsettling and the uncertainty and the the questions of what it all means will unfold and all of that is valid and it is here and also we still keep doing our work so where we're feeling unsettled and you know all of that is valid all of that is feeling so heavy right now very very much so so coming back in again and again is what we do and so that's why I was saying you know last week the class and next week the class we still show up and whether you're here or not you're you're in your practice and we're if you're newer to me my my big reminder to myself that I share with you is one breath at a time because that is the practice that cannot be taken away all right so along with a little bit of breathing a lot of breathing we'll be stretching with supports with you know all of the things so you're not using muscle you're not creating more heat more tension more unsettledness and in fact before we start I will scooch because this is my fireplace I a friend of mine gifted me a beautiful you know I don't know what's a grouping of chopped wood called a cord of wood and I was going to have a fire for all of us this morning and that would be too much heat even though it is cold and blustery and snowy and this is part of what I was having this conversation with earlier with someone was like where do we need to create more heat from within and where can we I don't monday we were talking we had a special kind of group chat and we were talking about water and how getting in a bath or finding a body of water is feeling feels cooling and nurturing so finding what it is that feels right for you and nothing wrong with that sacred rage but allowing it to be stabilized and to be to not let it burn you out because sometimes those quick fires really you know so it this is the time that it takes for all of us to take the deeper breath to come together to remember what was true yesterday and is still true today and what we do with that community connection and the unlearning of a lot of our patterning are you know what we have been socialized to think all of those things and we can notice the beauty the wonder the grace the love of it of it all if you're here on I don't know I think it was monday yeah monday I showed my giant box of of coloring supplies of art supplies it's like what keeps you grounded what brings you back to center again and again and we'll start here in a second as if we hadn't started long long ago so that what can you stabilize and what's adding fuel on to you know where where do you need a fire and where where can you perhaps choose something a little more nourishing or nurturing to where your nervous system is now to where your level whatever you want to call it we've got to keep coming back to center whatever center is for all of us all of our experiences are so so different especially where we are in the world what our recipe of our makeup looks like the boundaries of our body what those are you know all of the things so how do we stabilize how do we keep coming back and truly this is you know the one breath the noticing when you might pause before speaking when you might throw another log on right okay if you have been sitting so thank you for being here thank you for coming together and holding spaces community it is just as much for me we are this is this is the point this is the reminder of it's all connected we think we're so different and we gotta get underneath it all and remember the bare bones what is truth what is right and not the opinions of all of the what we gotta get back to is humanness no matter how that human appears to us okay all the breaths so now thank you again if you've been sitting in a specific way like i have i am going to move and make it more comfortable for whatever shape i'm going to be in giving ourselves whatever setup we want to bring in intention into our own bodies here so here it's just been me kind of talking about the things now find whatever shape you want to be in and if you need more cushion if you need to move know that it's you have the advocacy to move to shift to be how you need to be okay there's no right there's no wrong in your experience so find your seat whatever that looks like and if it's appropriate you can close your eyes and i use appropriate as does it feel okay to you is it in your makeup today to soften the gaze to keep them open whatever it is and allowing the wiggles the movements to honor the body how does the body need to be and if that's a sustainable shape allow yourself to then settle into wherever you arrive and take some breaths here and notice the scoop what's happening within your own body and whatever's noticed is valid and okay and felt and allow that to be acknowledged and feel into where the breath goes when you're checking in with the body where maybe you lose the breath altogether and you're like oh oh my goodness i noticed i wasn't breathing when i was focused on that hip whatever's happening coming back to how can the breath be the foundation of the noticing of the body which that might have felt a little nebulous but how can your breath support the body and without getting into the narrative of the story once again the what's going to happen when we're coming back to how is this breath supporting my body here in this moment and maybe the breath starts to be more of your focus here checking in with where you're feeling the breath how the sensations are when it enters the body or exits and maybe you're bringing a hand to the heart and to the belly chest and belly and feeling the rise and fall there is no right or wrong in how the breath looks or feels sounds the stories around the why and a lot of us will stay here feeling the breath move in and out of the body the contraction the expansion maybe the eyes are softly open and a gentle focus on something lovely or through something lovely and letting the breath be the foundation of all that you are in this moment here and perhaps some of us are checking in with just an added layer of how is my spirit today how am