Yoga of Hormones
1821 Vernon Street B3H 3N6 Halifax, NS, Canada

lineage of the feminine

lineage of the feminine

From a mentor of mine in listening ~ gratitude Barrie Risman. Dear friends, When I attended the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India in August 2000, most of the classes were taught by Geeta and Prashant Iyengar.... BKS Iyengar was also there most days, doing his own practice in the back of the room. In almost every class he would step in and teach for a little while. One day, while he was instructing Triangle pose, he yelled across the room an instruction that was meant for me. It was about adjusting my left foot, but I didn’t catch it. He then came over, stood on my mat and said to me, You want to learn yoga, but you don’t even know how to listen! And so began my ongoing inquiry into the relationship between listening, learning, and yoga. Listening to others means paying attention, giving up your agenda, being available to receive another’s words. True listening is a generous act. We give the other person the gift of our presence. Turned inward, listening requires that you get quiet. It means slowing down enough to hear the inner voice that is whispering to you all the time through your body, your feelings, and your intuition. Listening in yoga is about engaging in a dialogue with your own awakened consciousness. When you’re able to listen you can begin to access the depth that asana practice has to offer you. Right now, as each of us slowly emerge from the uncertainty and tumult of the past year it strikes me that listening to ourselves is essential. This is a moment to be attentive to what your inner voice has to say about what wants to be created, restored, and relinquished. Listening is not only a kind and compassionate act, it’s the only way to make conscious choices about how we wish to move forward. Yours in yoga, Barrie PS: Last Fall, I gave a series of online workshops for Yoga Alliance, From Doing Yoga to Being Yoga: Embodying Three Sacred Teachings of our Tradition. They were so well received they’ve invited me back for another round beginning next Wednesday. These talks are free and open to everyone. I hope you can join me live or catch the replay.

From a mentor of mine in listening ~ gratitude Barrie Risman. Dear friends, When I attended the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India in August 2000, most of the classes were taught by Geeta and Prashant Iyengar.... BKS Iyengar was also there most days, doing his own practice in the back of the room. In almost every class he would step in and teach for a little while. One day, while he was instructing Triangle pose, he yelled across the room an instruction that was meant for me. It was about adjusting my left foot, but I didn’t catch it. He then came over, stood on my mat and said to me, You want to learn yoga, but you don’t even know how to listen! And so began my ongoing inquiry into the relationship between listening, learning, and yoga. Listening to others means paying attention, giving up your agenda, being available to receive another’s words. True listening is a generous act. We give the other person the gift of our presence. Turned inward, listening requires that you get quiet. It means slowing down enough to hear the inner voice that is whispering to you all the time through your body, your feelings, and your intuition. Listening in yoga is about engaging in a dialogue with your own awakened consciousness. When you’re able to listen you can begin to access the depth that asana practice has to offer you. Right now, as each of us slowly emerge from the uncertainty and tumult of the past year it strikes me that listening to ourselves is essential. This is a moment to be attentive to what your inner voice has to say about what wants to be created, restored, and relinquished. Listening is not only a kind and compassionate act, it’s the only way to make conscious choices about how we wish to move forward. Yours in yoga, Barrie PS: Last Fall, I gave a series of online workshops for Yoga Alliance, From Doing Yoga to Being Yoga: Embodying Three Sacred Teachings of our Tradition. They were so well received they’ve invited me back for another round beginning next Wednesday. These talks are free and open to everyone. I hope you can join me live or catch the replay.

Beauty, Sex, and Love After Sixty Older people are often shamed for their desire. That shouldn’t stop us from feeling sexy

Canadians Do you know what your private medical insurance covers? FYI Osteopathy isn't covered anywhere in Canada any longer apparently. Nor is Massage therapy in NS as of Jan 2021.

<3 F.R.I.E.N.D.S ~ Fight for you. Respect you. Include you. Encourage you. ... Need you. Deserve you. Stand by you. ~Unknown or all knowing See more

LOVE Brene Brown!!!

Menopause & cracking heels... who knew..

Laugh lines are proof of your well spent moments!Laugh lines are proof of your well spent moments!

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Experiencing SI joint pain? Try this: 1. Lie on your back, bend your knees, and place your feet on the floor so your knees are stacked over your ankles. Make s...ure there’s a gentle inward curve in your lower back; allow your arms to rest alongside your body. 2. Bring the sole of your right foot to your left thigh just above the kneecap. 3. Press your left foot into the mat, push your right foot into your left thigh, and squeeze and lift your right buttock until your left thigh and torso make one continuous diagonal line (or as much of one as you can comfortably make), with your right hip lifted slightly higher than your left. Hold here for one breath. 4. Tuck your chin to your chest to lift your head slightly off the mat, holding for another breath or two. 5. Lower your head, keeping your hips raised for one more breath. 6. Slowly lower your hips. For more on SI joint pain relief, read the full article http://bit.ly/SIJointPainRelief

