YOGA FOR HARNESSING AUTUMN-EQUINOX ENERGY — 🙏🔥🌗❄️🙏
YOGA FOR HARNESSING AUTUMN-EQUINOX ENERGY — 🙏🔥🌗❄️🙏
** The 2023 Autumn equinox is on Sat, 23 Sept, 2023, 12:20 pm (India Standard Time).
* The equinox happens twice a year (spring and fall) when the Earth's axis is titled neither toward nor away from the sun, meaning that the equinoxes are the only time when both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience "nearly" equal amounts of daylight and darkness at all latitudes.
* Aside from being a regular seasonal and astrological shift, this time of year also has a strong practical and spiritual significance.
** These final days of summer carry an energy of brilliant abundance, bountiful gardens, perfect sunsets, and a satisfying feeling of completion.
** Yoga and spiritual practices around this time brings about our primal and innate connections to the Earth’s consciousness.
* By deepening our awareness of these seasonal energies and planetary shifts, we are connecting to something larger. We are plugging into the inherent wisdom of the Earth. We can utilize that connection in our spiritual and self-care practices.
* Known in some mystical traditions as 'Mabon' the Autumn-equinox is a time where the energies of light and dark are held in balance, as the equinox is the day when the length of day and night are perfectly equal. Post-equinox, the days continue to grow shorter and give way to longer nights, marking the start of the slow descent into winter.
** One of the biggest themes for this time of year is Balance.
* Consider areas of your life where you intuitively feel out of balance and ponder ways to bring yourself back to the center.
* If possible, avoid acting on the urge to jump right into fixing and more doing. 'Mabon' energy is softer and quieter.
* See if you can embrace surrender, grace, and trust. And allow yourself the time to truly reap what you’ve sown this year and bask in the final days of summer.
* After this equinox, the energies of Mother Earth are turning inward toward rest and respite. So prioritizing slowness and self-care would also be fitting.
* In the yoga practice that should follows could be:
- A soothing approach to twists and balances.
- Honoring the balance of light and dark at the equinox, thereby integrating the left and right side of the bodies.
- Alternate Nostril Breathing that helps us find a soothing sense of balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, while the reclined side of the body stretches to restore the physical body.
- Finally, the deep hip openers that help us to release and settle, honoring the Earth’s seasonal turn toward rest and regeneration.
** Yoga Practice of the Autumn Equinox:
(A). Pranayama:
Nadi Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing)
(B). Yogasanas:
1. Extended Balasana (Child’s Pose)
2. Anjaneyasana (Low Lunge Pose variation)
3. Pigeon Pose Variation
4. Marichyasana C (Seated Spinal Twist)
5. Supta Matsyendrasana (Supine Spinal Twist)
6. Supine Side Body Stretch
7. Savasana (Corpse Pose)
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