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Creating space at Hello House

March 11, 2009 on 12:09 pm | In yogaHOPE Boston |

Hello everyone,

It’s been awhile since I’ve written on here and something I’ve been meaning to do for some time now.  Since I’ve been back from India, there’s been some new girls at the house and different energy. Many younger girls.  A few of them have a very hard time being still and quiet.  It’s been challenging at times.  I’m thankful to have Mary there with me assisting!

Last night we began in Childs Pose and started to focus on our breath.  This one girl who has a hard time being still kept looking up and around.  We moved from that into some seated stretches and she kept laughing and when I’d come over to assist her and breathe with her she kept saying she couldn’t do it.  I told her to just try, and she kept saying no, and that she was sorry.  I told her there’s nothing to be sorry about and just continued to try to guide her to the breath, letting her know the breath was there to comfort her, to ground her.  She tried for a little while longer and then left the class.  I must admit as much as I wanted her to stay the energy in the class shifted when she left.  The girls all seemed to be more chatty and distracted with her energy present.  When she left, I decided to keep it real simple because it was obvious they were having trouble going within, being still, connecting.  So we did some hip openers on our backs and a nunber of different twists, two supine variations.  I spoke a lot about how when we begin to breath emotions can come up and that we often experience the feeling/sensation right in our gut.  I told them the twists were great to release that bound up energy.  I spoke a lot about breathing to create space for whatever comes up, and then letting the breath begin the process of release.  One girl who has seemed to enjoy yoga talked to me as I adjusted her in Savasana.  She said “I don’t know why I always cry when I am in Savasana, when I am still”  She said it wasn’t that she was sobbing but she would have some tears coming out.  She said the tears came a lot when I guided them into creating space around trauma and difficult situations.  She said she had been through some trauma.  We talked about how the tears were representative of the release of the stored emotions around it, but also, the opening of her heart, her own light again.  It was truly a beautiful moment and I look forward to next week!  ThanksMary and Kristyn for attending!

Amanda