Author: sitalisa108

Last week I heard a Mark Twain quote that says “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.” I thought it to be brimming with humor and relevance, regarding our relationship to practice. If we can develop the disciple, strength, and courage to eat that frog ( TO DO OUR PRACTICE 🙂 ) first thing in the morning, then we are far more equipped to face, fix, heal, or celebrate whatever the day may bring. We have a responsibility to drop our camouflage– to take the vitality, charisma, and clarity of vision that our practice gives us, and to live openly, brightly, and forthrightly. We are in an era of extinction, and we must participate, actively, in the regeneration, renovation, and reconstruction, of a new way, a new human, & a new world. We have to hold the torch high, and find the prism of belonging, of this time. May this choreography of dynamic meditations leave you lit from within, as it sensitizes the kaleidoscope of your outlook. May it steady you, and fortify your determination, grace, and readiness to conquer any inner doubts or insecurities.

JOIN OUR MOVEMENT: for the timelines are splitting – let your body become all eyes – awake in our world.

This week we have been taking a big experiential lean into the Courageous Heart, into what Brene Brown calls ordinary courage, which is different from the modern-day definition of courage, as being a heroic quality, rather, going into an everyday kind of courage that allows us to show up in the field of life, in all of the ambiguities and blessings that are showing themselves, and to Be Present. There are countless causes in our world today, that lead us into mind attacks, those moments and experience when we feel overtaken by a sudden tsunami of anger, overwhelm, fear, or a feeling of being numb and out of touch with the beauty and mystery of being alive. Practice is a context, within which liberty & relief are found from those moments that steal us away from the gift of now. Practice show us the heart of this moment, that we can only experience once. Inside this session, we work with a sustenance practice, including the Mandala Mudra and the Be Present Breath, as a way of getting inside ourselves, and entering the current of courage in our hearts. Entrance into the human heart isn’t always the peaceful sound of silence, we are entrained to believe it will be. Often the sound of entering the heart is excruciatingly loud, a massive roaring of diversified emotions and experiences, but also, to be heard, is the sound of the Presence of Love, right there within us. Carve out a few moments to take in this attunement. There is an old saying that goes– if you have time to meditate, meditate for 10 minutes, if you don’t have time to meditate, meditate for an hour. Courage is a heart word, the latin root Cor, means to speak one’s mind by telling the whole truth of the heart. May this energetic, physical, and emotionally aligning practice tune the instrument of your heart, so you can tease apart, and discern between, the fears that keep you from living, and the fears that keep you alive. JOIN OUR MOVEMENT: of returning to real-time happiness, bravery, and creativity.

In our present-day, western culture, we are are very much accustomed to Brute Force. In the work of IP, we endeavor to understand and apply the ancient taoist approach of Empty Force, which is the polarity of Brute Force, for it has the potential to be an antidote for many modern maladies. Rarely in our waking hours do we come in contact with, or have an experience of emptiness. Many of us fear that if we place value on emptiness, we will become lazy or our work will loose its value. The truth is, if emptiness is one of our values, our work increases in value, everything we are responsible for and attending to, can be done more efficiently, more joyfully, and with greater focus. The moments we spend in emptiness give us back hours of tranquility. Your somatic practice is one inroad toward awakening, and as far as I’m concerned, your awakening is the greatest gift you can give to humanity, this year, in the season of giving. Tune into this qigong gathering, to develop your relationship with emptiness, & the courage found in an open heart. Rinse our and bless-open all of the super highways & backroads of your meridians and feel the presence of loving awareness within you.

We need ‘be present’ practices more than ever before. With all of the rocking and wave making that is going on, we need to get our sea legs on land, and stay stable in our anatomy, so to show up in a way that is sturdy. In this session we acknowledge the directive of Elizabeth Gilbert, when she said one of the most effective ways to stay productive, joyful, and to not go insane during a pandemic… is to do small things nicely. We are getting committed, as a community of practice, to braiding our souls to what it is that keeps us feeling on purpose, full of life, and inspired. The smallest unit of energy that we work with, in Integrative Practices, is Prana, Qi, Life-force, & Breath. When we do breath work, we become blue-print technicians, capable of creating fertile ground for whispering in change. Tune in for some restorative techniques, that revolve life energy up and down your spine, & throughout the tree of life that is your brain & nervous system. These practices will patiently and potently harmonize all the systems of your body, and both hemispheres of your brain.

