{"id":21874,"date":"2018-12-18T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=21874"},"modified":"2018-12-21T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T16:23:08","slug":"21874","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-rituals\/21874\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Hustle &#038; Bustle, finding that field, that mat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>in that corner facing the window from where\u00a0 we can look out the window.\u00a0 To see that landscape of glistening fields and vast endless sky imbued with brilliant coral blots and splash\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;care to join the practice to swoon and bloom ?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;And you &#8211; what of<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>your rushed and useful life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine setting it all down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; everything &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>leaving only a note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Gone to the fields to be lovely.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be back when I&#8217;m through blooming.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lynn Ungar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sweet:)\u00a0 Let&#8217;s get lovely to feel &#8230; lovely !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I know for many, things may not be so lovely.<\/p>\n<p>I know there are losses,<\/p>\n<p>so much pain and suffering in this world; in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>I know but we cannot let that weigh us down.<\/p>\n<p>We live with that reality of dualism so all the more, we need to strengthen our resolve to<\/p>\n<p>be resilient\u00a0 and yet porous, open, accepting &#8230; with degree of flexibility &#8230;for creativity &#8230;for that inner child to resurface for some &#8230; fun, some humor in spite of what gets us down.\u00a0 Yoga helps you to calibrate that balance &#8230; orchestrate that &#8230; harmony within.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s okay &#8211; we can be serious; then, we can also be silly.\u00a0 It&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8776.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20651\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8776-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8776-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8776.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20652\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8774-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feeling dull, lethargic &#8230; like a sloth?\u00a0 Get the sun, perhaps try a bridge or a wheel on a tree trunk &#8230;\u00a0Urdhva Dhanurasana pose strengthens so many body parts but also stimulates the thyroid and pituitary glands.\u00a0 Thereby, you feel clear, crisp and sharp upon coming out to either go into child&#8217;s pose or &#8230; fish &#8230; it&#8217;s a natural rush. To be fully awake but calmly so. ( In deeper poses such as this, always warm up to it &#8211; it&#8217;s not an Instagram &#8211; it&#8217;s a practice so there are preparation poses to warm up to it to get to what might be more of a challenge.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4902.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16582\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4902-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4902-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4902-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4902.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16629\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_6926-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_6926-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_6926-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_6926.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SFO is lit up !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/candle-light.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16413\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/candle-light-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/candle-light-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/candle-light.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winter Solstice is approaching &#8211; this Friday, the 21st\u00a0 &#8211; we celebrate the longest night where the darkness brings out more\u00a0luminescence\u00a0to\u00a0 that light brightening our path.<\/p>\n<p>Namaste:)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/candle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16003\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/candle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/candle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/candle-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/candle.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"layer layer--2 blocks layer-show\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"author_content_area\" class=\"layer layer--3 blocks layer-show\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in that corner facing the window from where\u00a0 we can look out the window.\u00a0 To see that landscape of glistening fields and vast endless sky imbued with brilliant coral blots and splash\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;care to join the practice to swoon and bloom ? &nbsp; &#8220;And you &#8211; what of your rushed and useful life? 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