i that bigger picture or maybe how is my mood and then notice where your breath went during that inquiry and allowing the breath to be the foundation of the sustainability of the body of the inquiry of really all things you all of the above the entirety of who you are checking in in this moment without the story of past present or past or future simply in the present finding one breath at a time how can i be supported by this foundation and as the brain likes to rush into the past and the future allow the breath to remind you of the present coming from the inquiry of spirit or mood back into the breath and into fuller breaths here without force or bullying feeling into this foundational breath and maybe extending the exhales a little bit longer than the inhales don't get caught up with it though if it starts to go wonky allow the breath to be as it is softening all of the muscles in the face allow the breath to be felt in the hands if they're placed on the chest and the belly or just within the chest and belly themselves let's take two more three more of those big nourishing breaths what is a breath that feels so delicious to the body like a sigh a yawn and however many of those that you need when you're ready coming back to the natural rhythm of the breath and the hands were on the body letting them come back to the thighs palms down if you are interested in a little more grounding eyes stay fuzzy or closed or however they were staying in this experience of breath starting to feel the sensation of where your hands and body or hands and earth might be meeting and if the hands are on the body allowing the two peace fingers perhaps to then venture out to your sides bhu mudra b-h-u mudra in this reconnection and re-grounding to this planet to this experience without any action in the hands so if you feel too much action in the shoulders allow the hands to come back in closer to the body and the peace fingers to be resting or perhaps the mudra is in the mind's eye and allowing the breath to feel into that idea of where am i touching this earth or what am i sitting on that is touching the planet below me so maybe it's several layers maybe you're outside allowing the breath to be the foundation of this remembering of connection remembering here that the work starts from within but it doesn't end there so releasing that mudra and lowering the chin towards your chest starting to wiggle out the fingers as you're blinking the eyes open staying with the breath here keeping the gaze lowered and soft just kind of infusing the inner experience into the outer experience letting all things be true maybe you're still wiggling the fingers but keeping the motion slow and close in to the body and then when you're ready lift the gaze a couple of breaths here maybe throughout this practice which is slow we're checking in how am i proceeding with caution so before you move before you shift checking in am i in my body so noticing that sometimes in these liminal spaces we dissociate we are in the future or past and that's when you know spicy things and accidents can happen so allowing ourselves to be within the body and if it's time with the breath unfolding the legs however you've been sitting and start to extend them we have been still for at least i've been still for a while so i'm moving some of my things off to the side and i have warmed up so i'm setting all the things off to the side here knowing that i will need them later allow yourself to stretch to pedal and to scooch as you need and start to feel back into your own body maybe this is the first time arriving in your body today no matter where you are in the world allow that exploration and knowing that we will be moving off of the mountain of things we are sitting on if if you're like should i move these you can keep them it's very cold here but i'm keeping some some insulation for a moment okay again feeling into what hasn't moved a little bit of inquiry and then how can you support yourself as you're moving oh my socks i just noticed okay so where can you start to send some energy start to lubricate the joints that you might not have been moving yet today so if it's colder where you are starting to move the toes have you felt into the bottom of the feet yet today a little bit of body scan through movement here bottom of the feet arches ankles and we're going to come back to some of these spots and if you need to stay if you want to stay in a spot and and continue your practice from there do it so all of this is about how does it feel in your own body so moving up for me now into knees and then hips checking in with how i am and it's early for me where i am so i'm taking it slow i've been dealing with snow already and feeling that way so find what you need okay a little bit of movement here working through whatever you work through and we're just doing lower body here paying attention now if you are on seated seated on a big mountain of things like i am i'm going to very carefully slide those out from underneath me and again keeping everything within reach no not coming into cross-legged but i'm going to find well maybe cross-legged i am going to come into a little bit of neck and shoulder stretch so i can't remember who said it here oh becky we're all feeling a little tense i think most of the time through lats necks shoulder all of shoulders knees and toes and a lot of us tend to carry the tension there and hands jaw you know all of this up above stuff so let's set ourselves up for the foundation that will support that kind of check-in we've done some checking in with the legs they can be in the shape that feels right for you i'm going to offer a couple of suggestions okay so you can keep them straight you can have something underneath your knees to support all of the above you can be sitting on a thin or something just so you're not wobbly another option that if you would like to join me i am going to come into a fire log see what i did there and i've got to say these little logs are the cutest and