Delight And Surprise Are Some Of My Favorite Alignments: Teaching Yoga on the Grassy Knoll: Kihei, HI: July 14, 2021

We used an essential oil blend by one of my favorite aromatherapists Lisa West.

Our yoga today included poses I don't teach very often and sequences that were inspired by the delight of waking up in Maui and preparing for class while the fragrance of plumeria wafted around me.

Since delight was clearly an alignment to offer this morning, I infused our opening meditation by sharing Lisa West's essential oil blend with the same name.

Moving and breathing and teaching in new ways really does open up a body and soul. I resist because I feel like it's not going to make sense, but what really doesn't make sense is to not follow the alignment that's bubbling up from the inside out.

One of the many great opportunities that teaching a regular class brings is that, ready or not, class time is set and you have to show up with what you got. For years I fell back into patterns tried and true, but these days it just feels stale to do that.

I don't know if I'm getting braver or if the world is demanding we all move with authenticity. Either way, this is our practice today, and among things I learned is that overthinking and over-preparing are overrated!

Sit infused with Lisa West essential oil Delight 
Side bend with occiput stretch
Twist
Sukasana forward fold

Reverse table with windshield
Half virasana
Butterfly

Malasana
Uttanasana
Tadasana

Moving tadasana side-to-side stretch
Utkatasana play with curtsey pose

Dowdog
Low lunge with side bend
Hamstring stretch

Locust

High crescent
Humble warrior
Warrior III
Half moon with  chapasana variatiion
Crescent twist
Standing crescent twist with backbend variation

Dancers pose
Curtsie
Eagle
Tadasana

Downdog
Balasana

Eye of the Needle
Twisted Root

Savasama

Sit
Namaste

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