Transition

Introduction to set the theme:

Transition, full moon, significance of letting go of the old to make space for the new.  We are always in a state of flux; physically, mentally & spiritually.  In the physical body, about how every 7 years, we get entirely new cells, a new you, so why do we keep looking the same & holding as a cell’s memory, the same condition?  DNA.  Mentally, we are continually learning new things & forgetting the old, creating new thought patterns/neural pathways and letting old ones die out.  Spiritually, we are always growing and expanding.

Pranayama, Mudra & Chanting:

Begin with lotus mudra, seed/source to blossom/energy.  Lotus Pranayama - talk about the subtlety of the breath, its constant and rhythmic pattern & how it exemplifies the consciousness of the mind, its always there, unchanging & without any need for thought.  lotus mudra twists left & right.  OM with lotus mudra.

Asana:

Lotus navasana & through Sun A.  (Up dog & down dog are strenuous, but in the transition, the focus on the body seems to disappear as you flow through space and time.  become absorbed in the flow of movement, realize that you are & then let that inspire you to step more into that higher self.

Enforce that transition are fluid, mindful and pure.  Transition from slow & build to Surya Namaskarums A & B, a lot of movement & talk about the significance to mala (one string (breath) connects each bead (asana) and how it is cyclical).  In a flow, we are totally authentic & pure.  Continually surrendering to a steady breath.  WI, Crescent, Camel with lotus mudra)

chant after Sun B’s”

From samasdhittihi from last Sun B with a lotus mudra, “om mane padme aum.” Behold to the jewel in the lotus, where infinite potential lies, where letting go allows you to open up to your highest potential, bask in the emptiness, this full moon is an opportunity to let go, and watch that energy that no longer serves you disappear with the moon in the next few weeks.

floorasana:

Backbends - Bow Pose (left & right), wheel

Hip Openers

Arm balances - dolphin/pinchamyrasana (scorpion)

Meditation:

Transition to Savasana: Asanas flow together and are connected by breath.  Your practice is more powerful when you are present not only during the asanas, but also during transitions.  Just like the transition matters in asana practice, so too does it matter in meditation.  Transitions are like the darkness in between the stars, they make the bright moments stand out for us.  Light/Dark, Sun/Moon, full moon/new moon, left/right, male/female, conserving/consuming, Up/Down, fire/water, energy/particle, formless/form, without thoughts/with thoughts are all contrasts.  There is a flux to everything in life, and it makes for good contrast.  Without contrasts, we would not appreciate the beauty in life. 

Get comfortable, detach from body, watch mind, detach without effort.  Surrender to NOT KNOWING.  

1. J. Krishnamurti - “To find out what us truth there must be great love a a deep awareness of man’s relationship to all things - which means that the one is not concerned with one’s own progress & achievements.  The SEARCH for truth is true religion. the search for truth gives an explosive creativeness to the mind, which is true revolution, because in this search the mind is uncontaminated by edicts & sanctions of society.  Being free of all that, we are able to find out what is true from moment to moment that creates a new culture of truth.”

    B.  Kabir - I said to the wanting creature inside me: what is this river you want to cross?      There are no travelers on this river road & no road.  Do you see anyone moving about on that bank, or resting?  There is no river at all, no boat and no bank, no ford & there is no body and no mind.  Do you believe there is some place that will make your soul less thirsty?  In that great absence, you will find nothing.  Be strong then and enter into your own body, there you will have a solid place for your feet.  Think about it carefully.  Don’t go off somewhere else.

Kabir says this: Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things and stand firm in that which you are.