It was completely a coincidence last week that I had designed my yoga class around emotional wellness and healing. Between the events that occurred at
Sandy Hook Elementary School, the upcoming "
end of the world," and the general stress of the holidays, you can say it went over well. One of my Tuesday students left saying she could "use about 5 more hours of that," and Saturday's class also was well received.
With emotions still running high in my life and in the world, I remembered two things from my yoga teacher training (YTT) earlier this year:
- you always teach the class you need
- shaking releases deep seated emotional energies
I also recalled that in one of our sessions we did the
Osho Kundalini MeditationTM -- it was a really unique and powerful experience, so I went to the web site and refreshed myself on it. I thought it might be the perfect last class for the year -- different, cleansing, fun. (Basically, you spend the first half releasing energy through fast movement--shaking and dancing; then you revel in stillness in sitting meditation and shavasana.) I downloaded the music the led my last Saturday class through it. While I'm am a far cry from the fabulous
Jurian Hughes who guided my experience, I managed to keep the class moving throughout the time allotted for each stage. We weren't quite as noisy as my YTT but we were fewer people; plus it can be difficult to completely release all inhibitions, even within one's yoga community!
I'd highly recommend that anyone who wants to clear out the old and make space for the new try this meditation. And stay tuned, I may just lead it again next year. :-)
Happy holidays, everyone!
