My aunt died this week. She was a colorful christian woman who battled brain cancer with class, and then, when it was time, passed peacefully at her ranch in South Texas.
The news arrived via Slack message from my brother while I was setting the table for a gluten-free family dinner with my step-daughter.
I replied with a heart emoji. But couldn’t really integrate the news because the twins were unruly at the table, then rascals at bathtime. Leaving me with 10 minutes to change, curl my hair, and rush down to my studio to record a long-planned YouTube series with savasana researcher Erica Morton Magill.
In the over-full rhythm of my daily life, it’s easy to slide past unpleasant feelings, jump to the next activity, rush to my next obligation. But where do I make time to grieve? Where do I hold space for myself to feel undesirable feelings?
Savasana is my answer. In the short video above, and in our longer conversation on YouTube, Erica shares some encouragement for the practice.
Can you relate to this sense of acceleration? Does it feel like activity and connectivity and exhaustion are squeezing into all of the available empty spaces in your life? Squeezing out any hope for contemplation and stillness and grief?
Today, I’m also sharing a sneak preview sample of our upcoming course on Yoga Philosophy. It’s a conversation with Mama about how to integrate the first sutra from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra (atha yoga anushasanam) into our daily lives.
If you like this sort of thing, do sign up to join us, or receive the recording, for our free class on September 6th.
And lastly, I’m offering a Slooow Flow Zoom class on September 10th. Join me to:
Establish an unhurried relationship with your breath.
Expand into simple playful sequences.
Explore somatic self care through therapeutic and strength training movements.
Plus Savasana.
Love you,
Lizzie
Upcoming ways to connect:
September 6 Free Class: Integrating Yoga Philosophy
September 10 Free Savasana Session for newsletter subscribers
September 10 Slooow Flow Zoom class: $15 to join live or watch the recording
September 11 Restorative Workshop in Munich
October 3-6 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with me in Munich
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