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Metal season is in the air!

18th Sep, 2021 by Stillnessinyoga

Beloved Yoga lovers,

As the movement of the after summer towards our Autumn season is embracing us, I look at the chestnut trees in front of my window, and they are becoming rusty brown. Every year the Chestnut trees seem to announce Autumn before any other tree. So after the harvest of your veggie garden has passed it’s peak, what now? A lot of people find the meaning of the element Metal the most mysterious. Metal is the withdrawing of our life energy from the outer world and turning it inward, and releasing what we do not need anymore.

My daughter walks around very happy:

“Oh mum look at the rain, feel the cold, I’m so happy it’s Autumn, I’m going to read my book in bed!”                                                                                                              She is Metal through and through. Super organized, every school exam already planned for, and the amount of homework she plans to do per day. Scheduled jogging, soccer and self-yoga practices and one day rest for herself: Typical Metal-processes. Metal likes an organized life, and is a process of Alchemy: How to crystallize who I truly am? How to be REAL without nonsense? It is like Michelangelo chipping away the marble to reveal the Art piece he had in mind. This time you and I are the art pieces. A Metal person can make radical decisions if that’s best for them. How to be me in all my uniqueness? What to let go of, to stand in being me in this very moment?

The organs Lung and Large Intestine belong to Metal. The nose and the anus being the openings to our outside world. As yogi’s we understand the Lungs and it’s importance: When we breathe deeply in and out, our energetics expand, our clarity expands. The lungs are our sign of life after we left our Mother’s womb, after our watery existence, we have to breathe in the air to live. It is where our physical body attains the right color of our blood,  and yes, we are here now, where our breath is.

The Metal processes are transformative, from a leaf to rotten earth, from earth to crystal, it is the time to create structure, to let go of what is not any longer needed, to create space for the new. It can be painful to let go, or liberating! It needs the courage of the Lungs to make those decisions, it can offer us sadness to let go. When our Lung and Large Intestine system are in balance, we feel expanded and full of courage, when we experience sadness it might be out of balance.

The autumn is the balance of yin and yang. Metal is the growing yin. The love of the heart and the Summer melt Metal

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Almost vegan Chocolate fudge cake

31st Dec, 2020 by Stillnessinyoga

Our friends at Gather & Feast have made a delicious recipe that we wanted to share with you. She has video live stream, so you can follow along cooking and cook with her. We enjoyed making it, and here are some pictures of how results!

Ingredients:

  • 300g good quality dark chocolate
  • 80g coconut oil
  • 3 eggs or 3 ‘chia seed eggs’ for a completely vegan cake (blend 3 tbs chia seeds with 6 tbs water (or 9 tbs of water if it seems a little dry) and leave to sit for a couple of minutes)
  • 1¼ cups coconut sugar (or panela or 1 cup brown or raw sugar)
  • ½ cup pure maple syrup (or ¼ cup coconut sugar or sugar of choice)
  • 1 tbs vanilla bean paste or extract
  • ¾ cup buckwheat flour
  • 1½ cups almond meal
  • ½ tsp bicarb soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ cup cacao powder
  • 400g raw beetroot, peeled, grated, or blitzed in a food processor until fine
  • ¾ cup milk of your choice
  • ½ tsp sea salt

Chocolate Fudge Frosting

  • 3 large ‘just ripe’ avocados
  • ⅓ cup coconut oil, softened
  • ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
  • 3 tbs cacao powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste or extract
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 200g dark chocolate, melted & slightly cooled

For the full method watch the live stream from facebook live, or read the article

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Yin Yoga for strengthening the immunity of the Lungs

25th Jul, 2020 by Stillnessinyoga

This yin yoga class is strengthening the digestion and the immune system. Enjoy.

