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“I will meet you there”.

Yes, I will meet you there, where you are. That’s my message to any student; where you are is exactly where we meet. you don’t have to sprint, cartwheel and somersault (maybe you’ll be able to after a yoga therapy session with me:) … to move over …Meetup “there” in your natural terrain, that “field” is just fine.
Up-Dog, thighs off the ground …press through the heels, feet flexed, Lift and lift upwards towards the sky, with chest open – shining heart:) Good Morning – it’s Autumn. Playing on a carpet of Fall leaves on this “field”. Let yourself Fall off balance and roll on carpet of golden autumn leaves so that … you can get up.

Processing from Proprioception to Interoception …what a journey … Ahhhh … we need this. It’s so therapeutic.
A daily ritual … love, love, love. Richard Miller, PhD:) and always coming back to Rumi…

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.

Ideas, language, even the phrase each other
doesn’t make any sense.
– Rumi

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Yoga Therapist, Thinking Big:)

I took Bo Forbes workshop couple of years ago at a Yoga Journal conference and learned so much. She is a very erudite teacher who has had her fitness background merged with her personal yoga pursuit fused with her profession as a psychologist (not sure if she’s practicing now that she’s so known in yoga). Her teachings have stayed with me in how to approach my own therapist training. She puts it so well, why rephrase – this is from UTube available to share:

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Lion’s Pose Benefits

Heads Up – The yoga Lion Pose also stimulates the platysma, which is a flat thin muscle in the front of the throat. This is the muscle that pulls down the corners of the mouth and also wrinkles the throat. It is believed that this exercise will help to prevent the sagging of the throat with age. Additionally, this pose helps promote good posture and in turn increases confidence levels. (excerpt from YogaWiz.com)


late BKS Iyengar:)

Perhaps slip this pose in – when you see agitation among some who carry too much stuff and scuffle with furrowed brows or raspy voice …maybe just maybe.
Consider these therapeutic applications of the lion pose. Roaring ! It may be just about cleansing out the stale air all at once, throw out all the angst (Tamas, the dullness) to shift the mood, the greater benefits include:

Removing wrinkles – facial yoga thing…
Curing stutters
Curing teeth grinding
Curing clenched jaws
Helpingin decreased burning in eyes
Reliving back pain
Relaxing tensed up neck muscles
Improving the tone of the voice

Really? Really never know until you try it, right?


Cool – Judith Lasater with the late Master in her youthful (still is actually) days ! So happy to have studies with her – a grandma but still teaching ! Respect!!