WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:05.550 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hello! Hello! And welcome. 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:08.090 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Welcome, folks! 3 00:00:09.020 --> 00:00:17.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm excited to be together with you this November on our November pilgrimage and Puja 4 00:00:17.930 --> 00:00:28.880 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I wanted to explore the theme of boundaries and Brahmataria and energy this pilgrimage in Puta, because 5 00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:34.100 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it feels like there's so much happening 6 00:00:34.710 --> 00:00:41.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in many of our lives also out in the world in many directions and places. 7 00:00:41.790 --> 00:00:47.840 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then some of us may be moving into a time where we'll be gathering with family. 8 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.460 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): chosen family or blood family, and 9 00:00:52.890 --> 00:01:06.030 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): also, maybe in work situations where tensions are high, right, and you may not be fully seeing for who you are fully honored or acknowledged or recognized 10 00:01:06.140 --> 00:01:14.899 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for who you are, how you want to be. And so I wanted to guide us a little bit with some practices for for 11 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:22.399 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): during these times. But before I do that, I just wanna invite in 12 00:01:22.890 --> 00:01:26.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Maybe in the chat. If you'd like to share 13 00:01:26.970 --> 00:01:36.289 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a couple words could be 2 words, or however many would like for how you are, how are you today? 14 00:01:36.310 --> 00:01:57.380 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And if there's anything on your heart or mind, and that is also welcome can share in the chat or out loud, and you're welcome to have your video on or off. I always enjoy seeing folks if you're if you're able, and if you feel comfortable, and I also totally get and personally participate in like zoom, you know, classes with my video, my video off 15 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:00.169 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as well sometimes. 16 00:02:01.210 --> 00:02:05.269 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So how are you? And I am 17 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:12.880 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): grounded 18 00:02:14.610 --> 00:02:15.669 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and clear. 19 00:02:15.850 --> 00:02:24.180 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I think, are my my 2 words, for right now, Rebecca, our deep grief and gratitude. 20 00:02:24.810 --> 00:02:28.530 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Seeing you witnessing you. Yeah. 21 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:39.910 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Caroline, feeling connected with community today, feeling grateful. Stacy content and hanging in. Yeah. 22 00:02:40.170 --> 00:02:47.249 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Cleo. kind of split holding tension personal successes and global sadness. Yes. 23 00:02:47.410 --> 00:02:53.029 yeah. And, Cleo, I wanna invite into like, this is a space where 24 00:02:53.530 --> 00:02:58.379 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we can hold all we can hold like the duality. Because 25 00:02:59.030 --> 00:03:07.860 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): right now there are so many global tensions that are high. But I can't think of a time in my lifetime when somewhere in the world there wasn't 26 00:03:07.970 --> 00:03:12.669 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): devastation and injustice and suffering right? So it's not 27 00:03:12.830 --> 00:03:14.240 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): different 28 00:03:14.770 --> 00:03:20.659 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to to be holding the both in. It might feel more personal and more intimate and more 29 00:03:20.970 --> 00:03:24.140 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): intense. and 30 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:52.230 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we get to hold the 10,000 joys and the 10,000 h so inviting. And if you feel like sharing your personal successes with us, this is a place for also lifting each other up and celebrating with each other. It's actually quite rare, I think, to have spaces where you can be with folks who are genuine, genuinely, really happy for your success. I found I've noticed that that even in the Yoga community sometimes people will be like. 31 00:03:52.510 --> 00:04:03.749 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): huh! I want that, you know, like there's a there can be just an interesting response to success so inviting in wins and successes as well. 32 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:12.130 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And well, Stephanie Covid. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that, and light hearted. I hope that you feel 33 00:04:12.140 --> 00:04:13.700 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): better soon. 34 00:04:15.440 --> 00:04:16.220 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And 35 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:26.539 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): hmm! And and so one of the most 36 00:04:27.250 --> 00:04:39.460 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): powerful things for me about Yoga. Practice is that it's there for us in all of it, in the toys, in the successes, in the wins. and in the grief. 37 00:04:39.550 --> 00:04:45.069 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in the sickness and the tiredness, and the barely hanging on right, we. 38 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:51.060 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I think, about practices like sound like Nada Yoga Nada. 39 00:04:51.880 --> 00:05:10.559 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): where you can lay there, or stand or sit right, just be, and then repeat a sound in your mind, or listen. Have someone else play, or turn on a a sound like Oh, or any sound right shanti mantra, and you can be nourished by that sound. 40 00:05:10.890 --> 00:05:12.120 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and 41 00:05:12.510 --> 00:05:16.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it can be an incredibly deep practice. So practice 42 00:05:17.590 --> 00:05:20.820 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): is there in all of the 43 00:05:21.930 --> 00:05:25.380 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): States that we can be in. and 44 00:05:26.050 --> 00:05:46.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sometimes for me, especially if I'm feeling ungrounded or activated or challenged, or, you know, unwell, all of those things I need reminders, right? So part of what we're doing here is reminding each other. So I'm really grateful for folks sharing because everything you've named. Like most of us, many of us probably have 45 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:54.709 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): experienced these things like in the past. I had Covid, I felt content and hanging in. I felt 46 00:05:54.790 --> 00:06:08.080 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the tension of global sadness and personal joy, right? Light-hearted. brief. And so it's so universal. There's a way that by coming together in community. We connect to that 47 00:06:08.820 --> 00:06:13.780 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): small self with a big S self. So that's part of my wish for us 48 00:06:13.830 --> 00:06:15.590 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in this time together. 