Monday, April 4, 2011

Nataraja

Today my sadhana was blessed with Nataraja, lord of the dance!  An incarnate of Shiva representing all movement of the cosmos.  The reason for the dance is to free humans from the illusion.  The biggest fire in our Universe is the Sun and the sunlight from my window created a Nataraja on my yoga mat.  You can see the picture here.




 I felt the fire of my practice melting away the illusions and I rejoiced knowing that my heartfire is being stoked!  Powerful movement was present today and I feel blessed.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

New Sadhana/New Moon

Welcome, New Moon!  In honor of the New Moon I started a new sadhana today.  What is sadhana, you ask?  Sadhana is a sankrit word for "practice".  In Shiva Rea's teachings there are six sadhanas: Vira, Hatha, Shanti, Creativity, Health/Regeneration and Bhakti.

My sadhana is a blend of Bhakti and Vira.  In Vira I am working on fire.  Stoking the tapas(fire) within myself.  I am feeling I need some fire for purification.   Fire is cleansing and Vira sadhana will provide me with strength, flexibility, stamina and courage to change.  In Bhakti sadhana I will be working on heartfire.  This sadhana is all about the love!  My yoga today was agni namaskar and then I sat with my Love ALL Ways mala and chanted 108 OMs.  Pretty powerful stuff!  My sankalpa(intent) is to be loving and patient as I stay with this practice for the next thirty days.  I look forward to what my arise in the next month.

It was interesting how I felt after the first go around.  I felt lighter and more centered.  Let you know more as this journey continues!

Love All Ways!
cassandra