![]() In the practice we also use the Seated Forward Bend ( Paschimottanasana), to help us imitate nature's autumn work of letting go. ![]() This is reflected in the practice with vinyasas such as Child's Pose ( Balasana) flowing into Upward-Facing Dog Pose ( Urdhva Mukha Svanasana), which generates that sense of moving from the sunny openness of summer, to the more inward, contemplative focus of the autumn and winter months ahead. I've recently been walking in the Peak District, so my mind easily filled with images of wild apple and damson trees, and red-berried hawthorns before I finally settled on the image of a rowan tree, with its rich orange berries, which grows nearer to home, in my back garden.Īs autumn arrives and the year winds down, nature takes steps to conserve energy and let go of that which is unnecessary this yoga practice will enable you to begin that same process of conserving energy and sensory withdrawal ( pratyahara). Today, rather than picturing the beauty of autumn leaves, I pictured a tree in fruit. Then, later in the practice you evoke the image of the tree again as you hold Tree Pose ( Vrksasana). You begin the practice Standing Like a Tree, and picture a tree in all its autumn splendour. It felt the perfect way to connect with the change of the season from summer to autumn. ![]() Today, I used the Autumn Equinox yoga practice, from the book, as my early morning yoga practice. Letting go is about prioritising what’s important to us and clearing a space, both physical and psychic, to nurture and nourish the things that do matter to us. ![]() This process of letting go enables us to create a sense of physical and mental spaciousness in our lives. We can imitate the wisdom of the tree by conserving energy over the coming autumn and winter months and letting go of unnecessary baggage. The tree in autumn provides the inspiration for the Autumn Equinox chapter's Yoga Practice, from the Yoga Through the Year book. ![]()
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