49 00:06:15.950 --> 00:06:22.789 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I'll invite us to. If you have a candle, you can light it. If you don't. No worries you. 50 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:29.729 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you can energetically visualize your candle this way and like. 51 00:06:30.230 --> 00:06:31.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and since 52 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:34.439 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): have an interesting lighter 53 00:06:37.570 --> 00:06:38.610 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): move. 54 00:06:47.570 --> 00:06:48.230 Yeah. 55 00:06:49.590 --> 00:06:52.220 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Candle as well 56 00:06:54.220 --> 00:06:57.230 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as you light your candle or visualize. 57 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:05.650 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Send this incense towards you as well. I'm feeling the heat from the flame. 58 00:07:12.070 --> 00:07:13.889 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So we're tuning into that 59 00:07:15.350 --> 00:07:21.779 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that universal self. See if I can show you for those who don't have their own candle. 60 00:07:26.510 --> 00:07:30.410 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Give me one moment 61 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:45.510 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that plant there gets to hold so many of our so many of our waters and our instances over over the years. So. 62 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:55.280 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as you're gazing at the flame, your own or mine, or perhaps closing your eyes and visualizing a flame at the center 63 00:07:55.760 --> 00:07:58.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): of your mind or the center of your heart. 64 00:08:01.200 --> 00:08:03.350 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Take some deep breaths in 65 00:08:04.400 --> 00:08:06.340 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and deep breaths out 66 00:08:16.550 --> 00:08:21.610 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and allow the light, the energy from this flame to expand out. 67 00:08:22.630 --> 00:08:23.940 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): filling 68 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:26.880 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your physical body. 69 00:08:28.140 --> 00:08:29.899 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your energy, body. 70 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:40.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your emotions. 71 00:08:46.090 --> 00:08:47.240 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): thoughts. 72 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.399 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and even your bliss body 73 00:08:53.910 --> 00:08:55.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): from the physical 74 00:08:57.490 --> 00:08:59.069 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to the subtle, the 75 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:05.090 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): through thoughts, emotions. insight 76 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:09.530 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for the lists. 77 00:09:24.930 --> 00:09:36.479 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and feeling the nourishment of that light that is yours. and also universal. universal light of knowledge and wisdom. 78 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:48.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And we'll take a journey in our mind's eye pilgrimage energetically 79 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:57.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): through this current moment in your life. Is there a particular place, or 80 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.569 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but area or arena of your life where you would like more nourishment? 81 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:10.169 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And there's many ways to do this exploration 82 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:14.480 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): kind of think of it like a life pie or a 83 00:10:15.110 --> 00:10:22.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): different qualities, and we might have different slices of our pies. Right? But friends, family 84 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:29.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): work or purpose. spiritual growth. emotional 85 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:34.679 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): intellectual pursuits, learning. 86 00:10:36.910 --> 00:10:38.370 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): physical 87 00:10:39.030 --> 00:10:44.699 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): challenge, or how play fun, adventure. Maybe you've got some other 88 00:10:45.550 --> 00:10:47.910 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): slices in there, creative. 89 00:10:50.560 --> 00:10:55.220 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and where might you need or want nourishment. 90 00:10:58.390 --> 00:11:01.720 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe everywhere, which is wonderful and 91 00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:12.600 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): valid and welcome. And maybe there's a particular place or places where you're like I'd really love a little more nourishment 92 00:11:12.830 --> 00:11:14.410 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in this area. 93 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:29.950 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Remembering Yoga Sutra, 2.3 8 Brahmacharya, Pratishtayam, Viria lava 94 00:11:30.330 --> 00:11:34.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for one who manages their energy. strength 95 00:11:34.930 --> 00:11:37.299 and creative life, force 96 00:11:37.510 --> 00:11:49.569 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): energy unfolds as we feed and nourish our energies. Even just by doing a practice like this. We're already watering those seeds of nourishment. 97 00:11:50.270 --> 00:11:55.049 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and sometimes the first step is bringing awareness to where needs it 98 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.579 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for me right now. It's 99 00:11:57.710 --> 00:12:01.899 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): some energy and attention on physical health, and 100 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:16.000 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe for some people. We already got this on lock, and for others it's like I haven't even started thinking about this yet, but the basics like sleep. I'm sure I'm nourishing myself. Well. 101 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:29.170 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exercise as my body changes and ages, and I move into a different stage of life. Those are the things on my mind right now, and 102 00:12:29.510 --> 00:12:35.100 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): few months ago was more on relationships. 103 00:12:35.930 --> 00:12:36.620 Hmm. 104 00:12:37.330 --> 00:12:51.529 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then expanding to feel into where you are. Your pie is beyond just you. And so maybe there's community members or particular causes 105 00:12:52.850 --> 00:13:01.700 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that are part of that nourishment. Part of your life pie issues that are really important or sacred to you. 106 00:13:02.020 --> 00:13:03.670 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that you care about 107 00:13:04.690 --> 00:13:07.740 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and expanding those in and feeling the light 108 00:13:08.790 --> 00:13:20.530 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): reach out and fill those. bringing hope. Maybe where there's despair or hopelessness light. 