Theme: Story of Shakti playfully covering Shiva's third eye during his savasana meditation. When she covers his third eye he loses his ability to correctly discern his own essential divinity and manifestation as all things. So Shiva begins to see the world and himself as a bunch of separate entities and things and he becomes confused.
So we're all little confused versions of Shiva, the supreme divine consciousness, wandering around in our day to day lives, believing that we are all separate when in fact there are little clues and hints that we are all connected (coincidences, miracles, etc...)
Like a divine game of peek-a-boo as Shakti pulls her hands away from Shiva's third eye, he starts to recognize his own divine nature again, and as she replaces them again she conceals the truth of supreme consciousness.
In our practice we connect to the breath and Shakti. Shakti energy can be stuck in our bodies in places, concealing our divine nature, but with our practice we can also use muscular engagement and organic extension to cultivate Shakti that burns away the stuck energy, so Shakti can both conceal and reveal our highest and best.
Surya Namaskar - Parsvakonasana
SN - Virbhadrasana II
SN - Trikonansana
Ardha Chandrasana
Vrksasanan
Utkatasana
Malasana
Ardha Bakasana
Virbahadrasana I - curl open
Parvottanasana
Parivrtta Trikonasana
Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana - partner pose
Tricep Dips
Supta Padangusthasana
Happy Baby
Savasana
Concerns: I had a student with hearing impairment which presented an interesting challenge adjusting them. I had to be very mindful that they were aware of my presence and intention to help them before I assisted.
In the partner pose there were lots of questions, so I think I'll need to practice my partner demonstration and step by step instructions a little more before next class.
Success!: Good feedback on the class and the philosophy/theme. Themes have been source of the most positive feedback I've received for the past several classes.
I also wanted to bring a partner assist into this class as we didn't have a chance to do that much in the past few weeks and it worked out well. I'm going to work on making sure we do at least one partner assist every class because it builds a stronger community in the classroom, and community is one of the values the Y says they want to emphasize in their classes.
Conclusion: We practice yoga to clear the fog from our body and mind so we can see the divinity in ourselves and others. Shakti conceals and reveals our own true nature.
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