New Moon and New Monday: Teaching Yoga on the Grassy Knoll: September 6, 2021: Kihei, HI

Us Monday Grassy Knoll yogis are fascinated that the wall built around the Kihei Surfside has come down. It reveals a lawn that has been torn apart by bulldozers and a refinished pool that looks just like the old pool except the cement is now pavers. But goodness, what a difference it makes makes in the expansive feeling of the Grassy Knoll, now that that wall is no longer blocking our view.

When walls of any kind come down, we see new things. The yoga practice helps us do that. The third yoga sutra "tada dastra surape avastanm" says the practices are here to help us experience a deeper truth. The second chapter of the yoga sutras reminds us that the practices assist us to loosen our tight spots, or own internal walls, so we can see more clearly.

While I love the ancient texts and the study of some of the most esoteric aspects of yoga, none of this fascinates me more that actually doing a practice and finding that every single time, I feel a little freer. I'm learning to trust that all the walls crashing down around me, are doing so in their own divine timing, and in sync with my willingness to let go and let new, fresh energy come in.

A new moon is said to support our intentions to call in our desires, to bring new awareness to that which no longer aligns with our dreams, and fresh new energy to ignite our hearts.

I forgot to write the sequence down after class. And when I came to finish this post, I can’t remember what we did. It reminds me that the glimpses of the Truth, if we are lucky enough to get them, are fleeting. Which is one of the reasons I like to note what happens in our practice because it helps the teachings stick.

So I get to practice letting myself off the hook for not blogging. And I get to practice being in the energy of a Happy New Moon day, no matter what I did or didn’t do perfectly.