109 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:37.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): When you feel ready we'll do a little bit of movement 110 00:13:38.670 --> 00:13:40.969 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): practicing Brahma Mudra 111 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:49.629 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as we work with Brahma or creation, and Brahma has 4 faces. 112 00:13:50.380 --> 00:14:04.059 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and so to do this practice you can breathe in and turn your head to one side. exhale, bring your nose and face back to center. inhale, turn your head to the other side. 113 00:14:05.830 --> 00:14:18.380 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale back to center. inhale, gaze up. tilting your head up, stretching. exhale back to center. 114 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:21.439 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then inhale, face down. 115 00:14:22.920 --> 00:14:30.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale back to center. and we'll continue to move like that, letting your breath. Initiate your movement. 116 00:14:36.810 --> 00:14:38.380 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sometimes 117 00:14:39.560 --> 00:14:41.869 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): bringing a different perspective. 118 00:14:44.260 --> 00:14:45.740 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): can help us 119 00:14:47.410 --> 00:14:53.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): understand how to extend or conserve our energies. 120 00:14:56.520 --> 00:14:58.320 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and your eyes can be 121 00:14:58.920 --> 00:15:02.210 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): softly closed, or just gently 122 00:15:03.410 --> 00:15:06.730 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): relaxing in their gaze. 123 00:15:20.640 --> 00:15:24.689 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): This is my third time, your breath and your movement 124 00:15:25.060 --> 00:15:27.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe different, and that's very welcome. 125 00:15:28.350 --> 00:15:30.820 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll each do 4 126 00:15:31.380 --> 00:15:34.449 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rounds to honor the 4 127 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.709 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): aspects of Brahma. 128 00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:44.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Not only is this giving us 129 00:15:46.380 --> 00:15:50.899 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and opening into different perspectives, also stretching 130 00:15:51.090 --> 00:15:54.500 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the cervical spine, neck muscles. 131 00:16:01.070 --> 00:16:06.509 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): When you complete your 4 rounds coming back to center 132 00:16:07.430 --> 00:16:20.339 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and take our hands and bring them behind our heads, clasping them, and give your neck if you'd like a little bit of traction at the bottom of your head, maybe even a massage there 133 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.740 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on your skull and neck. 134 00:16:29.930 --> 00:16:31.869 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): dropping your jaw. 135 00:16:33.290 --> 00:16:34.950 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): opening your mouth 136 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:44.599 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and rocking your head a little bit left and right. You can stay right here, or option 2, if you'd like. 137 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:51.130 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Unclasp your hands, begin to roll your head around in one direction. 138 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:54.720 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): do 4 turns in this direction 139 00:17:03.010 --> 00:17:06.390 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then the other direction, as you're ready. 140 00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:18.880 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): opening up continually into new perspectives, checking in on your energy and the places that need nourishment. 141 00:17:21.780 --> 00:17:29.239 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and on your fourth one can come back to stillness to center. We'll begin to roll our shoulders 142 00:17:29.390 --> 00:17:39.519 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): back and around, and your arms can stay down, or, if you'd like more dynamic movement, you can lift up your arms and let your whole arm move with 143 00:17:39.650 --> 00:17:42.609 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your shoulders. Your choice there. 144 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:50.580 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll do 4 with your breath. Inhale. exhale. 145 00:17:57.060 --> 00:18:04.270 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then circle in the other direction. If you would like going backward, maybe circling forward. 146 00:18:05.310 --> 00:18:06.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): noticing any 147 00:18:07.110 --> 00:18:11.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): tightness, tension, or cracking, and just bringing an awareness there 148 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:23.599 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then, when you complete your 4, we'll inhale our arms up of our head and exhale twist to one side. 149 00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:28.130 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): testing from the belly 150 00:18:28.210 --> 00:18:31.489 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): chest, chin, eyes around. Last 151 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:35.010 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): again a new perspective. 152 00:18:35.090 --> 00:18:39.090 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Perhaps your eyes are closed, but the light has changed. 153 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:44.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or if they're open. Maybe you're seeing the space in a new way. 154 00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:47.370 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): One more breath here. 155 00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:54.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhaling your arms back up through center and exhaling, twisting to the other side. 156 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:08.460 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and as you come to this side, taking your time to twist from your guts from your belly, then your chest. then your chin and eyes twist around lap 157 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.300 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): totally different perspective. 158 00:19:26.050 --> 00:19:27.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and inhale. 159 00:19:28.450 --> 00:19:31.489 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just come up and exhale 160 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:43.779 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): forward, fold any amount so your hands can come onto the table. If you have a table, or anything in front of you, and your body can just start to fold forward 161 00:19:43.830 --> 00:19:47.300 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or bring your energy over your 162 00:19:48.890 --> 00:19:52.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): over your body. down towards the earth 163 00:20:19.670 --> 00:20:21.