1/13/2020
Weekly Words 1.12.20“We should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.” —Marie Kondō
Be intentional about surrounding yourself with who and what you love! ️ Remember that everything is ENERGY! This week, evaluate the energy around you in your life... Your body, emotions, relationships and aspects of relationships.... Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on Prana/energy both on our mats and in our daily lives. Through our Ashtanga practice we are systematically synchronizing breath and movement, while servicing our physical body, spiritual/mental/emotional body, AND our energy body. As we deepen and expand our breath, we are pumping our lymphatic system, which serves us physiologically. And as we create shifts in our energy self, we will begin to notice changes in our spiritual/mental self as well. This is a wonderful time of year to focus on clearing blockages within as well as without... “from your glove compartment to your colon,” as Diana mentioned this morning. HOMEWORK: Revisit the book, “Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui” by Karen Kingston, and explore Marie Kondō’s book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” as we approach Chinese New Year and create space to allow for new energy in this new year 1/8/2020
Weekly Words 1.5.20UNFOLD YOUR OWN MYTH by Rumi Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins? Who finds us here circling, bewildered, like atoms? Who comes to a spring thirsty and sees the moon reflected in it? Who, like Jacob blind with grief and age, smells the shirt of his lost son and can see again? Who lets a bucket down and brings up a flowing prophet? Or like Moses goes for fire and finds what burns inside the sunrise? Jesus slips into a house to escape enemies, and opens a door to the other world. Soloman cuts open a fish, and there's a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet and leaves with blessings. Chase a deer and end up everywhere! An oyster opens his mouth to swallow on drop. Now there's a pearl. A vagrant wanders empty ruins. Suddenly he's wealthy. But don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation, so everyone will understand the passage, We have opened you. Start walking toward Shams. Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you've grown, lifting. I look forward to unfolding another year of adventure, courage, growing, possibility, support, love, compassion, joy, inspiration and light. Thank you for sharing your journey with me.
My mantra: Lucky me!!!! Gratitude & Big Love, Diana 1/2/2020
Weekly Words 12.29.19From Unfold Your Own Myth
by Rumi:"Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins..." "Time is marked by light.” ~John O'Donohue We stand at the edge of a new year, and the movie in front of us is OUR LIFE. We are the star, the hero or heroine. This week we practice gratitudeand reflect on a decade of our hero's journey. Looking and leaning ahead, set intentions that draw you into showing up fully for the moments of your life. With love, gratitude and hope for abundant possibilities, Diana 12/30/2019
Weekly Words 12.21.19“Time unfolds in light. In the morning, light clears all the outside darkness and the shape of each thing emerges in the brightened emptiness. Light identifies itself completely with the voyage of a day; its transparency puts the day out in the open. There is nowhere for a day to hide; it is exposed every minute to the revelations of light. Perhaps this is why twilight appears gracious; when light abandons the day, it does not believe that it will ever return and consequently permits itself an extravagant valediction in a huge ritual of color. The silence of twilight is striking because the flourish of the coloring has the grandeur of music.”
― John O'Donohue, As we celebrate the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, we are reminded that the light is returning. Homework: Consider how you are continually expanding into your Orange Zone! Continue to give focused attention to the Sternum, both in your yoga practice and as you move through your daily lives. Stretch and breathe taller and wider into your POSSIBILITY! 12/16/2019
Chinese New YearSunset Puja and ClassJoin Diana for a special Chinese New Year Sunset Puja and Candlelit Class to start your New Year with intention, energy, sacred ceremony and community! January 26, 2020 4:30pm-6:00pm Price: $50 Pacific Ashtanga Yoga Shala #205 pacificashtanga1@gmail.com Purchase tickets from out Calendar of Events To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Diana invites you to join her at sunset for a special Candlelit Puja and 45-minutes silent class. The evening will include sacred sound with crystal bowls and live guitar music. Students will create a flower mandala, light candles, and set intention for the New Year. Please join Diana for a beautiful evening and start your New Year with intention, energy, sacred ceremony and community!
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