Good day, Steemians!
“Do your practice and all is coming.” ~ Sri K Patthabi Jois.
The Japanese concept of kaizen
means perpetual improvement;
it is an intention towards constant evolution.
I love to have physical projects
to mark my progress--
sometimes the intangibles I compose in the ether
feel incomplete without
fruition in the material realm.
I can emerge after a day in the digital world
to find seemingly little changed around me,
and wonder where the time went.
I can stress myself out and feel unaccomplished over it,
or I can trust that my efforts will pay off,
adjust my need for success to look a certain way,
and chill out, knowing I am continually
getting better and better at the skills I choose to practice.
Yoga is an excellent measure of kaizen for me;
I balance immeasurable mental and spiritual movement
against changes in my physical body
and feel complete.
I share my yoga practice so you too can know the
satisfaction of kaizen.
This is Revolved High Lunge
AKA Twisted Crescent Lunge
AKA Parivrtta Anjaneyasana in Sanskrit
(parivrtta = revolved, anjaneya = praise/salutation, asana = pose/posture)
Revolved high lunge develops stamina and balance.
This pose stimulates manipura, the third chakra.
This metaphysical energy center aligns with
a bundle of nerves called the solar plexus,
the wellspring of confidence and courage.
Tune into the changes in the material body--
the stretch in the quads, hips, thighs, and abs,
and notice how it corresponds to subtler levels of energy--
do you feel invigorated? vitalized? strengthened?
This can be an intense move for the body--
you'll need endurance to carry on,
but everything you need can be found in the breath.
Stilling the mind and feeling the breath
makes it easier to connect to the balance between
form and energy, to look past the physical challenge to
get to the juicy abstractions.
Twisting across the body equalizes both sides of the brain.
After a pose like this, maybe powerful physical improvement
is not the only proof you will have of development.
How to REVOLVED HIGH LUNGE:
- From down dog, step the right foot forward between the hands; knee comes to 90 ish degree angle.
- Plant the left hand, inhale, and extend the right arm towards the sky, stacking the shoulders.
- Gaze follows the right finger tips.
- Lift the back thigh.
- Extend through the back foot.
- Inhales bring length through the spine, exhales twist a little deeper.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Give thanks for all that brought you here!
💛 Sara!
Thank you to the ever lovely @everlove for the lovely photo
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