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): one or more breath. Here. 164 00:20:35.510 --> 00:20:43.769 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): bring yourself back up, and we'll take some time just thinking about momentaria and energy management. Our arms. 165 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:56.009 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): this whole area of our body torso trunk, but also our arms. Get a lot of expend a lot of energy, and so, taking some time, you can either attack or 166 00:20:56.540 --> 00:21:10.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): bring your palm onto your arm, or your neck, or even underneath, or long strokes, if that, if the tapping feels too stimulating, can do long strokes down your arm massaging. 167 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:13.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and your options are there 168 00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:22.439 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): doing the other side, or both both sides. 169 00:21:25.890 --> 00:21:27.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So many of us are 170 00:21:27.690 --> 00:21:48.279 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): texting, writing on computers, maybe cooking or making things, and so letting your wrists and hands come together and rotate around so kind of like from Anjali Mudra. Then you're opening your palms up, letting the backs of your hands come together and flipping around back to 171 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:52.020 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Anjali. So, moving in a 172 00:21:52.430 --> 00:21:56.650 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rhythm, and I've been rotating in one direction, you can 173 00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:58.980 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rotate the other if you would like. 174 00:22:06.950 --> 00:22:13.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then shaking out your hands, the arms that feels nourishing and supportive to you. 175 00:22:15.590 --> 00:22:16.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and 176 00:22:17.090 --> 00:22:38.809 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you can take one hand and bring it to the fingers of your other hand, so, stretching your palm open, and I like to do this downwards, but also you can practice like, if you're working on sharing and expressing your boundaries, you can bring your hand out and stretch it open this way like in the gesture of stop, and you can practice saying, Stop 177 00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:44.610 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or no. as you're stretching just to rehearse. 178 00:22:45.170 --> 00:22:53.300 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): No. Is a complete sentence right? You don't have to explain. Can you do this? Can you take care of this. Can you do this extra? No. 179 00:22:53.590 --> 00:22:55.129 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): no, I cannot. 180 00:22:55.540 --> 00:23:01.359 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): No, and you don't need to explain. You don't need to justify 181 00:23:02.790 --> 00:23:04.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): stretching the other side. 182 00:23:09.830 --> 00:23:15.449 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Another practice that I use a lot is bringing my hands in front of me, and just 183 00:23:15.470 --> 00:23:20.090 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like clearing the energy I sometimes like. If I 184 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:26.040 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): have had an experience. I'm feeling kind of icky, or I don't quite get why, I'm feeling weird. I'll just like 185 00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:34.819 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): clear the energy out from a whole body, you know, or like, go in front of myself and do this. So if that feels like it would be something you'd want to try. 186 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.220 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And then. 187 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:49.979 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): once I've gotten it all nice and gone. Sometimes I make some noise like or breathe out strongly, I'll imagine pulling right the Soma and 188 00:23:50.280 --> 00:24:17.980 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the soma, which is the light and the power that's in the the world around us. It's found in moonlight sunlight. So you can maybe look out if you are near a window, or just have some ambient light also is found in any light source, and imagine that I'm bringing that Soma in right to nourish, to recharge, and sometimes I physically like to like sprinkle my fingers kind of like I would be. 189 00:24:18.690 --> 00:24:24.829 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): give myself a little rain shower of Soma. So a nourishment. 190 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:29.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Recharging my batteries. 191 00:24:36.330 --> 00:24:37.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll take 192 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.400 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just a few 193 00:24:39.650 --> 00:24:46.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): more moments in active movement. do a short meditation. 194 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then some journaling and sharing. 195 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:56.270 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and so moving in any way that you would like. I'm stretching to side to side before 196 00:24:56.360 --> 00:25:03.060 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we'll take just a minute or 2 in silence to let all of this integrate and 197 00:25:03.070 --> 00:25:06.889 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): notice how your mind, body, spirit, is feeling. 198 00:25:09.730 --> 00:25:10.450 and 199 00:25:10.630 --> 00:25:14.240 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'll guide you back with my voice 200 00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.750 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): when it's time. 201 00:25:18.210 --> 00:25:21.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): In this silent practice. 202 00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:26.280 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): perhaps focusing on continued nourishment 203 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:30.560 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on the light of that flame, visualized or actual. 204 00:25:31.330 --> 00:25:35.279 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anything else that will nourish your energy in this time. 205 00:25:35.610 --> 00:25:38.130 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe just simply resting 206 00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:42.210 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): practice together. 207 00:28:03.010 --> 00:28:05.080 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'll take a breath in 208 00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:08.259 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): deep breath out 209 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:19.629 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): receiving whatever it is that you would like to receive from this practice 210 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:22.520 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): all of the nourishment, all of the light. 211 00:28:26.030 --> 00:28:35.229 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll keep this meditative focus and move towards a little bit of journaling. And for this journaling 212 00:28:35.430 --> 00:28:52.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): invitation. So you're not getting my kind of messy writing. But see that well, but here's like a pie of mine, right like. And here I did one recently for my work projects, and then I did one for just my life, because there were so many projects. 213 00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:58.239 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But I'll share a nice one that I found on a website called Intention Inspired. 