Day 4 of 4 Invitational with Judith Lasater.
The mantra “Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodhah”. (Sutra 1.2)
recited … during the theme of “Rest & Stillness”.
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Were we all just in restorative all day? Noooo, mornings in active poses; afternoons in restorative and pranayama.
**** during the active practice with various seemingly detailed adjustments, she shares what she really wanted the students to come away with – it wasn’t about the femur bones and the acetabulum, even though it seems like it to ad naseam (sorry)- such tiny details to the point where Blood Type B me is like – does it really matter? – Who in the right mind really cares to such detail? As if she read my mind, after all the tweeking of pelvis going this way and femur going that way and hamstrings this … She brings us back. It’s not really about the slight angle of the femur and the pelvic tilt – I mean, it is “BUT” it’s not really about that. It’s more about this lesson:
“Nothing is too small and affects the whole”,
as we watched another yogini-who-should remain-unnamed make a subtle movement of her pelvis this way and femur that way and then … wow, what a difference – the energy.
A completely different Triangle – “utthita trikona”
and then to extended side angle pose – “Utthita Parsvakonasana”.
Slight movement, so subtle … but it makes a great difference in the “energy” you can see.
So funny – JHL: “call me OCD (“obsessive compulsive disorder”), I want you to know that no action is too small… even a small action can make a ripple affect. None of you are too small – you all, each of us, matter. Every action has an affect to the whole energy.Your action matter, however small.”
Ahhhhh… she nailed that in.
See – now – that’s why I love her. It’s not just yoga and it is just yoga.
Coming from a long line of Samurai – Educators, I honor the fierce but kind and gentle commitment she has towards sharing her knowledge through this wonderful language.