tidiest i've ever seen my friend who is just awesome okay so a little shout out there okay so i'm going to come into or i guess double pigeon all of the names for the things but the intention here is hip opening and then we're going to add in a little bit of neck so choose your own adventure if you're like no then don't right i'm checking in with what it is that you need so we only have limited time here together choose what you need again you can be listening you can be one breath at a time you can be doing all of the things but checking in with what it is that your inner fire needs does it need more cooling more heat and a lot of us sometimes think it's more more more i mean i i came from a different type of yoga world before this all right so i'm going to bend my if you're following along with me this is my left leg and i'm going to bend it here it doesn't have to be parallel to the top of your space whatever you've heard before finding this support here and then i'm going to bring this leg and knee on top and if you're like oh i thought this class was going to be different it is so just pause here if your knee is way up like mine my hips are also snowy and icy this morning so this is where we bring our props our things and it doesn't matter how much stuff you want to find whatever is supporting the most amount of muscle release so this of course is up to you you can have one leg so that bottom leg can be extended moving without intention sometimes bites you all right so you can stay here and then have all the support here you can be on your back the wind is blowing so much snow right now it's quite amazing to see in front of my window you can have all the support you can take this lying down this bottom knee bent figure four kind of situation so you're with me if you're in bed you can make this work on your back all of those variations so if you're upright i am going to add in the neck and shoulders and not in a way that you think i'm going to so if you're like i can't add more we're checking in with simply how we are showing up in this space so if we're doing all these things with our hips and our feet and la la la la la and then we're still up here and in the shoulders in the jaw and everything is tense and i'm thinking about the 40 different things that i woke up to this morning take a breath in all of us no matter what shape you're in or variation and let something reconnect you to whatever you're sitting on whatever you're resting on and remembering that connection to the actual ground underneath you checking in with how the breath shows up how you can notice the tension that is arriving with you that is traveling with you that is dot dot dot and let some of the intention be in the noticing whether there's something to be done or not is a different story creating the breath that stabilizes that reconnects and as the brain will do as is designed to do it will take you in all the different directions and especially the ones of sigh so come back to the breath and notice how the breath can be nourishing once again how it can be the north star of pause so let's take however many you want let's say three more breaths exactly as you are let the exhale perhaps be longer than the inhale oh and being honest with the breath as well without force without backstory from there coming back to neck shoulders jaw awareness if you've folded forward if you're on your back again just noticing where you're moving from where you've ended up how the breath can support and then building rebuilding that long spine feeling into that oh your own alignment before we move on so we're not hunching and crunching to get in or out of something we're not mindlessly moving this is the time to be moving with intention with okay so you notice i'm still here still here we're going to start removing whatever props you have if you're on your back unwinding but staying on your back for a moment because we'll be going into the other side so not going too far allow the props to be moved and then with the most tender care start to unwind the legs and extend them both out so just picking aside and extend and we'll do that same thing remembering which side was on the bottom or if you did something different than me but start again to check in from the ground up with that body scan and if you need to be leaning against something or in a chair if sitting upright is challenging all of them you don't even need a reason if you're like oh chair go when your body's like that's explore there is no right and wrong here so we're finding that inquiry from wherever bottom of the boundaries of your body and a little bit of okay checking in and it's not checklist or oh now that's fixed and this should be no we're noticing what is okay through the hips and then pausing in recognition of maybe each side how each side feels they are relatives not twins your hips different legs feet whatever's in opposition here we're just finding what is have you felt your body today so checking in with sensation how that feels without story come back to the breath and then let's switch out the sides so if you're on your back just switching the side for me left side was on the bottom first so i'm switching over to right side paying attention to my left hip because it was giving me information on the last side that i don't want to ignore so i'm going to stay over here actually this is perfect example taking that information and is there something what is the next right step for you so whatever it is find your variation we've heard for a long time oh creating symmetry and la la la yes and we're not going to create peril for something just to what we think of symmetry symmetry all right so finding your side finding your variation all of the above using all of the props and it's the same recipe here checking in how am i connected is this sustainable all the way around can i breathe can i come back to my breath when the busy when the narrative when the this human experience is like hey remember what's happening