214 00:28:58.710 --> 00:29:04.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And you can make your your pie 215 00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:07.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): equal 216 00:29:07.150 --> 00:29:14.379 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): slices. This this person made the ones that are bigger, bigger, like bigger focuses. 217 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:17.210 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but you can make them equal. And then 218 00:29:17.490 --> 00:29:21.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sometimes. What I do is I'll put like home or 219 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:27.669 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I'll color in like I'm filled up. Say, with working career. I'm like way here. 220 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:41.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and friends and social is a little lower right now, so I might color it into there, or you can put numbers if that resonates for you. and you get to choose your categories right? If you don't want 221 00:29:41.410 --> 00:29:53.509 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to have all these categories, you don't have to use these, but these are lovely, and I like the ad of like escape last time, like like just relaxing time. I've been doing lots of that with reading 222 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:55.929 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in the evening, and so it's nice to 223 00:29:56.140 --> 00:30:00.369 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): get to be able to color that pretty high right if you do include it. 224 00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:14.780 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And I also really enjoy the affirmation around the outside. I'm creating a balanced and harmonious life. And so if there's something that you're feeling that you're wanting to nourish or like, I'm nourishing. 225 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:17.239 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you can put that around, and 226 00:30:17.290 --> 00:30:24.939 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): theirs is is pretty, and you know, artistic and colored in, and you sell mine like really rough. 227 00:30:25.170 --> 00:30:30.590 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'll leave this up for a little bit, but you know it doesn't have to be. Fancy. It can be really like 228 00:30:30.890 --> 00:30:37.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rough. And and you can always go back and make one later. But 229 00:30:37.650 --> 00:30:39.259 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I thought we could take 230 00:30:41.090 --> 00:30:42.260 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe 231 00:30:43.210 --> 00:30:58.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 6, 7 min and just take some time, like really enough time to make that pie to fill it, start to fill it in. to start to reflect on where you're at, and you know sometimes in my life I've made the pie of where I am and then where I want to be. 232 00:30:59.040 --> 00:31:08.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): because they're they're so far apart. and that just that intention brings my ability closer to being able to 233 00:31:08.290 --> 00:31:19.670 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): nourish myself more. I would like to be able to share this and share some music, but I don't know if I can do both, so I think if you want music I'll just invite you to play your own 234 00:31:19.750 --> 00:31:26.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we can journal for a little while. 235 00:31:30.990 --> 00:31:38.190 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And when I just thought someone is just joining us, I'm going to repeat what we're doing. 236 00:31:38.210 --> 00:31:44.449 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And also I wanna make sure if there's any questions on what we're doing, you ask them. 237 00:31:45.150 --> 00:31:51.560 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So we're reflecting on our energy like, where is our energy going right now? 238 00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:53.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And when we're 239 00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:56.919 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in our life, what are we spending 240 00:31:56.940 --> 00:32:04.510 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): our energy on our very precious energy? And we're making little pie. I think I'm gonna just make my 241 00:32:05.570 --> 00:32:18.619 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): mine. I just drew, you know, a rough like pie. And then I'm gonna put the things that I want in there and then color to fill up how much of each you know where I'm at and where I would like to be. 242 00:32:18.930 --> 00:32:36.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): because where our attention goes, energy flows right? And there's that saying. And so when we bring awareness to like, Oh, I want more time on self growth or personal growth, right? And wanna put a little time into family or creativity. It gets nourished. Okay. 243 00:32:36.990 --> 00:32:40.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so I will stop talking. Take some minutes to 244 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.839 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): turn off 245 00:37:14.600 --> 00:37:16.020 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 3, 246 00:37:17.030 --> 00:37:23.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): wrap up our journaling, for now be taking a minute or 2, if there's a 247 00:37:24.610 --> 00:37:31.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): affirmation, or sloka, or a phrase that you would like to bring into this time to support yourself. 248 00:37:33.070 --> 00:37:36.670 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but in that now. or the seeds of that. 249 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe just a word. 250 00:38:25.930 --> 00:38:32.699 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And then, if there's folks or communities or causes that you would like to 251 00:38:32.730 --> 00:38:36.039 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): share your energy with 252 00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:43.310 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe also, including them in your wheel, inside or around the outside, wherever you would like. 253 00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:08.179 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll take just a minute more. 254 00:39:18.040 --> 00:39:29.879 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): remembering that Yoga isn't something that you do. It's something that you are. There's no perfect pose. There's no perfect practice, certainly no perfect body. 255 00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:32.470 and 256 00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:39.580 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that. as we practice, particularly Brahmataria. were 257 00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:50.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): really reclaiming our energy. our power are just our attention, like what we're spending our life force on 258 00:39:51.290 --> 00:39:57.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in a way that can be deeply connected to self care and social justice. 259 00:39:57.830 --> 00:39:59.550 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so you get to 260 00:39:59.560 --> 00:40:09.989 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to practice that that caring for you, nourishing you so you can also nourish others is an inherent part of what it means to practice pramataria. 261 00:40:11.470 --> 00:40:19.