Winter Solstice Celebration 2024 Yoga, Gayatri and hand pan.

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Solstice blessings everyone here's a solstice journey together with a little bit of Mantra mudra pranayama and aasa yoga flow deep love let's begin by really honoring our Solstice intention our Solstice sopa if you'd like bring your hands to the ground to honor the root Roots the root in ttention and the Deep power of the Earth in this Gateway and then reach it up and lift it up these great antlers of the solstice dear the Dear Mother lift it up open up into the highest aspiration of your intention at this time let's bring it to the power of the heart we'll chant to m one time through inhale [Laughter] [Music] oh Omri namaha to really honor our teachers and the lineages that support us and Inspire us [Music] om om [Music] om then we'll bring this beautiful Mantra mudra practice together om with the hands together in that devotion mudra and the hands soft as G om then blossoming open in the podma mudra with the be Mantra of the heart as sh then spend the prayer wheel of the heart and untie the knots of the heart and then hand side by side push P mudra om and we offer the flowers of our heart from the altar of love from our heart the blessing energy as the gift three times oh sham [Music] sh [Music] sh to the great light of the gatri Mantra may we know this great light may we meditate upon this great Light May the power of the sun and the spiritual illumination of our being awakened [Music] [Applause] by [Music] [Applause] go go [Music] [Music] rest your awareness in the pulse of your breath and let the hands and the breath move together as you inhale pulse up and as you exhale pulse down inhale through the nose and if you like exhale through the mouth and just as the wheel of the Year moves from winter solstice to Summer Solstice and summer solstice to Winter Solstice so it is in the cycle and the rhythm of our own breath inhale feel that lift of energy to the peak of the Sun and then exhale through the mouth and at the bottom pause that winter solstice Gateway hold the breath out inhale and lift and open exhale release renew hold the breath out Solstice pause inhale once more and exhale offer it up rest in that Solstice sacred pause the end of the exhale for winter solstice guide you on the mat for a few moments as massud alian plays music for us so come to the mat and we'll practice here together and you might like to have two blocks and we'll just do a short rasa yoga flow together to honor the solstice energies and this beautiful Gateway I'll meet you at the center of your mat maybe you like to have a couple blocks and a strap so my suit's playing the hand pan let's start in the center and just bring the body together into what's called vessel mudra and you can draw it all in root down into the Earth reach it high to the sky give it a little shimmy this full body vessel mudra to cultivate ourselves as a vessel of love a vessel of worth strengthen this vessel and Crescent over to one side and Crescent over to the other from side to side you might like to step one foot behind and Crescent a little more over to the other enjoy the breath the pulse the body and your Sol SCE and tension as well let's open up into the power of the star shine draw the chin back lengthen the back of the neck listen breathe and feel let's take take the hands down by the sides and hinge the hips back and counter reach forward with the sphere of Love spring it back up to the top unlock the knees hinge the hips and back up and a few more in your own flow draw the feet with the power of the roots towards each other hinge the hips way back unlock your knees and three two and one hold here for a moment and get as much space as you can between your hips and your rib cage and your tailbone all the way to your fingertips keep the legs pulling towards each other and give a little spiral underneath from side to side as you inhale expand your rib cage with a rebirth of the light expand those low back ribs tone at the base of the ne as you exhale reach reach reach now spring it back up turn the feet out and bend the knees in the direction of the second third toe and pulse hands to thighs lean into one side pulse Center and lean to the other you can Flex through the center and extend as you reach to the side in the flow of your breath [Music] once more to each side now we'll bring it up into the power of the Dear Mother and that humble strength that lifts the goddess of the sun to renew the light at winter Soul SCE lean to one side in Crescent and over to the other from side side to side if you like give a little Mandela [Music] sweep you can bring that cilent sound of the Kundalini Shi and that shamanic sound of clearing the way a little [Music] more reach reach it back up through the power of the roots and up through these antlers hold here and slowly extend widen your heels reach the arms back down lift the chin up and back hinge your hips and counter reach forward the sphere of love holding the power and the light of the sun now big hip hinge back and counter reach forward here's where you might like to come High onto the blocks and make a lot of space with the hips going way back in the rib cage breathing wide and like a helium hot air balloon expanding with a rebirth of the light few more breaths there draw the hands under the heart look down and twist open to the right Trace that thumb back down and twist open to the [Music] left and bring it back down hold the opposite elbows give a little Infinity [Music] Sway and then imagine that your dear antlers are just moving the snow away and looking for that nourishment of the lyan and the Moss to get through the winter and then start to bring that nourishment back in and up reach those antlers to the sky turn the right foot out bring your heart wings wide and through from side to side your shamanic Solstice Soul flight as you take this journey keep going just a few more then over to the right Warrior to lift the outl up ground through the legs inhale curl back exhale sweep forward in the rhythm of your breath you might like to reach down touch down with a block or to the ground then up through the center here clasp the hands or use a strap humble Warrior and side take refuge to the back of the heart lift the shoulder blades up