Saturday, March 27, 2010

Why Meditate?


"Why sit in meditation? I don't know, except that a part of us has to. We don't sit because it is holy, or because it is good for us, or to impress people. We sit because we love it and hate it and because we must. We have to for our sanity, our deep sanity. We sit because this is when we discover how things really are, who we really are. Meditation is a source of vitality for our essence; it gives us ground and source, and opens us to the light.
Sit like an old frog by the river, softly quiet and immobile, hunkered down on the smooth surface. Do not force immobility. Sit just to be sitting, to be still for a while, to catch your breath. And when you need to flash your tongue to catch a fly, do so. Action will come from that space of alert deep stillness that does not preclude action, but rather prepares you for effective action. Meditation is a natural human ability, similar to imagination, concentration, and creativity - not so much something that has to be learned as something that can be remembered..."

this is from Hugh Milne's book The Heart of Listening: A Visionary Approach to Craniosacral Work.

from 0 to 60 in two months-new classes!

Five classes of my own/a week, starting tomorrow!
Sundays: Serene Vinyasa at the Fort Bragg Yoga Studio, 430-6 pm.
Mondays & Tuesdays: Yoga at the CV Starr Rec Center, 7-815 am.
Wednesdays: Hot Yoga Flow at Hot Yoga Mendocino, 9-1030 am.
Serene Vinyasa at the Fort Bragg Yoga Studio, 530-630 pm

(this last one is likely, but not confirmed yet, it will start in April).