Exploring Equilibrium, An Autumn Equinox Practice

Steady breathing, relaxed muscles, centered weight, calm mind, even temper, presence.

Equilibrium.

My guess is this is not how you feel right now. I'll bet that most of the time you are right or left of the center line. Tired, or wired. Go-go-going, or falling asleep on the couch. Feeling like you had too much coffee, or not enough.

What if you could strike a balance, center, and rest in a state of relaxed alertness? Imagine sitting in that state for even a few minutes. The ease of it, the peace of it.

That's what I'm offering you in this class.

I will lead you through a Tantric meditation to cultivate a smooth, balanced breath, and follow it with a yoga breathing technique to balance the flow of energy in your body. We will move through a gentle yoga sequence to engage, and release your muscles. Standing balance poses will help you locate and rest in your center. Restorative poses with guided awareness will focus your mind, while further relaxing your body, while connecting you to yourself.

Afterward, we will sit, resting in equilibrium while crossing the threshold from day to night on the equinox, a few moments of perfect balance.

You'll get to explore how to work with effort and ease on the mat so you can see your pattern and work to balance it outside of class, and you'll get simple practices to settle or boost your energy in real life.

You don't have to be either burning out or crashing.

As we are but reflections of the macrocosm, this is a wonderful time to practice balance in all things.