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So especially for if there's folks here who've been feeling like depleted and confused, or burned out and lost, and and you're like. 262 00:40:20.850 --> 00:40:33.070 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but I need to keep going. I need to like yes. course, the world needs your care, but you also need nourishment and care. and 263 00:40:33.930 --> 00:40:40.840 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): there's no perfect way to do this right. It's a dance, it's an ebb and a flow, and it's always changing. 264 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and you are always tainting. 265 00:40:44.670 --> 00:40:53.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and so, to complete our ritual portion, if you have water near you, you can take a drink of that water, or 266 00:40:58.540 --> 00:41:03.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): T, or whatever you have near you. If you don't have water near you. 267 00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:15.990 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just visualize yourself being surrounded by water, and maybe bringing that nourishment. that fluidity, the fluid element, the nourishing element of water into you, and then, if you've got your 268 00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:26.120 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): candle or the visualization of a candle, you don't have to have a candle just taking that candle and your wheel. 269 00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:36.529 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and giving your your wheel a little blessing. And the way you do this traditionally is actually like this. You hold the candle in your right hand. I don't know if it looks 270 00:41:36.560 --> 00:41:43.840 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sorry about that. Looks like right to you, and you move in a clockwise direction so 3 times. 271 00:41:43.910 --> 00:41:54.040 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so just sending a blessing, this universal energy to your own life, and then from your own life back to the universal energy. 272 00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:58.479 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): when you complete and place that down. 273 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:08.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and thank you so much for practicing. for nourishing your energy for practicing bermataria together. 274 00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:15.170 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I'd love to open up to hear any reflections, any inquiries. 275 00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:21.229 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It's really a gift to be able to take this time to. 276 00:42:21.850 --> 00:42:26.830 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to practice in this way, and also to give yourself just 277 00:42:27.010 --> 00:42:29.250 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the time and the care to put 278 00:42:29.590 --> 00:42:35.769 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): towards yourself and then to share. So it's always really supportive to hear from others 279 00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:42.920 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in chat or out loud. Just opening up this time for for some good time. 280 00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:47.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yes, Rebecca, of course. 281 00:42:50.660 --> 00:42:59.689 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm! And welcome. I'm seeing some folks I didn't see at the beginning. I hope that that made some sense, even if you came in when we were quiet. 282 00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:13.489 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): would anyone like to share? And you might share? You know I feel like with the pie. It sometimes 283 00:43:13.930 --> 00:43:36.150 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): surprises me, and then sometimes I'm like, Oh, it's very clear where where I need to work or where I've been spending my energy, and then I often see these like separate from our engagement in the world. But to me they're it's so connected, right? Like what I'm doing. And then what I'm giving, or what I'm caring about. It's full circle. 284 00:43:36.150 --> 00:43:49.670 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so if there's any shares, anything really in your pie, or your your nourishment or energy or questions or explorations around boundaries or bar material. What's nourishing you 285 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.629 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): opening it up? 286 00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:23.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yes. Hello. Calendar. 287 00:44:24.330 --> 00:44:25.030 Alright. 288 00:44:25.630 --> 00:44:27.519 Caroline (they/she): I don't have to put my hand down. 289 00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:30.670 Oh, okay? 290 00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:32.350 Caroline (they/she): And 291 00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:40.619 Caroline (they/she): yeah, thank you very much. It's the first time I've come to Preacher. Sorry. lovely to be here. 292 00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:42.889 Caroline (they/she): Can you hear me? Okay. 293 00:44:43.510 --> 00:44:48.910 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you're a little a little muffled. I don't know if you can be slightly closer to the mic. 294 00:44:49.140 --> 00:44:50.329 Yeah. Yeah. 295 00:44:51.130 --> 00:44:54.720 Caroline (they/she): Yeah, thank you. It's my first time 296 00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:59.190 Caroline (they/she): I'm into the space there to appreciate. And 297 00:45:01.110 --> 00:45:04.140 Caroline (they/she): I it amused me 298 00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:09.009 Caroline (they/she): that I had a whole pie just for food, shopping, and cooking. 299 00:45:09.470 --> 00:45:12.990 Caroline (they/she): They're like I was just like, spend a lot of time but 300 00:45:13.590 --> 00:45:17.739 Caroline (they/she): I guess I just wanted to 301 00:45:18.450 --> 00:45:23.920 Caroline (they/she): appreciate the space and the blessing that felt really and 302 00:45:25.060 --> 00:45:26.469 Caroline (they/she): lovely to see 303 00:45:26.520 --> 00:45:30.010 Caroline (they/she): the pies lit up by the candle light, and 304 00:45:31.100 --> 00:45:32.560 Caroline (they/she): and that felt 305 00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:35.100 Caroline (they/she): and 306 00:45:36.570 --> 00:45:37.270 Caroline (they/she): bye, bye. 307 00:45:38.290 --> 00:45:42.320 Caroline (they/she): real like it was doing what we were talking about and 308 00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:48.650 Caroline (they/she): see. I guess I just wanted to share that. I found that really helpful. I did a couple of different pie charts as I started to 309 00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:51.510 Caroline (they/she): begin to try and 310 00:45:52.570 --> 00:45:56.799 Caroline (they/she): kind of makes sense of what? Where? Where some of my energy is going. 311 00:45:57.180 --> 00:46:01.949 Caroline (they/she): yeah, I maybe. Just thank you. 312 00:46:05.140 --> 00:46:12.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you so much. I love that. Yeah, I can see the light, the candle flickering on you as well as you're speaking. And so just. 313 00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:26.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's such a vivid representation of what we're actually doing with our energy, right? Like whatever we're putting our energy on. We're like Whoa. throwing that life force out. 314 00:46:26.090 --> 00:46:35.230 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And sometimes, you know, let's be real like my energy is going up something very frivolous. And other times it's like the most important thing 315 00:46:35.350 --> 00:46:53.