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Inspiring Women

Washington DC is a special place … as I mentioned in the earlier post, I was wowed by RBG’s documentary.  She’s x-times cancer survivor 84 years old.  The film showed her exercise routine (plank everyone, plank:) reflecting her determination and tenacity.  I also notice the sheer number of steps you have to take just walking around this place. The steps to the Supreme Court are … supremely steep.  Here it’s easy to clear that quota of 10,000 steps a day + yoga @home practice:)

From the National Portrait Gallery

At the Capital building – glancing over to see this … and being in awe.

Feeling the vibe of … some very powerful women here.

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Let’s get on the floor & Chaturanga Dandasana :)

Yin practice keeps us limber, flexible and buoyant.  Through the practice we can again find space in re-calibrating the heart rate variability.  Yang practice strengthens and pumps our heart. In balancing the two seeming opposites, we find our center – the equilibrium.  Your practice will keep changing and it’s that sophisticated wise student who knows how to adjust the practice.  How we adjust modify and challenge still demonstrates the kind of yoga student we truly are – are we driven by intention of self-care and compassion  … or … that of ego and fear …

Having seen the documentary film “RBG” on the flight, I highly recommend that all women and all men who have daughters, mothers, sisters, wives, see this documentary.  Sometimes we just take things for granted not realizing that many of these rights we think is just a given today were bitterly fought for by those who came before us.  Those rights were not just handed over; they were fought and won over.

At “Mid-Sentence” exhibition …

From the Capital Building 

At this time when woman’s rights and intelligence and wisdom over their own fate seems to be precarious, it’s inspiring to see these heroic women who brought about the change with the steps they took.  Then, there’s the first African American president’s portrait that was so different – a standout – from all the other portraits except Kennedy’s being just as different in terms of being a departure from a typical portrait paintings.

Portraits of transformative change-makers are always a thrill to see.

 

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Visitor from Mt Shasta

I teach – for the most part – maybe eclectic when I weave in some yoga therapeutics –  a gentle flow spiced with yin style and sweetened with restorative style of yoga Sunday nights … what a surprise to have this beautiful herbalist show up from Mt. Shasta to attend the class – also – bearing all these hand-made lotions and potions.  She uses the water from the Mt.Shasta creek in hand-crafting these lotions and aroma spritz.  Thank you Y-san for sharing your creations – I feel and appreciate the care you put into these magical jars and bottles.

These green comfrey creme does wonders for any rash, inflammations … and insect bites, bruises what have you …  

As she makes them herself in small batches, it’s probably best to pre-order so she can custom make them – and best to keep them refrigerated as did you know?  Lotions and potions do have expiration dates just like foods we place in our mouths; these are fed to our skin and absorbed through our pores …so shelf like cannot be beyond 3 months. If they are kept chilled, it feels even better for the hot spots.

* The flowers came from a local senior center as a thank you to the volunteers at their annual Volunteer Appreciation dinner … after the event during cleanup, we were asked to take any of the flower arrangements as a thank you so …  picked this smallest arrangement – Sitting next to the Volunteer Coordinator/Director, I was astounded to learn from her, there are some 700 volunteers throughout the year. There are so many giving, kind humans here.  Is it from some ancient texts that said something to the affect that  – those cultures that takes good care of their aged, sick and the little ones, are the most cultured and civilized.  Thank goodness.  Here, there’s no rhetoric of hate or exclusions.