Themes and Intentions of this Practice:
Shedding the Final Skins of the Snake Year through Void States
Nourishing Kidney Qi--foundational Qi through specific restorative seated postures (asanas). Winter is a time to nourish our foundational roots
Invoking the energy of Kali Ma, the Divine Mother of all Divine Mothers (and why this is a different Archetypal Mother energy than Mother Mary). She is the Goddess of Time. She arrives from the black fertile space of the Void
Increasing our inner Resources as the world burns
Flow of the Practice: Opening practice for soothing nervous system, somatic practices to find more Presence in the here and now, seated postures for Kidney Qi, closing Void meditation with Kali mantra. Each Tuesday we will be practicing similarly but amplifying certain intentions. Repetition creates rhythm. Rhythm reduces ruminating thought grooves(vasanas) in the mind
Kali Ma is the Divine Mother and Wrathful Destroyer of Ignorance. We will summon her in the Void through intentional practices of dissolving and letting go found in the breath, mantra and movement. In the depth of Winter we are in the Dark, the fertile darkness, the great emptiness. We are in that liminal space of gestation before birth. It is the dreamtime, where new worlds are birthed through the collective dream. This is where we meet the Goddess Kali: the Destroyer of Time. Guided meditation to close each gentle yoga session. The yoga session will be all levels with some yoga experience and tailored towards an evening practice of winding down the day and nervous system regulation using classical yoga and somatic practices.