In terms of “advancing” our practices, we need no always and only look at how big and complex our poses can be. So much of the deepening and advancing of our practices is rooted in our capacity to expand and refine our inner awareness. We can bring more and more layers of nuance to familiar postures. Even, utilizing more foundational postures as containers to practice consciousness and attention.
That is my focus and intention in this practice. We work with the principle of expanding and brightening our “Inner Body” here in each pose. We can experience our Inner Body as full and wide and bright. We can experience it as dim, contorted, or shadowed. Your Inner Body is your awareness of your insides. Here we practice casting the light of our awareness upon ourselves in such a way that we feel brighter and fuller as ourselves. Even when we feel small inside, it is possible to use our breath and awareness to expand to the edges of ourselves. We use lots of familiar shapes to give space through the outer form for your inner body to emerge more fully.
Expect lots of familiar shapes for the legs— standing poses, hamstrings, hips mixed with side stretches to free up the spine even more.
A focused class on inner depth and awareness more so than big postures. Steady and detailed work that will make your standing poses and hips feel great!