It’s okay if your right heel doesn’t reach the floor-let it lift, but keep the right knee straight and extend strongly back through the leg. Make sure your right foot is facing mostly forward, so that your toes are only slightly angled to the right. Step your right leg straight back about a leg length (three feet or so). Do you feel even weight across the feet-from right to left, from inside to outside, from the balls of the feet to the heels?Īssess your energy: What are you bringing to the pose? Do you feel heavy or light in the body? Do you feel an upward or downward flow of energy? Is your energy agitated or calm? Feel how your feet connect with the floor.
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This dynamic combination grounds and stabilizes as it generates an uprising energy that nourishes the spine and clears what I call mental “cobwebs." How to Practice Warrior Iīegin by standing with your feet hip-width apart at one end of a nonskid mat with most of the mat extending back behind you. In Warrior I ( Virabhadrasana I) the lower body roots strongly into the ground, while the upper body rises up to the sky.
Warrior I is a perfect balance of dynamic grounding and buoyant ease. In yoga, the warrior is peaceful-dynamic, resolute and steady, but with a core of calm. Because the foundation of the Eight Limbs of Yoga is ahimsa (non-violence), or as Alistair Shearer translates it, “dynamic peacefulness,” the word “warrior” might well be interpreted differently from our usual way of thinking about it. PARKING: There about 15 parking spaces available at the building, and a few dozen more directly across the street.In yoga, the Warrior poses are some of the practice’s foundational poses. Please RSVP on Eventbrite, Meetup, or Facebook. ALSO please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes early if possible. If you are unable to bring a yoga mat and need to rent one, please contact me well in advance. HOW: The recommended donation is $20 or simply pay what you are able to afford. Improves Mental Health (Mind), Fitness (Body), and Meditation (Soul). The address is 1447 Church Street, Decatur Georgia 30030. It's located around the corner the Dekalb Medical Hospital, across the street from Suburban Lanes, and one mile down the street from the heart of Downtown Decatur. WHERE: Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta, located near the intersection of Church Street and North Decatur Road. This event is scheduled to take place outdoors, however if it rains, if the ground is wet, or if it is overwhelmingly hot it will be moved indoors.
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Verbal interaction will be eagerly encouraged! Feel free to ask questions, relate compassion to an experience you are facing or have faced in life - positive or negative, share what compassion means to you, share ideas on how the world can move towards a more compassionate future, etc.
This will be followed by an open discussion. Culmination: The discussion leader will give a short presentation on Compassionate Atlanta, what compassion means, and how compassion looks in everyday life.Core: A fusion of Heart Rhythm Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation, and Shamatha Meditation.
Commencement: A fusion of Anusara Yoga, Ananda Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong.Our aspiration is to motivate you to practice cultivating compassion in your everyday life. Our intention is to insightfully inspire you to ignite courage, consistency, cognizance, fearlessness, wisdom, kindness, and of course compassion - within yourself. We sincerely hope to enlighten you on how being compassionate can constructively transform your perception on people in your life, yourself, and the whole world. WHAT: Compassionate Atlanta and Compassionate Yoga will be joining forces to bring to you, Peaceful Warrior: Exploring Compassion Through Yoga, Meditation, & Dialogue, a two-hour wellness event on the third Sunday in August 2015. For more information on Compassionate Yoga please visit.For more information on Compassionate Atlanta please visit.Please come with an open-mind and open heart.
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WHO: This wellness event is open to the general public and suitable for every fitness level, ethnicity, creed, age, gender, body type, sexual orientation, skin color, etc.
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