Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm so happy to see you for our pilgrimage and puja for this month.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm gonna invite us
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to take a moment. In a moment we'll practice
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but invitation to drop in the chat 2 words of how you are today.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So welcome, welcome, welcome! And you can drop
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 2 words or phrase how you're doing.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'll take just a minute
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): back to my 2 words. Good but over, committed.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): common, useful.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So, however, you're doing right now
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in this moment.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm!
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Unwelcoming yourself into the space
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): if you would like. You don't need to, but you can have some water like in a in a bowl.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and or while we're in a
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): pup or glass
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I will also be lighting a candle for us.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so you can have your own candle, or you can
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): look at mine when we get to that part.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So just continuing to invite. If you would like, you can drop 2 words into the chat.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): feeling what? Relatively calm. Yes, until I start thinking about the world around me, struggling to hold space for all the things.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): feeling that funny
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Rebecca, muddy and steady.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so feel free to drop your 2 words, and we will practice. So I'm going to invite the bell.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I invite you into any shape or way of being that feels supportive
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to you right now.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): moving in.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): aware of your own breath.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): breathing out.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): aware of your outbreath.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): n.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And out.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Now allowing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your awareness to come to yourself.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and maybe repeating your first and last name
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in your mind's eye.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and bringing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to the foreground something
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): something that's alive for you right now.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so it would sound like your name.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Susannah Varkotaki.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): an awareness of something
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): present moment, real time.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): something with you right now.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and you can let that go.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and brings
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to mind just your first name.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Susanna.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and reflecting back
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a younger, you
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe you doing something that you loved experiencing joy or ease.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and if that's not a memory that's available.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then creating that.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): imagining
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you at a different time, a different place.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): feeling, joy, feeling, ease.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then letting your name go.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and just focusing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on the phrase I am.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I am
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): noticing any
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sensations, feeling tones.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): calm. Use
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anything that goes along with
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): being this
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and dropping the eye
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and chest
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): move.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting with
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): ham
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): pure being.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and as you connect with pure being.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): perhaps bringing your awareness to that which is aware
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): aware of being aware
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and resting in that state of presence
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that might feel peaceful, joyful.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): no emotion or feeling tone at all.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Pure awareness.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It's okay. If you're
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): awareness of the State goes in and out.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just allowing it to rest there whenever it arrives.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Wander away and come back.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Do you breath in
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): deep breath out.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm as lazy a way as possible, dropping your right ear towards your right shoulder
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and inhaling, lifting your head up through center, left here towards left shoulder.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and really moving unambitiously.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): not like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a big stretch, but just gently right, ear to right, shoulder.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): left ear, left shoulder.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhaling.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhaling.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhaling.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhaling.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): seeing if you can make this movement even a little bit smaller.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): one more time each side.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): now dropping your chin as lazily as possible down towards the earth.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then softly bringing it up
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): towards the sky.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): continuing to move in a
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): useful
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on the ambitious way.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): You can stay here, or, if you prefer, you can start to make circles
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with your head rotating in one direction.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): keeping that
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): usefulness, laziness.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): often think of the word lazy is kind of negatively coded.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but I think, like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the way that
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): heaviness also can sometimes get negatively coded in our culture.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But all the beauty and the benefits of happiness
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the same with laziness.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): How
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): unmotivated can you be in these circles.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): softening your jaw, softening your eyes
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): if you're circling your head, then this
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): kind of
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): playing the momentum rock and circling the other way.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): letting your breath deep in
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): mute
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): couple. More circles. If you're circling
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or rocks, if you're rocking your head back and forth.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): coming to stillness
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on your own time
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and your inhale lengthening the crown of your head up towards the sky, and your exhale releasing, letting everything go
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for this next movement.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): also initiating it unambitiously, like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): not the biggest shoulder roles you've ever done, but with energy, little bit of energy inhaling. Bring your shoulders up, back and around and down
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so spiraling.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): seeing. If you can make this movement
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): little smaller.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then you might normally do it
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): can keep circling in this direction, or, if you'd like, reverse
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the direction.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): continuing to remain
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): relaxed
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): without a lot of effort
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and a few more circles
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in this direction.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and releasing your shoulders
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): down your spine down your back.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): lengthening through the crown of your head, on your inhale
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): releasing down.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then again, with gentle.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): unambitious movements, will inhale lift our right arm up
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): above our head.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): stretching through your right side body.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then exhale. Bring that arm down, and inhale your left arm up, stretching through your left side body
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and alternating with your own breath
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): really easily.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): lazily. If that word resonates for you, I really like it kinda like imagining that you're
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): almost like moving
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that you're kind of falling asleep.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so really
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): soft and fluid, and
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe kind of flowy
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): little bit messy in your shapes.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): not like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a rigorous shape that
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): flowing shape.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and one more each side.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm coming back to center.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): standing through your spine, up through the crown of your head.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on your inhale and exhale releasing down.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we're going to fold over into a forward fold. And so but this forward fold will be a little different. We're going to take some time to rock a little bit
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in this forward fold, and so, if you're able to use your something to support your arms, that could be your own legs, or a table or chair
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rocking, so I'll demonstrate standing. But using the table in front of me so just kind of like rocking forward, and then a little back
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): forward, and then a little bit back.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And this movement can be really small.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and invitation
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to fold over
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and receive.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): That's support
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): once it's a light rock out
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): back in
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhaling, exhaling.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and one more time, and then deepen into a full forward fold, just letting everything go.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm!
