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No one has ever done the same yoga pose twice. Yes, we have names for poses that create an outline or guide, but the dynamics of the pose are different every time. Asana, as one of the eight limbs of yoga, is a gateway into self-realization. When the practice of asana is done from memory and habit, or even to attain a perfect pose, it gets stuck in the finite world of form and loses it's potential for self discovery. The purpose of yoga has never been a perfect pose, but a perfect (or quiet) mind. Where the body is tense, hyper-mobile, or dull is a direct reflection of the mind. When we practice with alertness, and breath, these places find balance, and harmony is restored. That's the perpetual gift of asana. Without that level of presence, asana becomes gymnastics at best and harmful at worst.

A yoga pose is not a finite shape in form. It's an open ended opportunity for self-reflection and self-realization.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
#dailylightwave #yogaeveryday #asana #yoga365 #selfrealization #selfreflection #pratyahara #dhyana #dharana #samadhi #yogachallenge #pranayama #realyoga

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Here I am in one of my favorite shoulder openers. It helps me retrain an area of my body that has a longstanding build up of holding and rounding. This tendency follows me into every pose, not to mention off the mat as well. Yesterday I studied with a masterful teacher who helped me see I've really been letting this issue come along for the ride rather than really addressing it full-on in all the ways it shows up in my practice (and in my life). This kind of work is very uncomfortable and takes a courage because the physical is only the gross layer of the emotional, mental, spiritual component it represents - the psychic fear, survival panic, trauma that initiated the pattern will be confronted and that can be scary, but what else is there really?  This is the journey I want to facilitate for my students and I can only do that with integrity by walking that path myself. This involves a willingness to step back, do things differently, rather than make poses look pretty from the outside. Ego and habit will fight these endeavors and try to steal the blessings they bring, but with persistent patience, they will eventually give up, and the self will break free of their chains.

The only thing I have to teach is what I learn and embody.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
#dailylightwave #teach #embody #restorativeyoga #shoulderopener #karmicknots #oldpaterns #samskara #release

The Daily Lightwave

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Ventured out this morning at dawn to take this picture at Palo Comado, my favorite nearby trail. The first light and birds singing reminded me of something I've been thinking a lot about lately ~ yoga's purpose and the tendency toward escapism rather than real self connection in the fast-paced world of vinyasa flow. In a crowded class with loud music, it's easy to just let your tendencies run amok. To me this defeats the purpose. Isn't yoga about union? Isn't it important to step onto our yoga mats with eyes wide open and a willingness to awaken to and release anything that isn't serving? The hip out of place, the arm yanked out of it's socket, the head hanging with no support ~ all represent psychic blindness and affect us on all levels, not just the physical. That's why seeing and feeling what's really happening in our bodies goes way beyond a perfect yoga pose. This type of mindful practice allows us to receive the full benefit of an asana practice, which, according to the yoga sutra, is the transcendence of duality.

Your yoga mat is no place to perpetuate unconsciousness. Your yoga mat is a place to awaken.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
#dailylightwave #asana #union #samskara #vinyasaflow #mindfulpractice #awaken

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Ebb and flow, come and go never affect the still point of awareness that is you.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
#dailylightwave

#stillness #center #sidecrow #parsvabakasana #trailyoga #palocomado #witnessconscoiusness

The Daily Lightwave

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I can always tell when the dynamic of today's message is getting out of balance. Were it not for the time I take regularly to go within through meditation, scriptural study, and time in nature, I wouldn't have the fuel to be of service in the way life calls me to be. It's taken me years and many hits and misses to find the balancing point between inreach and outreach. It is a beautiful dance that requires constant listening and fine tuning to remain in a harmonious flow. This awareness and distinction is a great strength and support to all living service-centered lives.

The greater your inreach, the greater your outreach. These two in perfect balance ensure a life of equilibrium.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
#dailylightwave #servicecenteredlife #lifeofservice #outreach #inreach #balance #nature #twistingtriangle #revolvedtriangle #parivrttatrikonasana

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Never underestimate the power of one conscious breath.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

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The common mental practice is to actively notice where we feel like we're lacking support. This inevitably creates more of the same and blinds us to all the ways we are being supported. A simple way out of this habit is to start from right where you are taking note of all the ways you ARE supported. From the ground underneath your feet, the chair beneath your seat, the bed beneath your body ~ all are active expressions of support. I know when I do this I begin to feel in awe at all the ways I am supported. And this recognition always spills over into those one or two areas where I felt left alone. Try it today. Look for support and see what you find!

The invisible energy of support is everywhere. Look for it and you will find it.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
#dailylightwave #support #youaresupported #lookforsupport #youfindwhatyoulookfor #matsyasana #fishpose #throatchakra #crownchakra