Notes

• not training to be anatomy experts

• yoga context - multidimensional, full of patterns and constructs, feelings and thoughts - that we all bring with us to the mat

• maps are useful but not real, they don’t tell us the whole story, they are not the totality, they help us to navigate the complexity - which is way cooler and fun, messy, separations don’t exist and they are arbitrary 

“The mind will insist on duality where there is none.” - Gill Headly

• increasingly more subtle 

• changes

Sutras

• Yoga = joining body, mind, practice - many definitions within sanskrit

• Yuj = to yoga

• Sutra = threads together, to heal the divide

• Pat anjali = fallen prayer, blessing, offering, meant to be discussed, dissected, unraveled and pulled apart

What is it like to be alive as you?

Sutra 2:46 sadhana pada on asana

• sthira - strength, structure, stability

• sukha - center of the wheel, the sweet spot, essence

• Balance leading to presence with the pose.

• Observe the breath

• Tapas - intensity, you can only see so much - ishvara pranidhana

• Kriya - yoga in action

• Svad - abode of yourself, study of self, study of self through scripture, practice, breath, relationships

Do you need more structure (engagement) or more softness? Do you need to lean in or pull back? - discernment

The whole promise is to alleviate suffering.

• Respecting individuality

• Meet people where they are and give them autonomy, navigation, and a framework

• YTT Essential Cueing Core Asana Reference Guide (the jazz standards)

• Alignment - means in a line, stay curious, be a student.