velveteen rabbit practice...

A friend recently reintroduced me to the story of the velveteen rabbit...it's stayed with me lately in the hustle bustle of the season, struggling in my own day-to-day foibles that we all have...its easy to get caught up in what you don't get to, rather than what you do.
Similarly, we are given so much opportunity to see what we're lacking, and its so easy to internalize that. The velveteen rabbit is precious, not in spite of worn buttons and frayed ears, but because of it. We are precious and amazing because of our frailities, not in spite of it. Let this practice cradle and lovingly those worn parts, and celebrate the whole of you! In each pose, draw inside, to the goodness that resides within you. Through your practice of integrating the poses with the breath, you draw in to illuminate that goodness. And...it grows. it shines. Let that star within you be the one that guides you this season.
Peace and blessings.
Kate

OMMMMMMMMMM.
warm ups
table, raising R, then L hand
cat/cows
down dog
surya namaskar (a)...do at least 3
surya namaskar with variations:
-with lunges on both l, and r
-with lunges, bringing back knee down, grab back foot and bring into quad stretch
-with lunge, knee down on back, inner spiral back leg and back bend! mmmmm.
-crescent or runners lunge, then revolved lunge for twist

tadasana
uttanasana-ardha uttanasana
uttanasana with grab big toes
hasta padangusthasana (gorilla)

tadasana
hands in prayer behind head
cow face arms in tadasana
eagle arms in tadasana

trikonasana R, L
Parivrtta trikonasana R,L
parsvokonasana (pyramid) R, L
standing hip opener: stand on L foot, bring R ankle over L thigh, slowly bend L knee, flex R foot. delicious.

vinyasa to floor
bhujangasana, crocodile
ardha dhanurasana
full dhanurasana
parsva dhanurasana (one shoulder on floor)

balasana
baddha konasana
janu sirsasana
sukhasana with twist
supine twist: laying on back, bring knees to chest, then over to R, gaze to L, repeat on opposite side.

Savasana

MUSIC suggested: krishna das or anything you find calming and encouraging.

I'll send another practice near to New Year's.
Best,
kate