Self-Love

My doggie, Spirit, and I say hi :)

Hello out there. Sending hugs your way. Really miss each of you and sharing class together! Last week I taught a Zoom live streaming class at Studio Rincon. I’ll teach another one this upcoming Tuesday (March 24). See their site if you’d like to sign up: www.studiorincon.com They send you a code 15 minutes before the class.

Thinking of you guys. Hope you are finding ways to take care of yourselves and stay sane :) My class this week was themed: “self-love”. I hope some of the ideas are helpful. Reach out to say hi if you’d like. My email: lynn@marrin.com

It’s an act of self-love to honor the time and effort it takes to get on the mat and connect more deeply with yourself. It’s easy to get frustrated with what’s not going well. Whether it’s injuries or the state of the world right now. I sympathize. I’m struggling with the isolation and low grade anxiety. Some days have been better than others. I keep learning what helps, but somedays I’ve had real trouble concentrating and relaxing. Anything that provides variety has helped me. So I toggle between reading, yoga, listening to music, watching a show with interaction like Oprah’s bookclub on Apple TV+, and even just changing rooms. Plus getting outside for a little gardening or a walk or run can really help. I find the fresh air, the sun, the general sounds of nature to clear my head.

Back to the theme :) So lets try to keep coming back to what IS going right ….. the goodness, the love, the brightness, the yoga, the online communities and having hope, and feeding off of that! Winston Churchill said, “It would be foolish to disguise the gravity of the hour. It would be still more foolish to lose heart and courage.”

As we practiced, we tried to drop the mind into the quiet, open spaces in the body. We tried to feel that we were being guided by our body’s feedback and by our breath. It was a well rounded practice. We did twists to massage the organs so they work more efficiently. We rose into half moon pose and extended energy out in all directions, then we contained that energy back in, pulling all that goodness back in. Anahata opened our heart and chest to take in more goodness. We laughed our way through 3 rounds of chair to boat as we strengthened our core and quads. In our final seat, with hands over our heart, we honored this pocket of time that each of us carved out for ourselves, for replenishing so we stay healthy and strong, sound in body and mind. Namaste, Lynn