Healing the Darkness

Theme/Setting the tone:  (Start in prone savasana) To every action in the known universe, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  Light/dark, up/down, left/right, strength/flexibility, and thought/absence of thought are all equal and yet opposite reaction.  Life is not about leaning one way or the other, its about balancing and coming into equilibrium with both.  Sometimes were up, sometimes were down and both have to be ok.  One thing I have learned is that our society suppresses and hides what it does not accept, but this leaves us with no outlet for the darkness.  We need a safe container to let our darkness out and guess what, this room, this class is your container to let the darkness out.  

Reading:  Whether it drives them further away or draws them closer, if its true, its the right thing to do.... “Our wounded side is our dark side or shadow side, not because it is bad but because it is cut off from the light of God.  It lives in the darkness of fear and the heaviness of false beliefs instead of in the light of love and truth. Moving toward "enlightenment" is moving into the light of truth. When we heal our fears and false beliefs, our energy lightens. We may even hear from others, "You seem so much lighter!" - Margaret Paul

Pranayama, Mudra & Mantra/Song:  Begin with some rounds of Mmmmmmmm....  Lions breath in sphinx pose gazing at third eye, seed of intuition.  Baby, full & king cobra to serpentine cobra to child’s pose to Hero’s pose & Sing: Hey ma Kali (death of what no longer serves you), Hey ma Durga (fearlessness)

Asana:  

Roll forward through cow to up dog, then roll back through cat to down dog x 4

Sun A x 5

Sun B x 5

1. Opens lower body: Lunges (high to low)
2. Opens upper body: Warrior II with reverse and extended, 
3. Twists: Trikonasana/triangle with reverse
4. Strengthens Upper Body: Side Plank & Plank, WIII, Standing splits with option for arm balance
5. Opens Hips

Backbends

Twists

Warm-Down

Savasana/Meditation: Take them into deep relaxation, allow them to withdraw energy from the body & focus it on the mind and be the observer.  Sing to them Imagine (Eva Cassidy version).