February Update - Dragons, Whales and Hungry Moons!
From Erika Burkhalte’s Hungry Moon
”A slip of song, a breath of ice,
an echo of an owl’s discourse
on the full moon rising.
A silvered pine, spattered stardust
against an inky sky — I wonder
who the owl calls for
on this Snow Moon Night.”
See below for the rest of the poem
Contents
Online Yoga continues
February Wed and Sat Ams; Discount for Newbies!
- One 2 One monthly private sessions
- Yoga Salon DEEP YOGA - Online Program
1/2023 PPPPsoas Weekend Recordings Available
In Person Yoga:
3/2, 12-2.30pm Feet as Foundation and Source, Ukiah
3/23, 12-2pm Celebrating Spring Equinox, SoBo
Retreats 2024
Gray Bear Retreat 4/25-5/2, 2024
Discount rate ends in Feb
Summer Solstice at Bell Valley, CA 6/17 - 21, 2024
1 space left!; Full fee due by 2/1 or late fee applies
Spanish Spa Retreat 9/15-21, 2024 - Info by 2/8
Below a free Tonglen meditation, a free Piriformis class,
DEEP Yoga Last Call, some interesting links, and the rest of the poem….
Our Online Yoga Theme this month is Dragons and Whales. Welcome to the Chinese New Year and the Wood Dragon, the only mythological animal in the Chinese Zodiac. This strong, charismatic energy is balanced this month with the wisdom and suavity of Whales!
Listen to the story of an escaped Beluga whale in Scandinavia.
FREE: Pear-shaped Piriformis Class
This one hour Piriformis Practice is available free for one week (2/1), and will then be in my vimeo library for rental/purchase. The library includes
the entire workshop of PPPPsoas Weekend January 2023 and more are on their way!
FREE: Tonglen Meditation 26mins
LAST CALL! Lower fee applies until 1/29/24
Yoga Salon DEEP
A monthly online sangha of yoga nutz - teachers and keen practitioners!- through the inspiration of ocean life, and the pelvis - as the center of our aquatic life.
DEEP
Dharmic
Ecological
Exploratory
Practice
6.45am -9.30am PST on first Sundays Feb-Aug 2024*
More info and actual dates at this link
Mary: “These yoga salons that have been held since the pandemic, have become a welcome sangha in confusing times. Each month we practice long and deep and then have time to reflect not only on the practice but how the yoga seeps into our everyday and our relationships with our deeper ecology”
Previous Participant: “A magical, supportive and healing group that has helped my teaching and revived my home practice”
In Person: Retreat at Gray Bear, TN
Breath Breathing Itself
- Advanced Intensive 4/24-27
- Presence in Yoga 4/27-5/2
Can’t wait to be there and see old friends and new! Time to book your spot on the retreat/s at this unique sanctuary of yoga among the woods, waterfalls and welcoming homesteads of Gray Bear. Discounted fee ends 2/20 Info
Retreat is filling so confirm your space soon.
In Person: Workshop
3/2 12-2.30pm, Ukiah
Feet as Foundation and Source
Info
February is always an intriguing and challenging month….Colder weather, January’s hype around resolution and the holiday season a little more muted, and although spring is a ways off, there is just that hint in the air that the light is truly returning. And this month we have the Chinese New Year Wood Dragon to inspire us!
For inspiration (and information) I include below a recent article which explores a more positive take on stopping climate change, and another link to a panel discussion among Buddhists regarding the Burmese war. We hear little about this situation, and although it is considered one of the most destructive of current wars, it has an extraordinary resistance movement.
Article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/02/hannah-ritchie-not-the-end-of-the-world-extract-climate-crisis
Audio: The Heart of Burmese Buddhism Under Threat - https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/19643
Enjoy your snow, hungry full moon tonight and let our dragons keep us warm and magically inclined!
luv
M
From Erika Burkhalte’s Hungry Moon
….. Beneath the wind-dried
skin of winter, something skitters,
thinks it’s safe.
But those talons, sharp,
they prick the flesh,
a delicate kill
of a momentary nature.
The owl, she eats tonight,
under the watchful eye
of the Hunger Moon.
One less soul goes hungry.
And I am left to ponder
the vacuous nature
of spirit, bone, and time.
