Wag-a-Yoga: Healing & Revitalization with Kay T Ananda Yoga Therapy

Being in the moment – I used to love subbing  because my crazy schedule would only allow for irregularities and subbing suited me since you can say yes or no based on my availability whenever the request popped up – such freedom.  Loved the idea of not having to be tied down to a commitment. No responsibility towards the students other than making sure they do not get injured and you do enough to not disappoint but at the same time, you do not go all out to the max of what you are capable of.  Somehow feeling like you had to conserve your energy as it’s not your “regular” class.

Maybe because my ego became an issue, or maybe with discernment,  getting more selective,  I now avoid subbing but will do it for fellow yogini friends.  Subbing was going rather smoothly until I hit a bump where I was in need of a sub as a sub (food poisoning season?)  –  then subbing was no longer enjoyable – it can be rough – you walk in and already you feel that you have to deal with expectations vs. your ego.  I approached it as almost like a babysitting stint where you will fully care for the students but will avoid attachments  – and try very hard to not invest in human contacts other than to deliver the “class”.  “Keeping a distance” might have been my intention, never wanting to know their names.

So… I was wrong.  It’s about being present and being here and now.  If I never see these people again, it does not matter.  The fact that we are in the same studio room, this month, this week, this day and time – this very moment – is enough of paths crossing, something of a miracle.  You do the best to take the students on a safe inward journey as a warm and kind – and most importantly, competent guide – then you let go.  No ego; no attachment; but 100% ownership of that class that’s been entrusted to you.  That’s the true being in the “present” with total ownership but with no investments; no expectations of any return other than the satisfaction of job well done if even one person found relief or lightness through my service.  I am evolving…thanks to yoga.  Practice, practice:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So a card with a message delivered – how timely can it be?

The Facial Web is connected most directly with the nervous system.  It also impacts the Deep Visceral Body (where things are stored), the Emotional Body, and the Pain Modulation Pathways.  Secondarily, it impacts the other bodies (immune system, mental body, etc.)

– Bo Forbes, Psy.D., E-RYT500

Learning something new everyday… More note-taking at a workshop given by Bo Forbes, knowledge-based “erudite” instructor spoken highly by Judith – no wonder she’s won Judith’s endorsement:

• The Facial Web is sentient and intelligent.
•  It connects every cell in the body.
•  Connective tissue includes the blood and blood cells (really?)
• It has 10 times more never endings than muscle and so is connected to the nervous system. (…)
• Perhaps more important than muscle. (perhaps…)
• Neuro-fascial re-integration is now going to be more important form of body-work than neuro-muscular integration. (!?)
• Fascial resilience influences emotional resilience. (yes)
• Most injuries occur when connective tissue is stretched faster than it can respond. The less it is hydrated, the less elastic response it has. (let’s be mindful in our movement…intention – focus – imagination:)

 

 

 

It’s all in the PSOAS, the center of gravity; source of energy.

Do we need to open it? Strengthen it?  Stretch it & lengthen it?

Ah… I did not see that:  “build a relationship with it with intention.”  I get it now; that’s it.

It’s it:)

One of my teachers I certified with does not allow video into her workshops but she is well published enough so by reading her books – you can self-teach to a certain point through repeated practice… and at workshops, Judith is very open about updating her material. As an expert, she knows anatomy but is also open to evolving and sharing her latest discoveries and findings …  Her guest teacher, Roger Cole, PhD gave scientific and medical evidence to what we knew already by embodied practice … And perhaps because of my latest exposure to TRE, I also found this to be very illuminating.   This yogi sheds this “ah- haah” light on how our internal organs and muscles are inter-related through fascia encasing and the connective tissues – My intention would be to assist with the release of chronic tension build up over the years… to feel light and free:) like a child again – with tender, mindful self-care.

muscle tightness = muscle weakness

Drawing also from Bo Forbes studies, “anti-aging” would then mean keeping your connective tissues and joints, supple and flexible to retain (or increase) your range of motions  … yoga therapeutics to retain ” buoyancy”.  “Buoyancy”…the bounce…

Feeling the tight muscles? Feeling the knots in your gut?  Feeling the neck and the shoulder areas hardening and freezing?  Feeling the tendons, bones and joints as creaky and brittle? Yoga is the answer to youthfulness.  Set an intention. Imagine; even pretend.  Let you inner child shine through again.