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I am creating these “Yoga Extras” blog posts for those of you resonating with the public yoga classes & Yoga Teacher Trainings I am leading. Inside of these blog posts you will find extra resources that support our weekly class theme. The weekly classes I guide are themed according to the season & collective energetic “weather”–This is of course influenced by many things; for instance, not only national and global events but how masses of people are feeling about and reacting to those events. It is also influenced by space weather (seespaceweather.com) & the current movement/placement of celestial bodies ie: the sun, moon, planets, nodes, stars, etc. You can find me teaching currently atBlack Swan Yoga (North-Anderson) in Austin, TX. I am on the schedule as “Erika K.” Mention this webpage for a free class.
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Hello love bugs!
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Videos below! Lettin you know what’s going on with me/our online offering: Advancing Your Yoga/Evolving Your Consciousness. At the bottom of this blog post you will find an early description of our new and upcoming online offering.
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In Love & Trust along our journeys,
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Click the image below for the music from this week’s class:
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For this week’s readings, see below.
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We come with all these parts
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and no instructions how they go together.Â
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It is so tempting to want the answers before we begin the journey, We like to know our way. We like to have maps. We like to have guides. But we are more like a breathing puzzle, a living bag of pieces, and each day shows us what a piece or two is for, where it might go, how it might fit. Over time, a picture starts to emerge by which we begin to understand our place in the world.
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Unfortunately, we waste a lot of time seeking someone to tell us what life will be like once we live it. We drain ourselves of vital inner fortitude by asking others to map our way. At the end of all this stalling, though, we each have to venture out and simply see what happens.
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The instructions are in the living, and I confess that of all the times I thought I liked this or didn’t care for that, not one was of my choosing or yours. For as the Earth was begun like a dish breaking, eternity is that scene slowly reversing, and you and I and the things we’re drawn to are merely the pieces of God unbreaking back together.
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Mark Nepo, The Book of AwakeningÂ
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Below is an active-learning opportunity (as opposed to passive-learning like reading or listening to information). I advocate for active-learning as a booster shot for your personal growth. We MUST investigate ourselves for our own answers, not just repeat back information we’ve heard.
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- In what ways do you resist the uncertainty of life? How might embracing the unknown, piece by piece, allow you to live more fully, even without clear answers?
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- We often seek answers outside ourselves, hoping others can explain what we are meant to do. What does it feel like to sit in the stillness of not knowing and trust that your own inner voice has the wisdom to guide you?
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- What part of you longs for certainty and control, and what part of you is quietly whispering that itâs safe to let go? How can you begin to trust the process of life, even when no clear picture has emerged?
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- Can you recall a moment when something in your life made sense, only after you lived through it? How might this reveal a pattern in which each piece of your journey is always falling into place, even when you canât see it?
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- When you reflect on your life, how many moments of clarity came not from seeking but from surrendering to what life had to teach you? How would it feel to live more often in that state of surrender?
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- What fears arise when you think about living without a map, trusting only in the unfolding? How might those fears point to deeper places within yourself that are calling for healing and attention?
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- Consider the idea that you are not separate from the whole, but rather a piece of the divine puzzle unbreaking back together. How does this shift the way you understand your purpose and the challenges you face?
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- When have you felt that life was happening to you, rather than through you? How might your relationship to life change if you saw yourself as an active participant in the great unfolding, rather than a passive observer?
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- In the quiet moments, what parts of yourself feel like scattered, unassembled pieces? How might those very parts be the ones that hold the key to your deepest healing and transformation?
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- If each day reveals a piece of a greater picture, what does that ask of your patience, your faith, and your willingness to trust in the timing of life? How might slowing down to honor each piece bring a greater sense of peace and purpose?
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Hey ya’ll,
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I am having a new website built and below is an early description of our online offering that I am sending to my webmaster. I have audio and video already made and ready for us, its just got to land on this new site and then I will be sending out a newsletter to your email inboxes letting you know how to gain access. See below.
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Donation-based Membership Details
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Yoga is a freedom practice. A practice to help liberate our whole Self (body, mind, heart, soul/spirit). For those of you who know this from your own experience, and are looking to dive into some of the deeper waters of your yoga practice, I offer you this.
