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Week 8: Fear the formidable foe!
Fear is a formidable enemy! When we conquer our fears we conquer the world. We are at the helm. We are in control of our thoughts.
This week it’s time to fly with crow pose! BAKASANA!
It is a pose that can teach us a lot about ourselves. It will strengthen your body, your mind and your warrior heart. But most importantly it will help you conquer fear and build confidence.
So I would like to invite you to think of something that you are afraid of. And let that something be embodied in the crow pose, Bakasana.
When we come to the mat for the last practises of our session, we will come with the belief and the trust that we can conquer our fear. And when we do, we will FLY over the clouds into a sunny blue sky!
Namaste! my dear students and friends,
Jocelyne and Dr. Jake PhDOG wishing you an awesome day!
Week 6 : “I love you!”
We have focused on the Vishuddha (throat) chakra. When it is balanced, we express ourselves kindly, honestly, mindfully. (In yoga philosophy it is the yama, Satya. (The yamas are directing guidelines for fulfillment and happiness.)
At our last practice, I left you with the question: What needs to be said? What needs to be expressed more?
When I asked myself these questions, I came up with the following.
Every night I tell Jake, “I love you Jake. Thank you for the nice day. Sleep tight!” And then he proceeds to his couch to have sweet dreams, knowing he is loved…
I think back to my own children and I ask myself, why I didn’t say it to them every night when tucking them in…
Is “I love you” something you can say too often. Does it lose its meaning when it is repeated? But then I ask myself, how can something that comes from the heart ever be meaningless.
In the novel I am just completing by Elizabeth Hay, All things Consoled, (a daughter’s memoir), the author writes, “My father melted when I told him I loved him.” The strain of their lifelong relationship just seemed to melt away as well.
Three simple words can change the direction of someone’s life. Can alter a relationship.
This week, the heart chakra, Anahata. Get ready for another AWEsome practice that will strengthen your body, mind and… heart.
Week 5: Yoga to reshape your brain!
I wish I could reshape my brain. Change the way I think. Let go of the past and not worry about the future.
I think the only time I am able to do this is when I am teaching. I am transported into the here and now and I take my students with me. At least I try to. 
Some of you come to yoga for a good workout. And for that nice feeling of relaxation at the end of the practice. So when I speak of unblocking or strengthening chakras, I wonder how much of this makes sense to you.
Yoga can be a good physical workout. But it is much more. It is all about energy. Moving energy. It’s about opening blocked energy. Energy that is blocked and that is preventing you from moving forward. And although sometimes it is so difficult to unblock this energy, it is, I believe, the most rewarding and important benefits of a yoga practice. When we unblock energy, we are in fact reshaping our mind. Reshaping the way we think.
(Next week I will take this a step further and present the scientific approach to how energy moves during a yoga practice.)
For now, I will conclude by saying that the more control we have over our mind, the more control we have over our life. And the more at peace we can be.
Peace being the ultimate goal of yoga.
Namaste! my dear students
Jocelyne and dr. Jake
Focus this week: the Vishuddha chakra
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