 




 

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Versterk je Longen: Yogamagazine 3

6th Apr, 2020 by Stillnessinyoga

In deze tijd van corona is het belangrijk de energie in je longen goed te laten stromen. De poses voor Tai Yin en Yang Ming van deze serie helpen de longen gezond te houden.Het element aarde (milt en maag) geeft zijn chi aan het element metaal (longen en dikke darm). De milt verzorgt je bloed en verspreidt het, de longen maken het bloed zuurstofrijk. Een goede spijsvertering helpt de longen zich te vullen met chi. Ondersteun je spijsvertering door niet te veel rauw te eten. Juist warme soepjes en licht zoetig en warm eten (zoete aardappel, risotto, appel/perencompote) doen nu goed.

Wil je dit leren doceren? Klik hier

Wil je een serie doen speciaal om de weerstand van de longen te verhogen? Doe dan eerst oefening 1 en 2 van de yang-serie en dan oefening 1 en 2 van de yin-serie op de voorgaande pagina’s uit het Yoga Magazine mei 2020.

Voeg daar de volgende drie oefeningen aan toe, zodat je in totaal een serie van 7 houdingen hebt:

 

Onderaan is een 45 minuten yogafilm voor de klas ‘Versterk je longen’

Getwiste Kat, Twisted Cat

Kom op handen en knieën. Plaats je handen onder je schouders en je knieën onder je heupen. Adem een keer diep in en breng je rechterarm helemaal naar links door het gat van je linker pols en knie. Adem uit en ontspan je rechterschouder op de grond. Adem weer diep in en breng je linkerarm omhoog in een verticale lijn. Spiraal de hand achter je rug en breng je hand naar de binnen kant van je rechterheup gewricht of je legt je hand op je rug. Voel de twist. Ontspan en blijf hier 2,5 minuut.

Breng nu langzaam je rechterhand op de grond terug, voor je gezicht. Adem in en duw je hand in de grond om je op te richten. Op handen en knieën terug gekomen adem je een paar keer in en uit. Adem nu diep in en breng je linkerarm door het gat van de pols en je rechterknie en leg je linker schouder neer. Adem in en breng je rechterarm verticaal omhoog. Laat de hand naar achter komen en breng het in de vouw van je linker heup of leg de rug van je hand op je bekken.Ontspan in de twist en blijf hier 2,5 minuut.

 

Crescent Lunge

Anoshe Overington | Stillnessinyoga. Crescent Lunge

Terug op handen en knieën stap je je rechtervoet ver naar voren tussen de handen en duw je je heupen naar voren. Houd de voeten goed heup wijdte breed voor balans.
Til je achterste voet op.Je kan een dekentje onder je knie leggen. Pak met je linker hand je achterste voet, of breng er een riem omheen als je er niet bij kan. Creeer met jouw rechter hand de wijsheid-mudra door de wijsvinger en duim samen te drukken.Je voelt de strekking langs je liezen. Blijf hier een minuut aan iedere kant.

Kom nu op je rug te liggen en voel even na.

 

Cat pulling it’s tail

 

Cat pulling it's tail, Anoshe Overington | Stillnessinyoga

Op je rug liggend, breng nu je knieën boven je buik. Laat de beide knieën nu naar rechts vallen en rol op je rechterzijde. Schuif de onderste rechter knie nu naar achter en breng je linker arm achterlangs en pak je rechtervoet. Strek je linkerbeen naar voren of buig de knie. Je hoofd en schouder draaien nu naar links, zolang je nek goed voelt. Je kan een kussen onder het gestrekte been leggen. Open je rechterarm naar omhoog en voel de strekking langs je oksel, je wervelkolom en benen. Blijf hier 3 minuten of zolang als het goed voelt.

Draai terug op je rug en plaats je voeten op de grond. Voel even na wat de pose je gegeven heeft.

Trek dan je gevouwen knieën weer naar je buik en laat dan langzaam je knieën naar links vallen en rol op je linker zijde. Breng je gevouwen linker knie over de grond naar achteren, en grijp met je rechterhand je linkervoet. Strek je rechterbeen naar voren, leg een kussen achter de enkel of leg je been op het kussen, zodat je been niet wegglijdt. Breng je linkerarm omhoog. En laat je hoofd naar rechts draaien als je nek het toelaat.
Blijf hier weer 3 minuten of zolang het goed voelt.