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that ever could be right. And and that's okay. There's no judgment in that. It's just bringing awareness to where it's going. And if it's going out out, out, out, or am I caring here as well, you know? And is there a dance? A kind of, I think, of Yoga Yoga 316 00:46:55.560 --> 00:47:00.800 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): practice. When we go deep into it? It's understanding that dance of giving and receiving 317 00:47:00.830 --> 00:47:07.990 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in a way of Shiva and Shati right of the different kind of powers that are happening. And then 318 00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:16.299 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): there's no rule like we could be giving 90, and receiving 10, or receiving 90 and giving 10 right per cent. 319 00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:22.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But being aware of it and then balancing it out for us in the time that we're in. 320 00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:23.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah. 321 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:28.470 Caroline (they/she): So could I share something else that from earlier in the practice? 322 00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:32.239 Caroline (they/she): So when you, we were putting our hands out. 323 00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:35.769 Caroline (they/she): and just that that felt very powerful. I've been. 324 00:47:35.890 --> 00:47:39.030 Caroline (they/she): There's been a lot of boundary work I've been doing with 325 00:47:39.600 --> 00:47:41.640 Caroline (they/she): different people that are in on my life. 326 00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:43.409 Caroline (they/she): Yeah, thank you. 327 00:47:45.670 --> 00:47:46.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah. 328 00:47:47.170 --> 00:48:02.860 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And one other. You reminded me that I do a lot. If I'm gonna you know that I'm so sensitive II haven't realized how sensitive I am to energy. I keep like re understanding that but if I'm gonna be around folks who kind of under 329 00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:24.150 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): estimate me, or just like, you know, just kind of not a place where I can be fully myself. I'll sometimes envision putting up like a barrier of light that keeps my energy kind of intact and whole, and their stuff just sort of bounces off. And that's really helpful. It is really helpful for me. And II do believe 330 00:48:24.570 --> 00:48:25.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): there's 331 00:48:26.070 --> 00:48:36.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): personally, I believe that there's so much, you know, when you look at the Yoga text from thousands of years ago up until even like recent, relatively recent, like 3, 400 years ago. There's 332 00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:48.900 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): illustrations of the Nazis and of energy that is in our bodies, but it's also beyond our bodies even. And since there is that interplay of energy happening, can impact it with 333 00:48:49.100 --> 00:49:12.329 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): our intention, with our practices, with our movement, with Mantra, with Mudra. All these things, yes, and Cleo, and with music I love this. Someone asked for favorite songs, and this answers to what's nourishing at the moment. Question as well. Honeymoon chanting, and Sita RAM, chanting recently, was at a live Krishna das event, which was great fire, boosting energy. Oh, and thank you for dropping the 334 00:49:12.330 --> 00:49:31.019 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): link, but in truth, fashion. I'm either blasting devotional music, or like Cardi B. Yes, yes, yes, I love that, and maybe part of having, you know that like intention. And the pie is. Maybe there's an anthem. Maybe there's a song you know, that is gonna go with 335 00:49:31.130 --> 00:49:55.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with this time the energy of this time that you're putting in there. And you can write that down and listen to it when you want to be like. Yes, I'm walking in. I'm I'm nourishing my energy with that, and it could be Cardi B. It could be for me. It's like unstoppable. By Sia! It's like that song. It makes me feel, you know, like I'm in it, I'm doing it. No one could stop me. That that is 336 00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:59.739 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the kind of nourishment I need to keep doing the work in the world that I do. 337 00:50:00.530 --> 00:50:02.490 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah, anyone else. 338 00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:25.280 Jayce (she/her): I'll share a little bit. Yup. 339 00:50:26.060 --> 00:50:29.620 Jayce (she/her): I'm at a place where 340 00:50:30.100 --> 00:50:33.460 Jayce (she/her): I'm really trying to get my brain to 341 00:50:33.830 --> 00:50:39.030 Jayce (she/her): quiet and get into my body 342 00:50:39.070 --> 00:50:47.090 Jayce (she/her): and listen to what my body has to say and what wisdom it has to offer, because 343 00:50:48.210 --> 00:50:55.270 Jayce (she/her): my brain can't really rationalize a whole lot right now. 344 00:50:55.930 --> 00:51:22.919 Jayce (she/her): And so I found as I was drawing the pie, that really the affirmation at the top, I'm creating a balanced and harmonious life felt really meaningful. And then I drew my pie, and all of the things were just, and and this is also my brain liking. Even things were all evenly distributed around the pie. But I put the things that were important to me. 345 00:51:23.070 --> 00:51:28.039 Jayce (she/her): and then II decided to pull a card about 346 00:51:28.160 --> 00:51:31.520 Jayce (she/her): what I'm feeling particularly. 347 00:51:33.330 --> 00:51:36.260 Jayce (she/her): I'm having a hard time with upcoming holiday. 348 00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:40.379 Jayce (she/her): And so what would be most supportive during 349 00:51:40.700 --> 00:51:48.719 Jayce (she/her): the the next couple of days, and I pulled ritual, and I felt like that was just really 350 00:51:48.770 --> 00:51:56.620 Jayce (she/her): fitting and really supportive, and also a big relief where it's like. just keep 351 00:51:57.450 --> 00:51:59.970 Jayce (she/her): leaning in and 352 00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:12.500 Jayce (she/her): being in the communities like this one that feel supportive, and the practices that I've started to create in the mornings that that feel 353 00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:15.490 Jayce (she/her): really good. 354 00:52:15.640 --> 00:52:19.029 Jayce (she/her): So that's what's alive for me? 355 00:52:20.190 --> 00:52:31.619 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm. thank you. Thank you, Jason, for the the gift of ritual. Yeah. Can be such an anchor. 356 00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:36.500 Hmm. 357 00:52:38.020 --> 00:52:39.590 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Anyone else? 358 00:52:40.100 --> 00:52:43.160 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Space is open love to 359 00:52:43.490 --> 00:53:08.759 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): what to hear from folks. And I actually wanna see before we close, if we if anyone who wants to know and has to. But if anyone wants to like, hold up your mind. Not quite done, but and it's very messy. So read it. But hold up your what you drew, because I always feel like that's such a gift. And to see the different ways that we express 360 00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:12.140 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we can hold that bars if you want. 361 00:53:12.790 --> 00:53:13.980 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm. 362 00:53:15.240 --> 00:53:18.510 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): hmm! Beautiful 363 00:53:23.660 --> 00:53:26.229 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and thank you. 364 00:53:28.860 --> 00:53:31.030 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Anyone else. 365 00:53:33.960 --> 00:53:40.020 Tom Glaser he/him/his: I could say a few things. This is Tom. Hi, my first time here as well. I just signed up for the curator 366 00:53:40.180 --> 00:53:47.000 Tom Glaser he/him/his: program, Suzanne and II had a little email exchange with you just recently. 