we come back to yes and my breath can give me enough pause to perhaps takes take the next breath the next right movement for you so again here in this shape on this side checking in with what might you have crunched into or sacrificed to move your legs in a specific way because really the legs won't matter if we're creating a blockage somewhere else if we're creating more tension somewhere else coming back to the breath and remembering that whatever comes up is valid it's not that we're pushing something away or ignoring this is a time where we're practicing to breathe everything else can wait another moment for this breath what we do in these moments where we practice this is how we prepare for life no matter the yard sign this is how we remember the humanity within all people how we're all connected to what we're literally resting on so coming back to the breath over and over again is a practice that enables us to live this life in all the ways right not just the obvious so another breath or two or 25 million here on this side checking in with added tension in the jaw the neck the shoulders and then i'm going to say if you're on your back stay on your back come into acknowledgement of how the legs are what shape you've taken in all of the recards checking in before we move how is well i mean really how is my nervous system in this moment and if you're like what are you even talking about how does your heart rate feel how does your belly feel how are your thoughts feeling and we start to take a deeper breath and slow it down that's what i'm talking about so checking in without adding logs onto the fire so to speak and then top leg gently gets escorted picking aside same same we very gently and tenderly unwind unfold again movement in that way that we would be helping a dear friend like how how slowly and sweetly can you help them move through this exploration because again if you were here at all last year it was becoming our own best friends how do we nourish that beautiful spirit that we all forget about within that then we get to see within each other's each other yeah okay wiggle move maybe it floats up again it's a body span just a moving body scan checking in how like oh okay good information there la la la whatever's happening and then we come back to a seat for a moment if it's available to you we will once again cross one leg over not to be here for a stretch so it doesn't really matter what it looks like you can add all the things and i'll show you where we're going so you can choose we're going to massage our feet so whatever again boundary of your body finding that edge and then finding some tenderness some inquiry maybe a little snap crackle pop here sock want stuff on these socks are working overtime here so find that inquiry and it doesn't have to be the the greatest massage you've ever given but again like oh my my toes are popping all over the place but again how are you seated how is your breath how can you be fully in support of the feet and not be sacrificing shoulder or neck or i mean for my crew of the neuro divergence sometimes we just kind of pop into a weird shape i use weird as my own term for my own shapes and we don't notice that we're detrimenting if that's a verb um in detriment to the body so find the shape that supports you leaning up against something using all of your sports giving the feet some love making sure that the ankle is involved going in one direction and then the other a little bit of space between the toes if that works if your bare foot may be threading the fingers through the toes what hasn't been given some attention here all right when you feel like that foot has been loved on thank you for the hearts extend that leg once again and next to its relative and perhaps check in with the overall sensations of the feet again it's a relative versus a twin and then we'll switch to the other side support where you need it i'm going to lean back this is the beauty of having this mantle here and find that foundation that allows everything else to soften into place so we're not over clenching but we're using what we need to sit up or do whatever we're doing so find the movement that this foot wants needs and maybe even reflecting on the last time that you've given yourself a foot massage or you've had a foot massage i guess or if you've brought the attention to your feet all right so whatever you need to keep keep on keeping on with this foot this ankle making sure you're going in one direction and then the other if you did the fingers through the toes thing here find that movement just the aliveness and wherever you're working on and then when it's time that big toe wants to have all the pops today all right so when it's time for you same movement with intention with reverence and grace for all of the love that we've just put into the body extend the leg and then before you move or shift check in maybe there's more similarities than differences and sensations now perhaps they're still distant distant cousins relatives from way across the globe whatever movement here and then we'll all come down to our back so wherever you've been if coming down to your back feels appropriate if not finding your own variation we'll take a full body stretch and we're going to work our way towards shavasana so we'll do a little bit of stretch here on our back and then whatever shavasana are our rest and guided meditation wants to feel like for you maybe you make a beautiful nest and as you notice you know this class today is slow on purpose we don't need hustle of this and that and more and more we're we're bringing it back in we're checking in we're feeling into our own connectedness to what touches the earth so fine that's where we're going here in the next minute so find a full body stretch arms and legs out stretch like we just reach through the legs and the toes into our hips now we're adding in so finding that length through the back of the neck as your chin slightly tucked so you can extend through the crown of the