An Internal Study Of Namaste: Teaching Gentle Yoga at the Wailea Yoga Shala: Wailea, Hi: January 28, 2018

Namaste is a beautiful alignment for relationship with others and also oneself.

Today is the penultimate class I get to teach at the Wailea Shala. As think about endings, I think about the classic closing of classes, the Namaste. But namaste, like Aloha, is also a salutation so we played with Namaste as a beginning, not an ending.

There are many definitions of Namaste, and on Sunday mornings we have played in many of her nuances. Today we used the translation, "the light in me sees the light in you", and aligned with joytir and the prayer of Bruhadaranyak Upanishad 1.3.28 "from darkness, lead me to light" tamasomā jyotir gamayah

Supported child's pose

Cat and cow

Gate Pose

Half half moon

cat and cow with extended leg

All fours

Plank

Downdog

Uttanasana

Tadasana with Namaste

¼ sun salutation

½ sun salutation

Namaste offering the light

Easy lunge salutes

Lunge

Hammock

Warrior II dance

Standing triangle

Triangle

Star Pose

Standing sequence facing the back of the room

Goddess Pose with Tippie Toe option

Star Pose

Tadasana with Namaste

Downdog

Child's Pose

Eye of the Needle

Easy Spine Twist

Savasana

Sit

Namaste