Kyle Dondero wrote this nice little summary of the July Yoga Collective.
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What a wonderful Collective yesterday! Thank you Sarah for setting up and Erica for helping break it all down :)
We talked about Satya, or Truth, and were led down a path of Non-violent Communication with our bodies to practice being truthful. Pairing up with other participants, we individually practiced an asana and then talked with our partner about it using the NVC model: an observation, stating the feeling, identifying needs, and making a request. i.e "I did a forward fold and felt sharp pressure in my lower back. I need feel release without that tension. I will bend less next time and see if that helps."
Erica led us through a nice pranayama/ kundalini exercise and then surprised us with an activity. She handed out an object for us to explore with our eyes closed and to be truthful in our discovery of that object, using all our senses, ending with us opening our eyes to see what it was we were interacting with. Fun to be a kid again!
We wrapped up the Collective with a nice potluck of rice, chips, hummus/babaganesh ;) mixture, cherries, deserts and a light refreshing tea.
Thanks to all that came and we look forward to seeing you, and everyone else next month!
Namaste y'all!