neck and then maybe reaching through the shoulders finding where that tension is allowing a little bit of movement here whatever needs to be and then coming back into arms by the side and into your your shape for your rest for for shavasana and before you get too drifted off or too cozy letting the shoulders soften away from the ears here just checking in with um what you're bringing in how are you did you just plop down and you could really find a little bit more wiggle out of the uniform getting some of that soften down and maybe even turning the head to look to the right not very far it doesn't have to go very far and then back to center and then over to the other side just checking in letting the shoulder soften and then coming back to center and then getting cozy again letting everything soften eyes close or not see if you can get just a little bit more grounded connected plugged into whatever you're resting on eyes soften or glaze or close full breath in and long nourishing maybe even audible exhale let something be heard letting it go feeling some of the tension with these big exhales drifting like balloons returning to the ether allowing more spaciousness within the body with each exhale letting the breath and come back to whatever feels nourishing and supportive in this shape that you're in letting whatever you're resting on support you and hold you and with each exhale envisioning a sweet tender balloon being released into the sky of all of the control that we think we have from within the body through worry and tension gripping and holding letting those drift allowing spaciousness in the body with each inhale you're feeling into the fullness that is you filtering through all of the habit the labels the news and letting it all drift back into the ether as we remember who we are from the inside no matter what one breath at a time with space with remembrance there can be pause there can be regulation moving forward in right action skill in action as the bhagavad-gita says and this is what takes us out of re-action and we practice we keep showing up one breath at a time allow yourself to be in your body drawing in a deeper breath here allowing that breath to be a reminder of your connection to this planet which at the basics of it all is the home that we all share so with that connection let us be reminded with each breath that you start to build let us be reminded that we are more connected than ever and if it's time for you to start adding on little tiny movements into the fingers and toes feeling into that remnant that vibration of massage through the feet the vibration of the connectedness through the fingers and maybe this blooms into a full body stretch reaching in opposition waking up to this moment this next right action and then when you're ready if it's time roll over onto one side or the other and pause there in a seed shape this fetal shape this most precious shape that we're reminded of our beginnings of all things beginnings which we come back to over and over and over again no matter what it is the divinity it is the whatever your name for it is from within let that be remembered as we go about our days especially in the next however many days there are allow us to be within our breath to move within our next right action let this be the seed we plant here today when you're ready with your breath gently press up into a seat eyes can remain closed hands gather at the heart anjali mudra prayer noticing the neck shoulders jaw lower body allowing spaciousness and foundation to be a team here let's take a full breath in and a long full breath out and as community let's take one more full breath in feeling into this connection and an even longer breath out and lastly thumbs to the space between the eyebrows space in which we can use everything we have to envision a better world and from this space within let's bow to that space within each other and say a hearty thank you thank you for being here thank you for being here friends thank you for going a couple minutes over with me thank you for being here thank you for breathing for taking that next breath i am here to chat i have some time to be together if we want to kind of open it up and again it's for maybe the conversation of what keeps you grounded what reconnects you what keeps you breathing what brings you joy um because we know what doesn't we know what's getting us down we know the collective grief when we feel that mourning deeply and that's not something that we're equipped to do mostly so how are you coping how are you reconnecting or have you like oh wait i forgot because that's where a lot of us come from it's like oh wait i can i can i can do so i can breathe that's the practice that can't be taken away so what else are you doing thank you for your donations thank you very much i i see you i appreciate you um and before we all slip away here's some other stuff as i'm getting resituated um i have classes in my library audio versions of this class i have three of them now more will be uploaded i did a talk on monday which will also be uploaded it takes about a week for everything from their side to my side everything to get uploaded so know that um those are available to you now and that's in the free tracks library and it's all on my profile page so give me a follow know when i'm going live i believe i'll be here next week i haven't scheduled it but i believe so um but also on my profile you'll see other ways to get a hold of me to work with me what else i'm doing how i'm holding space and um i believe another talk will be coming too um and we had talked about i think alice i don't know if she's around anymore but um uh talk on books because i'm i'm a big book person and today these were my my books that i'm i'm using yeah so it's and in fact i have a a quote thank you kelly yeah me too david i'm glad that you held space for yourself as well yeah for sure um oh not too long ago on my social media i i posted something about mantra and mantram and just was