I did Wheel! I did Wheel! Okay, I did a forearm wheel, but I don’t think I’ve remotely done any pose like this since I was a child. It wasn’t easy to do, and I wasn’t able to comfortably push myself up to the heavens, but I still was strong enough to even try it. And terribly nervous about coming out of it, of course, but hey, nervous, that’s me.
This week’s training by Communiversity has been fun to feel in my body. I don’t know how else to explain it. We did a ton of stretching and isolating various muscles and bony movement. As a licensed massage therapist, I couldn’t help but relate this physiology to my bodywork practice. Every stretch, every wrapping of a yoga belt, I thought how I needed to share these stretches and methods with my clients.
Simple pec stretch against the wall? Sure.
How about the amazing hip opening class of where I felt so at ease with my opened center, I could literally feel a creative energy flow through me? (Nothing specific, as it were. Just a general feeling of comfort in that area that I’m not used to feeling.)
Or how about the simple suggestion of first moving with the left side of your body when practicing? I think that suggestion is brilliant and I will definitely incorporate it.
Most people are right-handed, right, and therefore right-sided strong. The right side of the body speaks to masculinity, and as we build up our right sides of our body by over and misuse, the left sides of our bodies tend to go unnoticed. (Especially me–I am so right-side dominant, it’s ridiculous.)
You can do many things to strengthen the divine feminine within yourself, and one of these ways is through focusing on your left-side body. The side your start on in class is typically the side that you spend the most time focusing on as you feel into your body. This is set up so that by the time you get to your second side, you don’t need as much instruction. Ergo, the first side you use gets more love!
What a great trick to honor that part of your body and therefore mind.
I also learned that this is the first course Commune has offered like this, so I think it’s pretty cool that I’ve gotten into this from the ground up! There are many people who have joined the training with me, and the community of where we all interact with one another is also enlightening and supportive.
Week 3 includes pranayama, so I’m excited to see where it breathes some life into me. Heh heh, see what I did there?
Swellness Vibes 