We’ve arrived into full heart fire, blood pumping, tongue speaking out the truth which is something I have been wondering about recently. I wonder where the contemporary tongue connects to: I guess the easiest place to say would be the brain because it seems that people seem to say more what they think should be said or say what they think the moment needs to be said to generate i.e. control the outcome. What is said is rarely what is done—scales large and small—and language is being taken advantage of as a tool for the brain to manipulate in order to serve what the ego is wanting from impulse to impulse. I wonder what would happen if the tongue began to grow roots back into the heart. The heart is not only the place where the element of fire lives, it is also the place of the middle tantien qi that nourishes the organs in the body. So it’s not just the cliche of speaking from the heart in the impassioned, reactionary way. Speaking from this space would be speaking from the wisdom and the memories of all your organs. Every season, every element, every emotion, every intuition would be able to serve your speech as you communicate with yourself, others, the universe. May the summer fire drop your tongue out of your brain, allowing it to rest in your heart <3
Workshop #5 is a video iteration (below) of the Bagua Practice that we’ll be in all summer long. This is a practice that builds heat, balances that heat with the practice of duration i.e. knowing how to cool and keep going, strengthens and helps generate tone for the body to keep itself aligned and expanding in every direction…all of it collectively in silence with the rhythm of the breath and the step. The video offers a warm up, and then reviews each of the 8 elements and postures as well as the stepping technique so that you can review and practice with yourself and/or others.
BAGUA CLASS SCHEDULE 15 classes Wednesdays & Thursdays 10-11AM
$10/class or $100 for all 15 (venmo or cash)
First class next Wednesday 26th!