Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Love Bubble Meditation:


Love Bubble Meditation: 
Transcript:

Start lying down, arms relaxed by your sides or you can rest them gently on your belly. Notice the sounds around you (not a few) and then locate a place of silence in all the noise, so your mind can rest. Next, turn your focus to your body, and allow yourself to let go of any tension (here lead them through a foot-to-head “heaviness” exercise. At the belly, stop for a moment and feel the in and out breath and at the forehead, mention that they should feel their brows are cool as a warm forehead can cause headaches); the final focus goes to the breath, first as something to hear and then as something to feel.

“Love Bubble” meditation: Suggest to them to “feel joyful” to “feel peace” to “feel love”. First think of yourselves and send some love your way. Say to yourself on an in-breath, “I am thoughtful and understanding.”  On the in-breath feel yourself draw the energy from the earth and as you exhale, feel these positive compliments wash over and cover your whole body. Inhale “I am thoughtful and understanding, drawing the energy in, and on the exhale, allowing yourself to submerge in these affirmations. A few times on your own, noticing the cool breath entering and the breath out through your nose, is warmed. Now direct your thoughts to someone you want to send some love to, this person could be alive or passed on, a parent, a grandparent, a sibling, a friend…anyone. While thinking of this person, feel “peace, joyfulness, and friendship”. Breathe in pulling the energy of peace, joy and trust into you and on the out breath spreading these thoughts like a soft wind encompassing your body. Allow these thoughts, like a big pink bubble, to float up to the sky above and then drift into the air, heading towards “your loved one”. As the bubble floats away, once again, notice your breath in and your breath out, cool to warm, with each out breath your body sinks deeper into the supportive mat below.  

Send loving-kindness to yourself and allow it to radiate out from inside.
Be healthy, happy, and peaceful.

May all beings be well and happy.
May all beings be well and happy.
May all beings be well and happy.
May there be peace.
May there be peace.
May there be peace.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Yoga-Snack: Great Connections!

Today was my fourth day of yoga in room #304 and when I entered the room, I immediately felt a great connection to my students. There it was, right on the daily schedule “yoga with Eve: 9AM”. I was greeted cheerfully by the room’s staff and the students came up to me individually to say hello. Room 304 is very peaceful and there is a definite feeling of kindness and respect.

I presented some new elements today and we dove in enthusiastically. The students were smiling and laughing and really enjoying themselves.

Class started by creating the “heart mudra” (Mudra is a potent hand positions or finger-posture that profoundly influences and focuses the body's energy). You start with the “om mudra” (thumbs and pointer fingers joined in a circle) bring your middle fingers to touch and then taking the circle of the right hand (middle fingers pointing down) touch your heart. There we did 3 large relaxing breaths. The second breathing exercise was hands relaxed, cupped inside each other, on our laps and on our inhale we sat up a little more upright and then with our exhale, we relaxed and slouched a little.

Lying down, we did full body stretches with our feet pointing towards the center of the room and our arms stretched over head and reaching towards the outer walls. Next, we pulled our legs in, and gave ourselves a big yoga hug. Holding our right leg, we stretched it to the ceiling for a gentle hamstring stretch and then rolled our ankles both clockwise and counter clockwise. We then repeated that n the left leg and then one more legs in hug.

Next:

Bridge Pose

Rock and Roll to sit up

Seated forward bend

Reverse Table Top

Butterfly

Star Pose and opposite hand to foot windmill (hand would reach down to foot)

Triangle pose

Tree Pose

Savasana

Namaste!