Swaha / Tapas

Swaha is a sanskrit word that means throw into the fire, throw into the yogic fires, throw into the purifying fires of your practice! Another sanskrit word, tapas, means the depth and work and heat and discipline of the practice.

In yoga last week, we focused on twists and backbends. The cleansing twists helped us wring out, just like a wash cloth: we wrung out the dirty water. The flame we built inside ourselves lapped up and purged us of impatience, distraction, fear, confusion, boredom, rigid thinking or whatever was showing up that you wanted to throw into the fire!

We ceremoniously threw our worries and stresses into the yogic fires, to make room to open our hearts to what we needed or wanted. Backbends did the trick and we did many: bow, camel, dancer and bridge. Some yogis rose high into wheel pose, others chose a restorative bridge pose with a block. Yogis let the practice show them the way.

We opened our hearts to that inner voice. We released stirred up or sedentary energy. And we bowed in gratitude for all our blessings, seen and unseen. Thank you so much for joining me in these live streaming yoga classes. From my heart to your heart, Lynn