New Year's event: 108 Sun Salutations (1/1)

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How can we awaken our seven spinal energy centers? Kundalini energy rises with yoga.

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The sun is good, but we'll do this series indoors.

It's New Year's Day. Will the wheel spin just the same as it did the year before? Or...

Will we put a fresh spin on it? It's up to us. "Karma" does not mean choice but rather the ACTION we take based on the choice we make.

Dharma Bu Meditation

We can always choose. There's freedom of choice, not just in this country by throughout the universe.

But what if there's a gun up to your head?

All the better. Makes my choice easier. I have to want to do it to do it, don't I? Or else that person should take her hands and grab mine and do it for me. Before I do it, that gun has to be there, that threat of violence or imminent death. If there's no threat of great bodily harm, I'm not stirring.

Hot yoga poses are easier in a big group.

In all of these, I have to choose. The choice may get smaller and harder, but it's a choice the gun holder is counting on.

The young man held a gun to the head of God, "Stick this holy cow!" Put the audience in action; let the slaughtered take a bow. Did God do it? His/Her choice.

Hi, I'm Stella or "Yogihantas" on Instagram. Reach out. I'd love community input!

QUOTE: Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace.

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So what if, whatever we do for New Year's Eve, we get up before noon and get over to the yoga studio for some Sun Salutations to greet the rising sky clock? Our choice. Habit is a strong predictor. The Sandman will hold the gun and say, "Stay in bed!" We could listen. Or we could do different.

Excellent instruction will be provided. Bring a mat and a water bottle. Everything else is available at the studio.

• What are the Eight Limbs (or Parts) of Yoga

What's a "Sun Salutation"?

After the laundry, the ecstasy: first the Sun Salutations to the long final resting pose.

Sun Salutation series of poses

What's a Sun Salutation? First of all, no one needs to know to participate. Beginners are welcome. It will all be explained. But for those who are a bit an*l about jumping into things, it's a series of standing and bending poses that go both ways for balance. Here's a photo of it all at once from the India's Gandhi Airport.

• Why 108? It's a holy number, a mala (rosary, full string of beads)

Begin at Mountain, rise up to a Back Bend arch, Forward Bend with the breath. (It's all about the breath, which unites or "yogifies" Sun and Moon, Yin and Yang, Bright and Dark, Effort and Repose, Inhale and Exhale to bring about a UNION of complementary parts thought of as opposites).

I've never felt so good at noon on New Year's

Hatha is said by some to mean "Sun-Moon," whereas others say that's not what it means. Close enough. Breathe out for effort, in for repose, which is the reverse of how we usually do things. There are video tutorials. After plank there's the most talked about yoga pose since Full Lotus: Downward Dog. There's Upward Dog, too, then Plank. It's a lovely series. And there will be a room full of others on their journey to a great New Year.

• Participate live online, and donate to a great cause

All proceeds benefit Yoga Gives Back

Yoga Gives Back: Stella Han's fundraiser (networkforgood.com)

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Stella (@yogihantas)

All proceeds from this donation-based event support Yoga Gives Back (networkforgood.com), a charity that provides education to children and micro-loans to outcaste women in India to help families rise from poverty by their own efforts.

Yogini Stella Han is an ambassador out to save the world, country by country. But why India? It's the world's largest nation, now surpassing China. Why children? C'mon, they're kids! Why women? Women are the root of the family, and family is the root of traditional Indian society.

• RSVP at Dharma Buddhist Meditation (MEETUP):
• Disclosure Project (Greater LA) New Year's Day Moving Yoga Meditation: 108 Sun Salutations, Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• PasaDharma (Foothills) New Year's Day Moving Yoga Meditation: 108 Sun Salutations, Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Nature Center (The Valley) New Year's Day Moving Yoga Meditation: 108 Sun Salutations, Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Connect with Yogini Stella at Kinship Yoga Studios
• PARTY LOCATION: 5612 N. Figueroa St.
• Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA 90042
• COST: This event is donation-based with proceeds benefitting an Indian charity that serves outcaste children and provides women micro-loans so they can help themselves: Yoga Gives Back - Stella Han's fundraiser (networkforgood.com)
• New Year Ceremony: Kinship Yoga Studios (12/30/23)

The Eight Limbs or Parts of Yoga

Here are the 8 parts of yoga. Samadhi-in-meditation is most important, breath the most basic.