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Advancing Your Yoga (yogis)/
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Evolving Your Consciousness (yaâll):
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A sadhana: a daily or regular âspiritualâ practice. Objective: gaining greater personal & collective liberation.
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This âmembershipâ is for my fellow freedom-seekers. Those of you who too know that the only thing standing in your way is an accumulation of false beliefs & limiting stories. In yogic terms this would be called illusion or dukha.*
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Speaking to the format: In the words of one of my favorite teachers, âWords donât teach, experience does.â Words can, in my opinion, help us understand (intellectually) what we are experiencing. It helps us increase our belief in the process. And belief is a big deal. Essential actually. Just look at the research on the placebo effect. So, we will: learn, experience, learn experience, learn, experience. This moment is a result of this work for me. My heart has called me to travel the country and take part in a surrender experiment. To Trust in the safety and direction of the unknown & present moment; that the Creative Intelligence of the universe is my Source of abundance and safety. The tools I am sharing here are what have helped me shed my own limitations for many years, and my great hope is they will help do the same for you.
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What will you receivemonthly:
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Yoga class audio*
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Extended Savasana*
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Podcast-esque: Dharma Talks (videos)*
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Active Learning Questions*
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Active Learning Journal Prompts
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& more
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What will you receiveweekly:
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Extra resources/tools that support our monthly theme such as:
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Deep dive questions to help you further integrate the themeâs wisdom into your daily life.
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Extra meditations to compliment theme integration
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Music playlists
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Rampages of Appreciation
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Before sleep audio
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Supportive podcasts, articles, astrological and space weather updates, etc. Leave room too for surprises.
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Supportive articles and other resources
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Quantum/holistic health resources
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I am taking over a decade of teaching, studying & research in the fields of spirituality, consciousness, yoga, combining it with 2 decades of experience with 12-step recovery work whose roots reside in Christian Mysticism, and more recently the grandmother Science of Quantum Physics and Integrative Medicine. I have taught in the public realm for over 20 years (higher ed. poetry & writing before consciousness/spirituality etc). Now to take it online to increase its availability. If you have friends or family who you think may benefit, please pass this offering along.
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*Dukha:suffering, unhappiness, pain, dissatisfaction, unease, stress
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*Yoga class (audio):these will be shorter yoga asana classes designed to physically and energetically prepare you for an extended savasana (see below).
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*Extended Savasana:In my opinion, and from my experience, this is where the magic of the practice begins. The deeper one goes into a yoga practice, the more internal it becomes. We begin to journey inward & experience internal gifts of consciousness. More on this once our journey begins.
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*Podcast-esque: âDharma Talksâ (videos):ÂI will be explaining our themes & how they relate to our present moment lives both personally & collectively. Some will be like mini classes on yogic themes, incorporating other fields such as the quantum sciences.
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*Active Learning Questions:Much like the questions I have posting on our weekly blogs, these questions, along with journaling prompts, are a big part of how we incorporate the teachings of yoga & other wisdom traditions in order to expand our consciousness, getting us closer to the Truth of our Selves. Again, more on this along the way.
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*Rampages of Appreciation (audio):designed to help increase oneâs mood/frequency/magnetic attraction to more of what one desires to experience, rather than letting whatever energies/feelings that are dominate in the collective at the time, influence us.
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This is a donation-based offering with a set minimum donation. If finances are tight for you, Iâm hoping this helps support you. One of the many gifts of expanding consciousness, for example, is the gradual (sometimes immediate) release from old lack programming and back into a state of abundance consciousness. I am no longer receiving an income from teaching so this will be a great support to me as an independent teacher. All of your contributions will go directly to me growing this offering & getting it out into the world to those who it is meant to find. Thank you for supporting local, independent teachers and practitioners.
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I love you all & will be thinking about you daily on my journey across the western part of the country. Iâm very grateful to be able to stay connected in this way. I am hoping to create a way for us all to be able to stay in closer touch as a group either through a Mighty Networks type platform, Telegram or Whatâs app. Thank you for your patience as I get my life & platform mobile and growing. Xoxo
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