Given a choice...choose to feel. Hunt creativity and seek adventure. Serve truth and when truth is offered to you, take it. Make room for raw honesty, even whe...n it hurts. Trust your intuition and follow your instincts. Allow yourself space to lose your mind and find your soul. Love with passion and without conditions. Know your worth. They will say you're lost, but you're not. Keep wandering. Seek to remember what has been forgotten. Move, flow, dance to the rhythms of your Earth Mother and accept the healing she has to offer. Let the world call you crazy, it's a compliment. Change with the seasons and bend to the moon and her flow. Eat the forbidden fruit of knowledge. Never stop learning. Roar against the storm of corruption and greed. Determine to make a difference. Rediscover your ancestors magic and take back your power. Gather your tribe. Do not just exist here. This is your life. Live it. ~ Brooke Hampton - Barefoot Five [Image: Soni Lopez-Chavez @soni_artist]

The Yoga of Connection ~ Friends are the best. These women have championed friendship, family dynamics and women's matters.

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Amazingly Beautiful!!!.........Max HOW I BECAME A WARRIOR Once, I ran from fear ... so fear controlled me. Until I learned to hold fear like a newborn. Listen to it, but not give in. Honour it, but not worship it. Fear could not stop me anymore. I walked with courage into the storm. I still have fear, but it does not have me. Once, I was ashamed of who I was. I invited shame into my heart. I let it burn. It told me, "I am only trying to protect your vulnerability". I thanked shame dearly, and stepped into life anyway, unashamed, with shame as a lover. Once, I had great sadness buried deep inside. I invited it to come out and play. I wept oceans. My tear ducts ran dry. And I found joy right there. Right at the core of my sorrow. It was heartbreak that taught me how to love. Once, I had anxiety. A mind that wouldn't stop. Thoughts that wouldn't be silent. So I stopped trying to silence them. And I dropped out of the mind, and into the Earth. Into the mud. Where I was held strong like a tree, unshakeable, safe. Once, anger burned in the depths. I called anger into the light of myself. I felt its shocking power. I let my heart pound and my blood boil. Listened to it, finally. And it screamed, "Respect yourself fiercely now!". "Speak your truth with passion!". "Say no when you mean no!". "Walk your path with courage!". "Let no one speak for you!" Anger became an honest friend. A truthful guide. A beautiful wild child. Once, loneliness cut deep. I tried to distract and numb myself. Ran to people and places and things. Even pretended I was "happy". But soon I could not run anymore. And I tumbled into the heart of loneliness. And I died and was reborn into an exquisite solitude and stillness. That connected me to all things. So I was not lonely, but alone with All Life. My heart One with all other hearts. Once, I ran from difficult feelings. Now, they are my advisors, confidants, friends, and they all have a home in me, and they all belong and have dignity. I am sensitive, soft, fragile, my arms wrapped around all my inner children. And in my sensitivity, power. In my fragility, an unshakeable Presence. In the depths of my wounds, in what I had named darkness, I found a blazing Light that guides me now in battle. I became a warrior when I turned towards myself. And started listening. - Jeff Foster

Swan Song Festival brought to you Community Deathcare Canada ~ Offered twice on OCT 17th 2020 Death Visualization with Dawn Carson of Death Matters A Death Visualization is a stimulating experiential into the art of dying. You will be guided mindfully through simulating your own death. The practice prepares us to be present during our dying days and blossoms a new relationship with our vulnerability.... Find a comfy place to relax and be guided to your end of life on Zoom. Offered twice on OCT 17th, 2:30 pm AST ~ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9596952030 And 5:30 PM AST ~ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9596952030 Analysis of death is not for the sake of becoming fearful but to appreciate this precious lifetime. Dalai Lama More info here https://swansongfestival.ca/

vulnerable is the new strong

There’s a second full moon due on Halloween, known as the Hunter’s Moon. That should make for some wacky hormones.

During these dying days of this Autumn, let something die. A worry, a relationship, a project that has run its course. Let go of anxiety over the future. Let go of guilt. Let go of other people’s dreams for you. Let go of the fear that happiness or success or love or joyousness somehow isn’t for you.... Let go of feeling unwanted. Go outside, can you feel how deeply your presence is craved here? Let go of the small and burdensome things. Gifts never opened. Keys without a lock. Broken earrings, old love letters, the ephemera on your fridge. As David Whyte writes, Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you. This Autumn, let go of all the clothes you have outgrown. Let go of comparison. Let go of doubt. Let go of the feeling that you are somehow not good enough.

Savasana ~ corpse pose the yogic art of preparing for end of life. Practice to the end and beyond.

Curious about the yoga of dying? Please join us for the Halifax Death Cafe on Thursday, November 5th, 2020 AST, at noon on Zoom.... https://zoom.us/j/385464609. Family friendly, we welcome participants across North America.

practice, practice, practice, forget, start again, practice...