Everything is Waiting for You

Everything is Waiting for You

Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.
Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into
the conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.
  -- David Whyte
      from Everything is Waiting for You
     ©2003 Many Rivers Press

This is so me (Dawn).....

Surrender

She let go.
Without a thought or a word,
she let go. She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgments. She
let go of the confluence of
opinions swarming around her
head. She let go of the committee
of indecision within her. She let
go of all the 'right' reasons.
Wholly and completely, without
hesitation or worry, she just let go.

She didn't ask anyone for advice .
She didn't read a book on how to
let go. She didn't search the
scriptures. She just let go. She let
go of all the memories that held
her back. She let go of all the
anxiety that kept her from moving
forward. She let go of the
planning and all of the
calculations about how to
do it just right.

She didn't promise to let go. She
didn't journal about it. She didn't
write the projected date in her
Day-Timer. She made no public
announcement and put no ad in
the paper. She didn't check the
weather report or read her daily
horoscope. She just let go.

She didn't analyze whether she
should let go. She didn't call her
friends to discuss the matter. She
didn't do a five-step Spiritual
Mind Treatment. She didn't call
the prayer line. She didn't utter
one word. She just let go.

No one was around when it
happened. There was no
applause or congratulations. No
one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing. Like a
leaf falling from a tree, she just
let go. There was no effort. There
was no struggle. It wasn't good
and it wasn't bad. It was what it
was, and it is just that.

In the space of letting go, she let
it all be. A small smile came over
her face. A light breeze blew
through her. And the sun and the
moon shone forevermore.. ♥
~ Reverend Safire Rose

Yoga to open the upper body

Here is the video for the upper body-opening sequence.  Enjoy!


http://yogainternational.com/article/view/yoga-to-open-the-upper-body

Enlightenment

Here is another one I thought you might like-it is hanging in my treatment room.

Enlightenment

Forget about enlightenment.

Sit down wherever you are
and listen to the wind singing
in your veins.

Feel the love, the longing and
the fear in your bones.

Open your heart to who you
are right now, not who you'd
like to be. Not the saint you're
striving to become, but the
being right there before you,
inside you, around you.

All of you is holy.

You're already more and less
than whatever you can know.

Breathe out, look in, let go.

-John Welwood

In Between

You are no longer naive, yet you are still innocent about the situation at hand. You have stepped into this situation and have become more independent, yet you are not ready to move more fully into it at this time. You are truly in between. You have permission to pause, collect all thoughts and experiences, and slow the pace of your maturing at this time. The situation will wait for your part to be played. Divine timing will unfold. No decision must be made right now; no action must be taken. You need not step further forward nor turn back. Breathe-integrate-pause-reflect-and rest before continuing on your path.    -Melisa Pearce

Module 1 Objectives, Module 2 Objectives

Module 1:  Course Objectives   Level 1  HATHA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

Knowledge & Teaching Skills to be developed

·         Have (or develop) a solid understanding of how to do postures with correct alignment and knowledge of biomechanics

o   Personal practice should reflect this understanding

o   Understands how to modify postures effectively to address limitations

·         Develop the ability to cue the poses correctly

o   Cueing reflects understanding of spinal alignment and biomechanics

o   Ability to incorporate modifications to address their own as well as common limitations/patterns of compensation

o   Ability to layer information effectively (develop  in Mod. 2)

o   Basic connection of breath to movement (develop in Mod. 2)

o   Use of metaphors and images (develop in Mod 2)

·         Develop  basic body reading and observation skills which become the basis for Responsive cueing in Mod. 2.

·         Sanskrit: basic understanding and ability to use Sanskrit  names for poses. (Should have learned in on-line materials)

·         Pranayama

·         Be exposed to and learn how to teach basic pranayama practices. (Puraka, Rechaka, Ujjiya,  Full Yogic Breath, 2-Part Diphragmatic Breath, Nadi Sodhana.

·         Become sensitive to the pranic breath and experience its subtlety.  

MODULE 2 COURSE OBJECTIVES  LEVEL 1 HATHA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

Knowledge & Teaching Skills to be developed

·             Expand on cueing skills

·            Refine ability to layer cues

·            Learn to  working deeper in the postures and to release areas of tension

·            Learn to work more intimately with the breath, to bring inner balance and to direct breath to areas of tension and release

·            To learn how to cue responsively

·             Understand and demonstrate the ability to work with the concepts of pose/counterpose and vinyasa.

·             To continue developing teaching skills

·            Refine body reading skills

·            Develop the ability to interact (responsive cues, simple touch or full blown adjustments) with class while guiding into postures.

·            Build teaching confidence and ability to integrate all required teaching skills.

·            Improvisational skill building.

·            Development of personal style

·             To learn how to effectively modify postures, using props as necessary.

·             To learn how to prepare for a drop-in class and develop a longer 4-6 wk. course.

·             To  learn the importance of visualization and how to incorporate it in yoga.

·             Brief introduction to Ayurveda and special topics such as pregnancy, elderly, kids, restorative etc.

·        Pranayama:

·            To be able to teach basic pranayama exercises (Ujjayi, Full Yogic, 2 part Diaphragmatic Breathing, Nadi Sodhana)

·            To understand the relationship of the pranic breath to physical postures and the mind and to be able to effectively use the breath to release tension and restore balance.