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Friday, October 14, 2011

Autumn ONE YOGA Series

Greetings!

Tonight, the second class of the Autumn Series, I was inspired by the fact that it was Columbus Day.  I recalled that in the 1980’s there was an effort to redefine the day as Discoverer’s Day, to acknowledge all the brave explorers who reached the shores of North America inclusive of Christopher Columbus.   I decided to focus on the theme of Discovery and exploring internal yoga.  By this I mean, to explore the effects of our yoga on our internal environment, massaging the organs, the lymphatic's,and the circulatory system.  Starting at the top of our bodies, relying on asanas and appropriate stretches, we were promoting clearing of the sinuses, oral pharynx, the lymphatic’s, tonsils.

To help us develop a greater awareness of our interior, we used the Triangle breath, with its three phases, inhalation, hold, exhalation of equal durations. 

Moving downward, we progressed into appreciation of the lungs, heart, diaphragm, working from the midline and using primarily sidebending and rotational stretches and held poses such as Spinal Twists (ARDHA MATSENDRASAN).  Continuing in our descent, we reclined on bolsters to promote the optimal lordotic curve to the lumbar sacral junction and opening our knees wide, we dropped into the pelvis, allowing the breath to invigorate the bladder, uterus/prostate, ovaries/ testes, distal colon and rectum. 

Removing the bolsters, we went into final relaxation- exploring repose!

Join us next week!

Namaste

Yusuf Quddus Erskine DO 

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