wondering if anybody used them and i always come across mantra in different cultures in different ways and everybody calls them something different and really you know these people call them affirmations so and in this book um there's a great just there's a lot of creative affirmations and my whole point in this is what bring helps me is mantra and i have my own but also in creativity and that's you know what sparks how can we do this differently how can we show up together in a different way what's what's what's lacking that i that is special to me that i can see that i might have a space to fill and maybe it's drawing a picture maybe it's showing up for your neighbor no matter the yard sign you know shoveling their walk whatever it is how can we reconnect and so like mantra are those things that help me remember i have something that's basically just on autopilot not autopilot that i don't hear it but i i turn it on and then i'm like okay helps me remember i do a lot of things that help me remember and you know a lot of it is creativity i like to i'm learning how to i'm doing all all the things i'm learning sourdough and i learning an instrument and i love plant you know all of the things that you would probably guess that i'm into i'm totally into and also this matrix of yoga is what keeps me remembering those are a lot of the tools that i just show up for it's that's it's the self-studying ahimsa non-violence and where does non-violence start it all starts from within because if we're perpetuating that whatever it is from within and then it affects our housemates it affects our our furry friends it affects our neighbors our community global and beyond like it affects our planet so i come back to we are yoga so the practice of how am i connected how it's not what makes me different it's oh look you know i have a lot of things that you know i could say oh i'm different because it's yeah and really if anyone's on tiktok you know that there's not an original thought ever because somebody's already made a tiktok so i mean there is but also that's the beauty of creativity because anyway i could keep going but what pops into my mind is the book um big magic by oh gosh what's her name what's her name what's her name she's amazing liz gilbert and she talks about in that book how the muses are out there and the creativity you know is in the ether and somebody is gonna gonna get the idea if you don't snatch it up and it's not that oh you better do it or else it's just an interesting thing to observe and her example was she had an idea for a book and she was working on it but life and she stuck it in a drawer and then she talked to another author who she had just just met like in person and they were writing the same book like pretty much the same book it's a fantastic read if you haven't read that um big magic it's it's excellent yeah so keeping the joy it's the yes and it is the yes and friends yeah and this is like what is on my everything what can you stabilize i don't know if it's backwards for you but like it's pretty much that was pretty much how i roll is like and that goes for all the things and it's not about right and wrong it's like if something feels weak here how can you stabilize it like if you know i don't know what examples but yeah that's why we come back to community we come back to connection we come back to what we knew yesterday and yesterday is okay i i can still make a delicious cup of coffee i can know when to not add coffee right the fuel to that what yeah i that will open up a whole other discussion in yoga if i go that route but really um yeah what is it that we can be accountable for stabilizing within ourselves and really it's the breath so that reaction isn't our go-to we can come back to like oh i am more than dot dot dot i can be i can be my reconnected breath connection to divinity whatever your your words want to be so that's what keeps me remembering keeps me grounded keeps me connected i don't know i'm just kind of going from here so thank you for staying for connecting feel free to reach out dm wise if you're not wanting to you know speak up in the public forum yeah i this is what i do and i help i'm a helper whether i like it or not that's that's what i've signed up for and it's equally as helpful for me because really when it hits the fan which it does often i come back to and i i hear that best friend talk i hear that it's it's reprogramming and it's not easy it's not for the faint of heart but that's why we keep showing up because we know that forgetting and remembering in between if we can lessen that a little bit less and some of the suffering we can take a breath friends stay tuned reach out i'm around more ways to work with me if you need please be kind take that kind of breath take the gauge on what your next right step is that skill in action trying to figure out lessening the harm finding more peace from within all of those ways oh thank you dr jenna david oh yeah and the breath is that connection to spirit to universe to whatever you want to call it to self to i mean let's just say i have an audio version of the bhagavad gita and it's on repeat right now because it's really all of those lessons all of those reminders it's and if you're like what you can reach out to me um it's a yogic text yeah yeah all right friends thank you thank you thank you thank you for thank you i have so much gratitude again this is community this is connection thank you for showing up to breathe with me and you know how to reach me all of those things stay tuned i'll let you know when my next class will be it should be next week but also i'm taking my gauge and what i need so i'm always vowing to you to show up as my authentic self and you know the helpers gotta rest too sometimes all right friends please please please be safe be kind be sweet all of those things and we'll see you very soon i am around yeah one breath at a time all right we'll see you soon so much love again gratitude be kind and be safe all right bye farewell