Your SUNDAY Morning POST from DOWNdog!

Last night, I was watching an episode of “Suits”. It was the BEST EPISODE EVER! But of course, when I meet my buddies at the pool in the morning and start talking about how great Suits was the night before (most have seen the entire series) they repeatedly tell me it just gets better!

In this episode, there was a scene between Harvey (the lawyer who never loses) and Donna (his secretary who believes that Harvey is a foolproof Mr. Fix it). She messes up “a…situation” and he is upset with her. He has no time to comfort his damsel in distress. 😢 He has to fix… “the situation”. 😎

When I watched this scene, I saw a skeleton walk out of my closet. The skeleton was like a closed dam. The water let go from the dam. In other words, I faced the skeleton and eventually, it got up and left. I could literally see the skeleton walk out of the closet and out the door! (Jake is my witness. He was there beside me on the couch.)

I won’t tell you what the skeleton in my closet was. It doesn’t matter. What’s important is that I observed the skeleton. I took it in as an honourable guest in my “house” and was then able to open the door and let it go.

Now yoga can do just that.

When we come to yoga we learn to observe our bodies, observe and honour all our feelings/thoughts. Every exhale is an invitation to let go of that which no longer serves us. It can help us move towards greater stillness. Inner peace.

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Yesterday it rained all day. But it was a bright day.
A skeleton in my closet had come forth and I was able to observe it and let it go!

AND…

I did all of those 10 New Year’s Eve resolutions! I would have to say that… I’m ON A ROLL! 😉

This week, back by popular demand, Yoga to Express. We will be focusing on the jaw, neck and shoulders.

Get ready for Awesome Practice Number 2. And who knows, you might find a skeleton on your shoulders…and let it go!

Namaste my dear friends,
Have a Savasana kind of day

Your Sunday DOWNdog POST! – Week 1 (Winter Session)
Last night I watched too much TV (I am totlly hooked on the series, “SUITS!”)  followed by too much ice cream. (Let’s not forget the chocolate chips!)  I then sunk into a relaxing yoga practice to have a good night’s sleep.  It was late when I finally got to bed.
The yoga didn’t work.  
I was too wound up on sugar and TV.  Tree pose would have been difficult! I had a restless sleep.
This morning I wasn’t a happy camper and decided to sell the TV and ditch the rest of the ice cream!!  I was desperate to restore balance to my daily schedule.
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No one will argue that it is important to have a balanced life: we need to balance our body energy, our mind energy, and our heart energy 
However, it is most important to balance our body energy (balanced and nutritious food; daily exercise balanced with relaxation; sound sleep).  The mind energy and heart energy are largely  dependent on a balanced body energy. 
And so as the New Year begins, our Week 1 yoga practice is an invitation for  RESOLVE: resolving to create better balance in one area of our life that affects our body energy.  
Keeping our energy balanced is a yin/yang operation: balancing our sun/moon energy.  And since we have shorter days and less sun, it becomes much more difficult to stay balanced in the winter months.  Bringing some awareness to this fact is a beginning.  Making a small change in our daily schedule is an important first step.  I have resolved to relax more and have started playing the ukulele and the piano again, on a daily basis.  This small change in my daily schedule has made such a difference.  I am happy I included it in my 10 resolutions!
I am very much looking forward to our practice! Namaste!
Jocelyne and Jake PhDOGDROP-in availability for Week 1 (January 6th and 9th)
2 spaces in the Monday evening class 7h15-8h302 spaces in the Thursday evening class 7h15-8h30