Perfect timing! Just heading to the mat. Love Yosimite Park

Started a busy day with this practice.  Loved the flow and gentle movement, while gaining depth in the poses.  Felt so good after finish...

Just what I needed.  Quickly finding my clear light mind.  Using the breath to target each pose.  The cushion added new depth and dimension to many poses.  I've found if I release my breath with lips pursed, as though sucking through a straw, I can really slow down my exhales and thus their work were directed.  Calm in the chaos, that was your gift today.

Mornings!  I drink a cup of ginger tea then hit the mat.

Totally relaxed....💗

I'm finding great benefit in the longer, more mindful poses.  Just recently, although I feel good and am in great health, I can sense my body "winding down."  I'm very meditative these days and Yin compliments it so nicely.  I'm actually developing greater flexibility and stability with the practice.  There is a tightness I feel like I had accepted as normal that I am now able to move beyond and find rest in.  I don't feel as strong as I once did, yet I enjoy an active life.  I never really expected to reach this age, so it's all icing on the cake.

The rush of energy still traveling my spine...

Banter Verse 23:

I long to merge with you,

Be filled with your nourishing essence.

Lead me into joyous union

With the life of the universe,

That I may know it fully,

Realize it deeply,

And breathe in luminous truth.

I noticed the instruction I've learned from you carries over with such benefit, into the Hatha realm.  Taking the poses at a slower pace and searching for their benefits, incorporating the breath, made this practice quite wonderful.  Spending this time with myself and you are so often the best part of my day.  A sutra a day, and I have started them over, how many times I've lost count.  I opened my Science of Yoga book as well to research my feet a bit, then discovered something between the pages.  It was an old black and white picture of my mother, posing in a swimsuit.  I must have placed it there to keep it flat.  A lovely surprise...

I finally did this one.  Missed the live session as I was kayaking.  Loved the long stretches, all body poses, and watching you in the desert.  It might get up to 70 degrees here today...heat wave!!  I love the new app!!!