February 2, 2012. Chakra playlist for our Chakra Salutation class today. Enjoy!

Name Time Album Artist

Earth 10:44 Jala: Compiled by Shiva Rea Uwe Neumann (1st chakra)

Ananda 5:29 Namaste Experience Ibiza Solar Quest (2nd chakra)

Warm Fuzzy 6:14 Jala: Compiled by Shiva Rea Alcyone (2nd chakra)

Oh Yeah 3:05 Stella Yello (3rd chakra)

Holding Out for a Hero (Club Mix) 6:21 Club Epic: A Collection of Classic Da… Bonnie Tyler (3rd chakra)

Sangit Dub 7:46 Shakti Rhythms With Shiva Rea PFL With Sangit Family (4th chakra)

Madrugada 8 3:39 Jala: Compiled by Shiva Rea Twinkle Engine (5th chakra)

Flow 4:34 Lovers Rock Sade (5th chakra)

Conga Jog 4:27 Yoga Rhythms compiled by Shiva Rea Al Gromer Khan (6th chakra)

Ahimsa 5:14 The Eternal Embrace Baird Hersey & Prana (7th chakra)

February 1, 2012. You can find other writings by month or by key word by looking at the right hand column. For the most recent postings on yoga philosophy in action see January 2012.  I am so grateful for all of you!

Love yourself, love your day, love your life!
Silvia

January 28, 2012.  "The relationship you have with the world is based on the relationship you have with yourself."  From the lululemon manifesto.

Yoga on the mat is a practice of fearless compassion towards ourselves. It helps us actually try out honing our primary relationship, the one with ourselves. Now that may at the surface seem selfish. I understand that thinking. It's the way I used to think and live.  Before my yoga practice reconnected me back to myself, I always made what others thought more important and focused my efforts on relating to everyone and everything outside myself.  Yoga helped me to see that unless I was in a healthy relationship with myself the rest wouldn't work well. I had to recommit myself to my Primary Relationship - the one with me.  

And beyond the mental, emotional component of befriending ourselves we can heal how we relate to our bodies.  I know that the way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace in the world.  If I am not peaceful in my actions towards my own body there is no chance that I will practice peace towards my family, friends or world.  We live how we practice. This is why the way we do our yoga becomes the way we live our lives.

Yes our primary relationship is with ourselves and healthy living means befriending ourselves first like how on airplanes the emergency procedures tell us to put the oxygen mask on yourselves before helping other people. 

In every pose the way we treat ourselves on our mat is how we treat our world: So today ask yourself two questions

1. What quality would you like to invite into your life? Breath in.

2. What quality would you like to send out into the world? Breath out.

The know that as you breath in and breath out your are integrating into you what you want most and sending that quality out to transform the world. And since you are a citizen of the world the reverse is true: what you breath out into the world returns to you as what you breath in. If you want the world to be peaceful then breath out peace and breath in peace into your life.

"If anything needs to be changed in order for us to be in harmony, the change must take place within ourselves. The only work to be done in life is what needs to be resolved inside ourselves. We are our only patient. We never have to work on anything or anyone else. Changing outer conditions or other people will never free us. Changing whatever is necessary about ourselves in order to be in harmony with outer conditions and other people is the path to freedom." Jon Kabat Zinn

Today with fearless compassion reconnect with yourself and from there collaborate as best you can with your community. Love yourself, love your day, love your life! Silvia