Envision January 2021
This month is about setting intentions, listening to yourself and taking good care.
It is up to you to make it what you need both on and off the mat.
The Envision program has three components:
Yoga: Tuesday 60 minute vinyasa classes to connect to the theme of the week. Shorter pre-recorded practices specific to an area of the body to help free tension and promote energy to flow.
Weekly Directives & Themes: These are intended for you to process and think about as the week goes on. They are simple and open-ended for you to apply to your own life.
Mapping: The Directives are also prompts for your intention ‘map’ for the year. I have a specialized page for just this. You can start your map the first week, or wait until the workshop on Saturday, January 9th.
Check out the MAPPING PAGE HERE.
A quick intro on what to expect for the Envision Yoga Series.
Week 1: ASSESS
Assess how your body feels, your life feels, your mind, your heart. Most specifically: How do you feel right now?
This week’s theme is LISTEN. Take your time to listen to how you feel, especially as you ‘restart’ life after the holiday break (whether you actually got a break or not). Notice how your intuition is feeling, is there anything you can do let your needs be more clear. Are these your needs or someone else’s? Use this week to observe: your feelings, your schedule, your use of time, your movement, your rest.
Perhaps you start your map this week.
Week 2: Attend
Now that you’ve listened, now it is time to tend to your needs. What do you need right now?
You know in your deepest self what is best for you and what you really need. Care for yourself like you would care for someone else. In fact, giving advice to others is a great double-check for yourself. Are you implementing the advice you would give? What would your best friend suggest you need? Are avoiding to look straight into whatever is nagging at you - instead, with care, give it your attention. This is how you start to rebuild the places that have been neglected. Take the action of care and attention.
Week 3: Clear
You’ve assessed where you are at, given yourself attention. Now it is time for Intentional Space Making.
To clear in your life, it takes patience, intention and attention. It also requires grace. Notice where your energy goes, and if it is somewhere that causes stress or anxiety, that is your answer on where to start clearing away.
Our physical focus is the space of the hips, where most people hold the most emotional energy, often from the past that does not need to live there. With flowing movements and breath we will clear away energy that has done its job and is now time to let go.
Week 4: Create
Now that you have at least acknowledged the obstacles standing in your way, What do you want to Create?
Even if the obstacles have simply been acknowledged and identified, you can start to envision and create the path and the outcome that you are seeking. But it does require action. The action can be simple like writing it down, telling a friend or taking the first step along the path to make it happen.
This week’s physical focus is the core - the center of our body, our power center. Attention and activation in this area can help encourage action and motivation in our life. You’ll find that movement around the core doesn’t have to be ‘sit-ups’ rather, we can bring focus to the core through most movements. I hope you feel centered, strong and ready for action after your yoga practices this week.