Taster Day
Just a quick mention … Louise Langley – who I mentioned in an earlier post – is running a Taster Day in London this Saturday … Valentine’s Day … a great opportunity for you to begin your exploration in finding Your True Love …
From personal experience Louise is worth a listen – you’ll probably learn a thing or three … and begin to make your own life quest in finding your Ideal Life : Love : Partner and Work …
From the personal development course I took with Louise, I can testify to making clear, quick lasting change. And Saturday’s Taster Day will provide you with some insight into what you can do to leap-frog your life forward into The Place you want to run it from …
So check it out and go along …
The FEBRUARY Taster in London …
- The Maria Assumpta Centre
- Saturday – 14 February 2009
- 23 Kensington Square : London : W8 5HN
- 10.00-17.00
- www.maria-assumpta.org.uk
Have fun and let me know what you thought about it … sign up here …
Jane
The Starting Point
Today I want to talk about the starting point … the Foot … ‘to stand on our own two feet’ … something I heard as a child … it didn’t really sink in … ahh!
Tadasana
With regards to Yoga we are talking about doing that on every level … as being in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) for example enables us to have a moment of calm … and re-engage with what it might have felt like to walk for the first time … A memory that will be long gone for most everyone and what’s the purpose … Its about taking things for granted and often poor habit has formed unbeknown to us. Yoga generally brings us back into the physical body so we can check it out and see how we’re doing! And start to work on any adjustments that may be required …
Grounding
Here is something really great to try and I wouldn’t think it has a Yoga pose name … as I think its roots may well lie in the field of massage … I learned this with two teachers on separate occasions Gary Carter in Brighton and Chris Yorke at Rhodes Minnis.
- You start this by standing in Tadasana … and just allow yourself to come into an awareness of the body, especially the legs and feet …
- Once you have gained this sense …. you can sit on the ground …
- There isn’t a correct side to start with … whatever works for you … but for the sake of description I shall begin with the right foot …
The Method
- Take the right foot into the left hand by cradling the leg
- Take the fingers and intertwine them between the toes … as though you were intertwining your fingers with each other only this is a toes of the right foot with the fingers of the left hand
- Gently bend the fingers back towards the toes so the toes go back as far as they comfortably will. Close the eyes if you like … I find it aids relaxation … And hold for as long as feels comfortable
- Now take the fingers and toes the other way … Same again
- Turn the foot and hand in a clockwise rotation for around 5-10 turns as slowly as you can … the slower you turn them the deeper it works and the nicer it feels
- Then turn them anti-clockwise … similarly
- Now stand back into Tadasana … and feel the difference
- Do the same thing all over again on the other side
I would love to hear from anyone who tries this and what your experience of the worked foot felt like … Drop me a line …. I look forward to your comments.
Jane