Inner Treasure: Teaching Gentle Yoga at the Wailea Yoga Shala: Wailea, Hi: December 17, 2017

"The sage travels all day and never leaves her inner treasure" Lao Tzu. Image by Sugarblueberry at Deviantarat.com.

As the holidays get closer, there are more vistors to Maui. As I travel on tour one of my favorite quotes is by Lao Tzu, "The sage travels all day but never leaves her inner treasure". I was inspired to share this for our island visitors and locals alike. In particular we played with the inner treasures of breath, gratitude and willingness to see ourselves more clearly. We played with twists and other alignments with an eye on the belly and manipura "city filled with jewels".

Here is our sequence:

Windshield wiper

Supine twist

Sukasana side bending

Sit

The sage travels all day never leaves her inner treasure meditation

cat and cow

balasana

balasana side stretching

Downdog

Uttanasana

Tadasana

Shoulder shrugs

Guitar hero

Easy sun salute

Tadasana with gratitude meditation

Lunge

Twist

Hammock

Warrior II

Trikonasna

Tadasana with sharing gratitude meditation

Malasana

Bridge

Bridge or supported Upavista Konasana

Twist

Savasana

sit

Namaste

Ocean Grotto by Steve Read. My love for Maui is one of my inner treasures. xo