reach the spine a little longer be that power of the humble strength of the dear mother who makes that Journey Through the deep forest across the terrain to bring the sun back into that sacred rebirth reach up spin it back and pause the sacred Solstice pause Breathe Here inhale Paul Center into that heartwing flight from side to side once more to each side Warrior Two bring those antlers up and curl back and your [Music] L humble Warriors who find that inner courage and humility together and then bow forward and in lift your shoulder blades up into the back of the heart take refuge in the power of your own heart the rebirth within the innermost Cave of being grounded inhale sweep it curl it maybe touch down or a block forearm to the [Music] thigh and reopen Warrior 2 with a steady dry and gaze inhale once more bring it back up and as you like offer it [Music] up inhale up now back to vessel mudra where we started and we're going to bring a little more life and energy through the bottom of our feet m is going to shift to another drum winter solstice really honors the Deep Roots the deep Earth and there's a lot of quietude in there but there's also some movement and that ground power so just give your feet that love into the Earth feel that open up you revitalization an empowerment a remembrance we're going to bring it into some squats in a moment so we're going to stand with our feet wider than our hips and turn the feet slightly out a big inhale and exhale blow it [Music] out and if you like keep both feet on the ground where you can pick one up from side to [Music] side keep it going just a few [Music] more three two one both feet on the ground and release and give it a little shimmy now for our Solstice we'll come into a few sun salutations and enchant the gatri Mantra together so you might like to have blocks and a little space and moose and I will navigate together come towards the front of your mat a little space between your feet you can bring them together too if that feels in great alignment for you draw the chin up and back release the hands down inhale from the power of the earth reach it high hinge your hips feel free to unlock the knees long spine B down and in inhale half lift exhale step back knee down bring the hands into the sphere of Love knee over ankle arm straight out or knee over toe expand the low back ribs and lift up and into anasa if you like curl it back exhale tiger PS to the Earth step back pulse it out inhale pulse forward exhale to the air shoulders back heart through and just give it a little Rosa sway from side to side sacred pause like solstice through the breath of the heart shoulders back heart through take a sip of that neck from within exhale downward-facing dog inhale left leg up exhale step through grounded sphere of love and stay more upright knee over toe lift that sphere up and if you like Ana then lift extend and curl exhale place your hands and exhale use the power at the end of the exhale step forward fold in inhale half lift exhale bow anchor it and Rise breath of the heart release sweep open renew hinge offer it up inhale half lift exhale right foot back any of those fors or maybe sweep it up wide and around step back inhale pulse forward exhale lower heart through little Rosa solsa sway anchor through the breath of your heart exhale tone Naval float hips inhale right leg up exhale step it through any of those four worms or big wide sweep around exhale push step forward fold in inhale half lift exhale bow inhale and reach to the heart Sur namaskara a the flow of the breath tadasana the strength of the Inner Mountain feel the power power of the earth supporting you inhale reach it high enough exhale long spine Bell in inhale half lift you can step or lightly float back down dog plank towards here and as it feels good to you a wait to open through the breath of your heart exhale tone the navl float your hips up and back Breathe Here oai the inwardly triumphant the inwardly Victorious breath the expanse of [Music] awareness lengthen your spine Shine Your Mind open your heart to the gifts renewed in The Rebirth of you lightly jump forward walk forward forward half lift bow in inhale rise up to the breath of your heart let's take two more in your own Rhythm and flow and as you bow let's bow to Mother Earth and then as if we're reaching and blessing all that's come before the generations before and then inhale lift and breathe and bless all that's to come make your way towards the Earth open through the breath of the heart float your hips up and back lengthen your spine Shine Your Mind renew your heart listen breathe and feel from within honor the inner Solstice the inner sacred pause the inner being with that beingness gently make your way forward half lift and bow Root Down rise up [Music] to your Solstice and tension one more in your flow [Music] [Music] we bless this space and bless this Earth we'll come and chant now gri Mantra a few times together the blessings of The Rebirth of the light of this Illumination in the Russa yoga school we like to have a a melody of the gri Mantra that is a traditional one but in a temporary way so I'll sing that for you and you can join along with us [Music] [Music] too for [Music] Di and take a deep breath out take a deep breath in hold it expand it more little bit more air in let it out but in the belly uper chest back and the sides expand more more a in foress little practice to do the G tree hold in one breath So the faster you sing it the easier it is and if you know it great if you don't know it have the words in front of you and try and mide along there you go take a deep breath in for soulstice blessings everyone really bring this in call it all the way through and bring your gifts bring the beauty the Deep Soul Beauty and presence that is you to the world as the greatest gift of all we are so grateful for you blessings to you we'll chant the peace monra for true happiness Liberation freedom justice well-being equity for all beings remembering that our Liberation is bound none of us are truly free until we're all free Loca samasta pant May our thoughts words and actions contribute to the Happy happiness and freedom of all beings including ourselves and to all beings may it be so and so it is shant shant [Music] [Music] shant deep bow thank you thank you thank you thank you