367 00:53:47.100 --> 00:53:52.109 Tom Glaser he/him/his: and I didn't know about this until today. And then. So I could only come to a little bit. 368 00:53:52.190 --> 00:54:03.749 Tom Glaser he/him/his: So II came just in time for the the pie wheel thing, and I found it very helpful. I don't think you you can see very well, but, like the rest. 369 00:54:04.180 --> 00:54:16.010 Tom Glaser he/him/his: slice is huge for me right now. I just moved out of a home that we lived in for 26 years, and we raised our son there into a tiny little condo. 370 00:54:16.550 --> 00:54:23.149 Tom Glaser he/him/his: a massive undertaking. I'm exhausted and burnout. So you mentioned burnout burnout just a minute ago. 371 00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:35.429 Tom Glaser he/him/his: I'm like, Oh, yeah, that's I'm feeling like I can function. But like, I'm crispy. I'm like inside. I'm so irritable. I'm just like everything is bugging me. 372 00:54:35.460 --> 00:54:46.090 Tom Glaser he/him/his: but it's so. It just never ceases to amaze me. How much wisdom there is in Yoga. So just even the little bit that I got was so helpful that okay, like 373 00:54:46.610 --> 00:54:53.710 Tom Glaser he/him/his: like to to remember how important replenishing is, and and to just allow some time now to just recover and 374 00:54:54.140 --> 00:54:56.659 Tom Glaser he/him/his: adjust to these new surroundings. 375 00:54:56.690 --> 00:55:11.129 Tom Glaser he/him/his: yeah. So anyhow, just thank you. Is this, and yeah, just a little that I got the little candle thing that was cool. I I'm sure I missed out on a ton of it, but what I got was was great. And did I get this right? 376 00:55:11.160 --> 00:55:16.000 Tom Glaser he/him/his: I am creating. And is, was it nourishing and balanced life? 377 00:55:16.110 --> 00:55:27.400 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yes, I'm creating a balanced and harmonious life? Yeah. I'll share, and you can screenshot it if you would like, and I'll share the link 378 00:55:28.040 --> 00:55:34.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in the chat. I mean, I literally just Googled because I, as I was sharing, I realized that my 379 00:55:35.030 --> 00:55:43.070 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): writing wasn't gonna be as clear. It's like, let me, Google, someone's life by. And this is 380 00:55:43.170 --> 00:55:59.389 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): this is a lovely one by it's not mine. No, no, I'm mine wouldn't, would look different. Messier. But it's beautiful. Yeah. 381 00:55:59.680 --> 00:56:02.490 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah, thank you. And I wanna just note like 382 00:56:02.700 --> 00:56:10.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): those things that happen right like big things like moving or transitions in our lives jobs like it. 383 00:56:11.020 --> 00:56:30.420 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It really impacts our energies and ways that we don't always realize. And I experience that a couple of years ago, and I moved, even though I chose to move right like I've moved a few times in my life, and some have not been by choice, and like by necessity, and those are very challenging, but even by choice 384 00:56:31.180 --> 00:56:40.609 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so disruptive, and Squirrel just jumped from one tree to one branch to another. As I was saying, that outside my window there's 385 00:56:41.340 --> 00:57:07.049 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): there's layers and layers and layers, right energetic, emotional, spiritual, physical, and so coming back to like Yoga Nidra meditation practices all of those nourishment practices way more than I think we realize in these times, and for some of us it also can be change of season, right with the season changing and we need that nourishment 386 00:57:07.080 --> 00:57:12.639 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with the state of the world right? And and not to just go and do it 387 00:57:13.890 --> 00:57:33.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in isolation. But to kind of know that we're we're there, and we're recharging and we're replenishing to reconnect in our communities or in in the world. And so to really let ourselves have that time. I think sometimes we think I can't take that time because I have to stay engaged, and I have to be doing things. 388 00:57:33.240 --> 00:57:38.270 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But it's okay, like you can take the time. And then and then we engage. 389 00:57:39.860 --> 00:57:48.980 Tom Glaser he/him/his: And can I just say, too, it just, I love. The little inspirations like these are things I can bring to Yoga, teaching even the little bit that I got 390 00:57:49.070 --> 00:57:51.860 Tom Glaser he/him/his: so far, and I love that I love 391 00:57:52.410 --> 00:57:58.410 Tom Glaser he/him/his: concrete things I can bring immediately to help, not myself and and and my students. Thank you. 392 00:57:58.620 --> 00:58:06.840 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm so welcome, Tom, and welcome. I'm so glad you're here, and you made it, and there'll there'll be a recording in the portal if you want to watch the beginning part. 393 00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:18.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And Jessica says one of the affirmations I wrote around my circle was, I have space to tend to my needs, and there is still enough space for everyone else. Thank you for offering this practice today. 394 00:58:18.670 --> 00:58:21.879 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yes, Jessica, I love that. Thank you 395 00:58:23.650 --> 00:58:28.910 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so I can't believe we're at our time. It just flows 396 00:58:29.180 --> 00:58:43.150 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): invitation to share in the chat or out loud anything you're gonna be taking with you. I think it's so helpful to sometimes solidify it into like 1 one word or one essence, or one thing that you're taking out 397 00:58:43.180 --> 00:58:50.820 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with you to practice. yeah. we'll close with that. 398 00:59:06.640 --> 00:59:08.409 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and appears in the chat 399 00:59:09.270 --> 00:59:12.720 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then invite us to 400 00:59:13.030 --> 00:59:17.410 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): close. You can bring your hands together at heart Center. 401 00:59:17.590 --> 00:59:22.879 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Take a deep breath in and a full breath out through your mouth. 402 00:59:25.200 --> 00:59:29.109 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Next inhale, filling up your energy, nourishing yourself. 403 00:59:30.170 --> 00:59:35.370 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll chant. oh. 404 00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:40.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): something. 405 00:59:43.700 --> 00:59:52.140 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Shanti. Oh. 406 00:59:54.750 --> 00:59:58.619 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): peace, peace, peace, and power, power, power! Power! 407 00:59:59.580 --> 01:00:02.150 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you so much for your presence. 408 01:00:02.190 --> 01:00:16.309 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you so much for practicing, for sharing with me and the Hatha Yoga tradition. And yeah, sharing yoga and the ways that you do and living it, taking it out. And I'm looking at your reflections. 409 01:00:17.910 --> 01:00:22.610 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and you can unmute and say goodbye or share your what you're taking with you. 410 01:00:23.730 --> 01:00:25.800 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Resting, connecting. 411 01:00:27.900 --> 01:00:29.170 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Mmm. 412 01:00:32.730 --> 01:00:35.230 Tom Glaser he/him/his: thank you. Bye, everyone. 413 01:00:35.670 --> 01:00:36.600 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Bye. 414 01:00:37.450 --> 01:00:39.290 Jayce (she/her): thanks, y'all take care. 415 01:00:43.760 --> 01:00:44.920 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Exhale 416 01:00:45.320 --> 01:00:47.420 Caroline (they/she): bye, thank you. Bye.