Ether Element Yoga Practice- Expand Intuition with Emily Perry

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We're here at Flora Blanca Resort exploring the elements and today's practice we're exploring ether or space and this really beautiful way in which ether or space connects us to all parts of our lives and also to our intuition so our inner knowing so today's practice we're gonna start with a mudra and do a little bit of meditation so if you'd like to sit on something go ahead and grab a block and we'll start sitting in a nice tall position you'll interlace your hands together except for the point of your fingers this is said to be the Jupiter finger other fingers are interlaced and if you identify as female your left thumb is going to go on top if you identify as male your right thumb will go on top okay Jupiter finger is extended and you're gonna lift your elbows slightly so it almost feels like you're carrying like a little baguette underneath your arms the armpits are slightly hollow but then the shoulder blades are nice and soft down the back and maybe even bring this mudra up towards the heart space gazing down or closing your eyes and so Jupiter is a planet all about expansion and growth and optimism and so as we close our eyes here and set our intention thinking about what you're ready to expand into in your life what are you really ready to grow into so as we expand we start to have more resilience and that sense of expansion also allows us to tap into our inner knowing a little bit more so the more we go inward the more we can expand outward so as you close your eyes and set your intention really holding the space for whatever you're ready to expand into and see if you can start to tap into maybe a sense of cosmic intelligence right as we start to open the crown of the head feel this energy of expansion this Jupiter energy can I open and connect to more of this cosmic intelligence a lot that allow that to inform my inner life my intuitive knowing another breath here beautiful and then gently really seeing that hands to the heart and when you're ready releasing your hands down and we'll set that block to the side or whatever you're sitting on and we'll start in downward facing dog pose tucking the toes lifting the hips walking out your dog arms are strong inner thighs back really allowing the legs to be strong and then when you're ready on the inhale the knees land okay so knees are under the hips and you can bring the hands slightly closer in so as we inhale we're going to actually sink the heart towards the mat you're going to try to feel the scapula coming together now push into the floor exhale feel like you're going to expand the back of the heart towards the sky so you're opening into that cosmic intelligence sink the heart inhale push the floor away exhale let's do one more just like that so freeing up the shoulders a little bit here the way we start to open into bigger realms of being comes with practice right so if we have that tool in our tool belt we're able to step into those those moments in our lives a little bit more easily okay left knee steps in midline tuck left toes inhale reach your right leg back stay here or you'll bend the back knee and reach the foot towards the sky option here is to stay or left hand goes to the side spin the thumb down bend your back knee more find your foot as you inhale you'll kick into your bow so expanding forward as you shift your weight into the front hand heart collarbones wide can i be in the expansion beautiful now keep the foot lifted hand to the mat back toes tuck inhale three -legged dog exhale take your right knee towards your left elbow and you're going to kick the foot to the upper left corner of your mat or the floor and then you'll ground your back right foot all the way down fall in triangle as you inhale the left arm sweeps up take a deep breath exhale hand to the floor beautiful yogis inhale you're going to step that back come onto the back ball of the foot drag the right foot in inhale three -legged dog exhale bend your knee open stack the hips stay here or it's like a parsva vashtasana come onto the ball of the right foot raise your edge of left foot inhale arm goes up exhale hand to the floor three -legged dog inhale sweep it exhale crescent high lunge step through back heels lifted inhale arms reach up beautiful now from here hands to the heart when we inhale we'll spring forward degasana back foot lifts you're going to feel like you're flying like an airplane expanding to your warrior nature vr3 variation inhale arms up knee to the chest beautiful so from here we're going to take the peace fingers to the left big toe i'm just going to turn to face you so you can see this will be your left big toe hand to the hip now you might stay here hearts lifted don't thrust the hips too far forward the back glutes are moving back slightly okay stay here or extend your leg forward options to stay here i like this square variation i just learned from a friend of mine so we're going to bring the opposite arm out front right arm jana mudra you're going to reach that mudra forward square your hips expand as you inhale the arm goes to the side and you'll take your leg for two three beautiful inhale leg forward arms up exhale foot steps down hands to the heart samastitihi let's take a vinyasa inhale arms up exhale fold it inhale arms reach halfway lift exhale float back chaturanga inhale up dog exhale down dog inner thighs back and then when you're ready knees down set it up so hands around your shoulders okay right knee steps to the mid line tuck right toes inhale left leg reaches back again stay here bend the knee foot up heart collar bones wide stay here or right arm to the side spin the thumb down grab the back foot inhale find your bow expanding collar bones wide beautiful hand to the mat tuck your toes three -legged dog inhale exhale take your left knee towards your right elbow kick foot upper right corner of matter floor ground your back heel fall in triangle inhale exhale hand down come on to the ball of the foot inhale three -legged dog big reach exhale bend the knee open stack again this might be where you stay or it's parsva vashitasana so come on to the ball of the foot come on to the razor edge of the right foot as an inhale i'm just going to take the arm up and over side body long exhale hand goes down onto the ball the back foot inhale three -legged dog exhale step through crescent big step forward back heels lifted inhale arms come up spacious heart take a deep breath exhale hands to the heart so ether space cosmic intelligence right kind of just call it in right here as we inhale spring forward degasana vira three variation for two three inhale inhale knee to chest arms up okay second side so we're here and then when you're ready you'll take your peace fingers to your big toes right peace fingers right big toes and you'll stay here or you'll extend the leg maybe jana mudra square hips for two three arm to the side inhale leg goes out for two pata goo three expansion four beautiful leg to center arms up inhale exhale hands slow hard beautiful from here step your feet slightly wider than your hips thumbs stay at the sternum okay this is just a little opening it can go bigger if you like but we're going to inhale lift the heart to meet the thumbs collar bones are wide as we exhale we're just going to start to lift the heart it's almost like this is just a simple offering if you like hands can release and then maybe go down the thighs throat and chin can be in if you like just a simple opening and slowly come up hands together big toes touch thumbs to third eye this intuitive noting this cosmic intelligence shows up a lot in on johnny or or anjan chakra breathing in and out through the nose maybe feeling this idea of the crown of the head opening the hands to the heart thank you so much for sharing your practice today namaste coming up stepping the big toes to touch hands together in the prayer thumbs to third eye closing the eyes and this ability to expand our intuition our inner knowing starts right here in this moment opening the crown of the head towards the sky tapping into the third eye energy really really feeling that connection to earth at the same time calling it in hands to the heart thank you so much so much for sharing your practice with me today namaste