Kom terug op je rug en trek je knieën naar je toe. Sla je armen om ze heen en masseer je onderrug op de grond.
Leg een opgerolde deken of kussen onder je knieën en kom naar je eindrust. Spreid je armen en benen wat weg van het lichaam en ontspan volledig. Je hebt nu niets meer te doen. Blijf hier 5 minuten. Enjoy!

Tijdens de yogafilm kan je na iedere pose een minuut op je rug komen te liggen om te ontspannen




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Full Moon eclipse 10th of January

7th Jan, 2020 by Stillnessinyoga

My teachers’ name is Baba Purnanand. Which means something like the bliss of the moon, or Full Moon.

Every meditation camp in silence 10 days or 3 weeks or more, would end on the Full Moon. Me being a Cancerian and a watersign, have always felt strongly connected to the Moon,.. In Australia it was easy to sleep outside on the full moon night with a little wood fire in the garden or on the beach,..

As there is a strong full moon eclipse approaching on the 10th of January in the sign of Cancer, and there are major planetary changes on saturday and sunday too I like to share a text of Osho:

The full-moon night is the best for meditation. Many people who have become buddha’s have attained their enlightenment on the full-moon night, even Buddha himself.
It may have been a coincidence, but it is significant to remember: he was born on the full-moon night, he became enlightened on the full-moon night and he died on the full-moon night.
Something in the full moon seemed to be synchronizing with Buddha’s energy. Use it. Be alert and use every possibility to help you go in.
His birthday, his death day, his enlightenment day, all fall on one day – the full-moon night… the same month, the same night. The full moon has tremendous importance, so just do one thing: you can remain available, that’s all. If it happens, good; if it doesn’t happen don’t feel worried about it.

Next time again you try – when the full-moon night comes, start at least five days before, sitting in the night, just waiting. Wait one hour every night for five days, then the full moon will come. That night wait for at least two, three hours – not that you have to do anything: you are just there, available.

If it happens, you are ready; if it doesn’t happen, nothing to be worried about. If it doesn’t happen don’t feel frustrated, because it has nothing to do with your doing. If it happens, don’t feel that you have done a great thing, otherwise it will never happen again. If it happens, feel grateful; if it doesn’t happen, simply wait again.

Each full-moon night start waiting. It will be coming more and more and it will be staying more and more. And when it comes, don’t try to control it. Don’t try to be in that state a little longer; don’t bring desire in, because those are all disturbances and they poison the whole thing.

It is a door of the beyond. Just start waiting for it… waiting but with tremendous patience, with no hurry. Don’t try to drag it. It is beyond human control but one can manage to invite it in a very indirect way. Take a bath, sing a song, sit silently in the night – wait for it. Sway with the moon, look at the moon, feel full with the moon… feel the moon showering on you, dance a little, sit again, wait. Let the full-moon night become your particular night for meditation – it will be helpful.

O S H O

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Liver Burnout

14th Nov, 2017 by Stillnessinyoga

Liver poses

Come to lay on your back, fold your knees and feel the feet on the ground hip width apart.

Place your right foot on the left leg and fold your hands behind the knees like in the picture.
Pull your left knee of the floor. Find 80 % of you edge in the stretch for all of those poses,
not your maximum. Stay for 2 minutes.

 

Come to sitting. Stretch your legs in front of you.

If your back is rounding while sitting, bring a pillow under the sitting bones, this will help you to maximise the benefit of the pose. Fold your right leg,  bring that foot to the left leg.Place a pillow under the knee if you need one. Come and bend forward. You can let your head rest on a pillow. Stay for 3 min.
Than repeat on the other side. Lay down on your back for one minute to rest


Come to sitting and spread both legs apart. Come and sit on a pillow when your back is rounding.

Grab a block, or a few books, and place your elbow on the block if possible.Let your head rest on that hand. Bring your other arm overhead.You feel this stretch to the side of your body and inside both legs. You can always bend knees if the stretch feels to strong. Stay for 1,5 min. Repeat on the other side.

 

Final yoga pose.

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