#joyatoes

Recording loops and floating around this am. Give thanks for movement! #vijnana #yoga #musicismymedicine #joyatoes #FORM #astavakrasana (at FORM studio)

"Yoga practice creates compactness in the body. When the spine becomes the axis around which the front and the back part arrange themselves, in a compact way, people tend to look different, even without going on a diet." Orit Sen-Gupta. The Heart of Practice (58). #vijnanayoga #vijnana #joyatoes #gratitudeisanattitude

From the feet to the sacrum we create an intelligence to support the body in all our postures. To go up we must root down, to go backwards we must be able to appropriate the pelvis forward of the gravitational line. Then the effort is relaxed and the spine supple. Well as relaxed and supple as I can get this big o'l body ;) #vijnana #joyatoes #yoga #yogaasana #urdhvadanurasana #tensegrityeverydamnday #gratitudeisanattitude

Piano bench assist #scorpion #yogaasana #vrschikasanaII #vijnana #joyatoes #gratitudeisanattitude (at FORM studio)

Some old speakers assisting with the scorpion #vrschikasana #yogaasana #scorpion #vijnana #joyatoes #gratitudeisanattitude

"Some say that my teaching is nonsense. Others call it lofty but impractical. But to those who have looked inside themselves, this nonsense makes perfect sense. And to those who put it into practice, this loftiness has roots that go deep. I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies you accord with the way things are. Compassionate towards yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world." Tao Te Ching (67). #ceasefire #gratitudeisanattitude #krounchasana #vijnanayoga #joyatoes #tensegrityeverydamnday

"The purpose is not to force anything; it's a natural process. From watering the plants, eventually you will get flowers and fruits. In the same way, from asanas, pranayama, japa, etc., practices regularity and increased little by little, the Kundalini automatically awakens. There is no fast or easy method; each individual has to find his own evolutionary rate." Swami Vishnudevananda. #vrschikana #yoga #yogaasana #vijnanayoga #joyatoes

"It's important to realize that relaxing is not collapsing. Relaxing is letting the weight be fluid and sink down" Orit Sen-Gupta. #padmasanaoneday #gratitudeisanattitude #yoga #yogaasana #adhomukavrksasana #padmasana #vijnanayoga #joyatoes