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November:  Ishvara Pranidhana

10/31/2016

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It’s November, bringing us to the final Niyama, or ethnical observance of yoga: Ishvara Pranidhana.  Surrender.  Discover its truth below after this month’s News!
 
NEWS:
 
October was a great month.  As always, it was lovely returning to Yogaville.  I thank Amy Weintraub for the opportunity to assist her and share how yoga can provide support and make a difference in helping individuals balance mood and address symptoms of depression and anxiety.
 
This past month I also delivered another corporate workshop on how to include self-care throughout your day to relieve and manage stress.
 
Finally, I'm particularly excited to share that this past month I was up on Wellness Hub with a Q & A guest blog post about the functional movement yoga therapy I do. Wellness Hub provides a terrific resource for NoVA in finding holistic.  Check out the blog post out here! 
 
What’s up next?  Two great workshops are on the calendar in November!  Find out details below--hope to see you there!

  • On Friday November 11th at 8:00 am, I’m joining mindfulness advocate and author Martha Brettschneider and Frederike Butler, of Butler Communication in Butler’s Leadership in Action - Power Breakfast series to present on “Organizational Well-Being: Why a Balanced Mind, Body and Soul is Good for Business”.   Find out more and register here.

  • On Sunday, November 13th from 2:00-4:30 pm, Martha Brettschneider and I will be presenting a joint workshop on “Managing Holiday Stress Through Mindfulness and Self-Care.”  Come find out how you can “take stress of the invite list” by registering here: 
 
Enjoy November!
 

November:  Ishvara Pranidhana
 
We have reached the last niyama, or ethical observance of yoga:  Ishvara Pranidhana. In Sanskrit this means Surrender.
 
Surrender?  At times the very idea of surrender can be uncomfortable to contemplate, especially coming from a “never give up” cultural society.  Yet Deborah Adele helps clarify things in The Yamas and Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice.  She explains that “surrender invites us to be participants in our life, totally present and fluid in each movement, while appreciating the magnitude and mystery of what we are participating in.”
 
I’ve always called this “walking into the mystery”.  It comes back to that process of letting go, doesn’t it?
 
When I first began my journey of pursuing yoga therapy by studying with my teacher Susi Hately, I had a conversation with someone who would eventually become my mentor in the certification program.  At the time, I was attending a kinesiology/therapeutic intensive in Canada; it was August 2015.  The conversation was about how my mentor had experienced the challenges of her own certification journey with Hately; how she had found her way and met the demands of her own practicum.  I was truly taken back and surprised at her answer. 
 
She told me is was mostly a process of “getting out of her own way.”
 
Huh? 
 
I’ve been working to try to make sense of this ever since. 

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