In this session we spotlight on the art of finding fulfillment, contentment, and incorruptible joy, through presence and the power of focus. These being based practices will sensitize your intuition, your conversation within the unlimited field, and the caliber of your neutrality. We are all working with some degree of constant, partial, attention deficit disorder, due to all of the many moving parts, tugging on the hairs of our attention & awareness. These equanimity practices will soothe any feelings of agitation, overwhelm, or extrapolation, in your cascade of being. Tap into these 30 minutes to be an environmental curator, to comb through, clear out, and rearrange the 60,000 thoughts that steer us daily, and to harvest a simple Invigoration Equation to apply in your life, between now and the Winter Solstice, for staying charged. When we get spread too thin we begin identifying with our stress responses, & when we take a few meditative moments to create space, the biology of peace begins to spread and we can find the buried treasures that are within, and only discoverable when being present. Court your most conducive, inmost conditions, by aligning your body & breath with your internal force. Our presence only works as long as we are present in the moment, and being present is one of the greatest gifts we can give, in every human exchange, during this special season.

Inside this gathering, we tend to one of the most needed and potent spotlights for this season: Presence. These ‘be present’ practices will help us to stay unconditionally embodied, as we move with the collective inevitables, and the transmutable destiny of humanity. We are each working with some iteration of partial attention deficit disorder, due to the way our world is currently working. Even a very few short moments of tuning into your qigong state of mind, can eliminate the distractions and pull you into the center of your center. Give yourself the gift of arriving in the address of your body, free from any depressive tendencies from the past, free from any anxiety about the future, and fully here, present — in the meaning, momentum, & majesty of a moment that can only be inhabited once.

Tune into the frequency of your mind, which is like a radio station, that you are emitting & projecting. It is an art of noticing, to observe kindly, from a place of beauty, honesty & bravery, the reality of what is within. As practitioners we want to have a lot of wherewithal, fluidity, and literacy with the intricacies of our frequency, of naming it, and having the tools for changing it, when wanted or needed. Our individual frequencies cannot be found anywhere else, and our entire life has been preparing us to host this unique vibe. The universe is picking up and responding to what your frequency is, so if your vibrating fear & shame and guilt, your going to attract more of this, & if you are vibrating joy and love and abundance, you are going to attract more of that. These Exhilerants will help you in projecting a current of clarity, on the ordinary. Climb into the chrysalis of these practices to activate the metamorphic, alchemical reversal, that gives us the eyes to see opportunity in the crux of the crisis, because beauty can often be found in the dark places. Just when the caterpillar thought its world was coming to and end, it discovered itself to be a magnificent butterfly.

During this time of me giving you home practices, it is my hope for you, that you are becoming a truly empowered self healer, by grounding deep into your embodiment, emotions, & the undivided purity of your heart. This class buttons up the cascade of sessions focused on Immunity, in all of its particularities, so we can keep our wits and wellness in tact, & upgrade the egoic operating system so it is more heart-centric, pranafied, & galvanized. This is a soft session that will playfully tease apart any patterns that may be handicapping your dignity codes, or tethering you to a “torn to pieces” mindset. Check out these forms that will help you with boundary keeping & truth telling: with the Qi, in the Qi, as the Qi. The meditations houses in this session will catalyze a climate shift in the estuaries of your head, heart, hands, & hara, poising you in the center of your own poetry, eminently & transcendently. Let your breath give voice to the tender parts of you that need love, & complete the connection between the created world & the creating world. Use your own sensitivity to unhook & button up any ruptures, because the world needs all of us to be bridges. What it is that’s going on in our world right now represents the subconscious coming into consciousness, and so there is a tremendous opportunity for revolutionary evolution, therefore, there has never been a more important time to practice.

Here is a soothing qigong flow that will consolidate your body into the earth’s grounding. Feel the ground meeting you, as a friend would meet you. Feel the air around you, meeting you as a friend would, in a way that helps you meet the moment in truth. Our bodies are often so exhausted, due to all the articulation and consternation, of being human beings, who are doing so very much. Qigong is the virtuosity of loving awareness, pervading & permeating every living cell in your body. It is the middle ground between activity and passivity, and one of the most effective ways I know to regenerate hopefulness, to steel up the spine, to fly the kite of the mind, in an open sky, and to be at home with who we each came here to be.

Meditative tech for harnessing the role of your lymphatic system, regarding internal alchemy, and immune integrity. Your lymphatic system plays a massive role in your immune system, and these simply, yet powerful forms will catalyze the cleaning of your lymph, which is your internal body of water. These are circumvent force practices, which fortify what’s called the radiant shield, and when it is working with you and for you, you can actually conserve, concentrate, & consolidate your Qi, rather than use it to protect or defend in the face of illness or in the fire stream of a divided world, which means more energy is available for your constructive, creative endeavors. The galvanizing gift of this kind of work, is that we get to get clear about how our habits are steering the ship, and activate amendments when and where it may be needed. These integrative practices will powers up your dignity codes, all the way down to the bottom bone, cell deep, beyond what is perceived as being beyond, so your default set, has you delighting in life, more regularly, fully, and sustainably.