Mary Cooke Yoga

Did you know a Solar eclipse will grace our skies on Saturday? I’ve been researching to find inspiration, and see what lands for me about this auspicious event, and thought I’d share it with you…

I love how interconnected we are with nature, as beings on this planet. I found it interesting that that Italian culture believes that planting seeds during a solar eclipse yields more vibrant & healthy plants.

I also love the stories about the sun and the moon falling in love and coming together, as these two seemingly opposing forces create a breakthrough in balance.

So, what’s speaking to me, is that not only is it a fabulous time to plant seeds as mindful intentions, the cultivation can also be influenced by balanced lunar and solar energy coming together through the eclipse, thus revealing a more wholistic/wide view of experience. I’m inspired to use this energy to help grow an integrated intention, rooted in what really matters, so that what I truly care about creates vibrancy in my life as it expands from the potent intentional seeds I plant.
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Here’s to practicing under the solar eclipse (don’t forget your glasses)!
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It feels like…
A wave of breath opening a window
The breeze releases the grip of white knuckle effort
A kindness, attentive to the open air of what’s always been here all along
And
What’s wide in possibility beyond dreams and ideas
I feel this where the breath goes
In the places I’ve abandoned and forgotten
And
In the places I’ve become fixated on
I feel it as a release, offering a gentle break from the doing & the fixing of it all
It feels like where I am willing to allow ~ the light will meet me there
It feels like trust
Like a surrender into something my mind cannot make sense of, yet my cells completely know
It feels like belonging
It feels like arriving
It feels like welcoming

To be truly gentle, we need the strength to support the ease. Stability is key in preventing injury and facilitating alignment. When I teach a gentle yoga class, I start with the core to awaken the body’s built-in foundation, from that place of connection & stability, ease and opening can unfurl with integrity. I’m teaching a gentle class this Thursday 8/24 at Breath+Oneness 10:30a-11:30a. We’ll find strength, hold space, & meet ourselves where we are, without force. You can be strong & gentle at the same time 😉.
Hope to see you there 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. Breathandoneness.com to sign up