The Spring Equinox is the exact midpoint betrween winter and summer solstices. Starting at sundown, there begins a cycle of 12 hours night and 12 hours daylight. This is a time of huge energy! Nature is waking up after its long sleep. Everywhere you look there is evidence of new life. Trees are in bud, seeds are germinating, and animals are preparing to bear their young. Think of spring cleaning in your home, your body, your diet. Clear off all the stale and old energy of the winter to make room for the positivity and new life for spring. Join in a purification of the Self. Spring is here!
A Poem by Emily Dickinson
A light exists in spring
Not present in the year
At any other period -
When March is scarcely here.
A color stands abroad
On solitary fields
That science cannot overtake
But Human Nature feels.
It waits upon the lawn
It shows upon the furthest tree
Upon the furthest slope you know
It almost speaks to you.
Then, as horizons step
Or noons report away
Without the formula of sound
Its passes and we stay -
A quality of loss
Affecting our content
As trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a sacrament.
Sequence: Sukhasana (comfortable seat), simple seated twist, Urdhva Baddhangulyasana (upward bound hands pose), cross arm "t" pose, seated cat/cow in Sukhasana, Sukhasana/Virasana hip opener, table, cat/cow, table balance, Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog), Balasana (child's pose), Adho Mukha Svanasana > plank, three legged dog > lunge, plank > Ashtangasana (eight pointed pose) > Bhujangasana (cobra pose) > Adho Mukha Svanasana, Uttanasana (standing forward bend), Ardha Uttanasana w/ blocks (halfway standing forward bend), Surya Namasakara (sun salutations), Virabhadrasana II (warrior II) > Trikonasana (triangle pose), Tadasana (mountain pose), Bhujangasana 3x, Dhanurasana (bow pose with prep) 3x, pelvic tilts, Apanasana (knees to chest supine), Anandabalasana (happy baby pose), leg lifts, reclining twist series, Savasana (final relaxation pose or corpse pose) with guided relaxation. Played two quartz crystal chakra singing bowls (A-anja-third eye and C-anahata-heart) coming out of Savasana. Repeated poem in fetal pose.
A Poem by Emily Dickinson
A light exists in spring
Not present in the year
At any other period -
When March is scarcely here.
A color stands abroad
On solitary fields
That science cannot overtake
But Human Nature feels.
It waits upon the lawn
It shows upon the furthest tree
Upon the furthest slope you know
It almost speaks to you.
Then, as horizons step
Or noons report away
Without the formula of sound
Its passes and we stay -
A quality of loss
Affecting our content
As trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a sacrament.
Ending peace chants: Asaato Maa Sad Gamaya Tamaso Maa Jyotir Gamaya Mrityor Maa Amritam Gamaya- Lead us from unreal to Real. Lead us from darkness to the light. Lead us from the fear of death to the knowledge of Immortality. OM Shanti,Shanti, Shanti! Lokaah Samastaah Sukhino Bhavantu - May the entire universe be filled with Peace and Joy, Love and Light.
Namaste.
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