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And in that forward fold as long as you're able to, and it feels and comfortable, slashing your hips side to side just a little bit. So imagine they're kind of like in Bath water, or
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): able to
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): slash yourself a little bit left and right, or that supportive hand, if that imagery feels
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): good is like gently rocking your back side to side.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 2 more rocks
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): tier.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and as you're ready, lengthening
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your body back up.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and finding
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that useful centered way to be.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Now we'll take that rocking movement
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): into your legs, and so a couple of options here you can rock your knees left and right.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): left and right.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it might be like just a subtle, almost an imperceptible movement
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that you bring into your knees.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your feet
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rocking your legs side to side, and
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): if it's helpful you can be leaning back in a chair on the earth.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and your legs are just gently rotating
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): very subtly needs moving a little to the left, a little bit to the right.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): You notice that this tightens your jaw
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or your face, or your eyes softening your eyes, softening your jaw.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then transitioning the movement into your feet to
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): flex your feet
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and point your feet
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): again, moving unambitiously. So not like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you're in a dance class, and they're like, point your toes, but really
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a kind of lazy, flexing, and pointing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): beautiful.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And you could release your toes.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Moo.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): bring awareness back to the lengthened body.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll take a moment
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to tighten all of our muscles.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so, pulling in toes, scratching up your toes, your legs
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): here.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): seat your belly, your test your hands.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your shoulders, even your face like scrunches all the way up.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then exhale releasing.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Do this 2 more times.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): scrunching everything up, feet, legs.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): seat, belly, chest, back, shoulders, arms, fists, face.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then exhale.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhale, scrunching everything in progressive
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): tightening, and then relaxation so tight, tight, tight, tight, holding everything in. And this time as you scrunch in everything, hands, face.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): test.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): belly.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhale, and hold your breath in if you would like.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and as you're ready, exhale release.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we'll practice some deep relaxation here.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but also being unambitious about our relaxation.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So finding whatever way
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): supportive to your body
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): right here and down.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Releasing effort, releasing even the need to relax
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just being
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): allowing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your nervous system to integrate.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And if you're having any trouble.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): relaxing or resting.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): one option is to rub your hands together.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just like the
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): still, also unambitiously.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then take
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the heels of your hands and place them over your eyes.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): This helps
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): our nerves, nerves in our face.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and even the occipital nerve in our brain.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Rest.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Your hands are on your face, gently releasing them down, maybe giving yourself a
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): little massage along the side of the jar
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anywhere that needs it. As your hands rest down.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we'll practice
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): some relaxation
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just being together.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Invitation
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anytime. You notice thoughts
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): coming and going
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to imagine them like clouds in a sky.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Bring your awareness back to the
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): open expanse of sky, not getting caught in the passing weather.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so we'll practice together like this in silence.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Then I'll guide us back with my voice when it's time
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): him
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and exhale
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): dancing with devotion
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to the divine.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Who am I beyond
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the roles that I play.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and the labels that I give myself or other people put on me.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Each one of us is so much more
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): than any title or any word.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): any role, even the most sacred
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): parent, lover.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): caregiver, friend.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we're ever expanding
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): pieces of the infinite sparks of light.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): uncontainable.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): creative fragments of the universe
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in our true essence.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like Krishna to Arjena.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you shine so bright that
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): naked eye
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): doesn't even know how to make out
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): our form.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so sometimes we put these labels
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just to be intelligible, just to make sense
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to ourselves and others.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But what if you don't have to make sense?
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Who are you.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): if you're always already loved, always already understood.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): without needing to fit
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): into any kind of box.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Red, dim your light.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): contain your
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): expansion.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Mishara Panitanna
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): devotion
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to the divine
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that is within you and and each of us.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): until you breath in
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and full breath out
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in a moment I'll invite us to move from
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a reflective way, being to continuing that reflection. But in our journals or in the chat.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll take some time to write
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): any.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Has any
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): reflections on who you are, beyond the roles
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or anything else that has arisen
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in our practice.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Invite the bell.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and well
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): reflect in writing.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): play some music, and then we'll share. If you would like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): transitioning to your journal, or to
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): chat.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): will reflect in writing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): O,
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Do you?
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Taking a moment to finish
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): up your thoughts.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): taking a sip of water.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): love to invite.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): if you would like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): light a candle.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you'd like to use
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): my candle.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Invite us to take a moment to gaze into that flame.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and, as always, option to gaze
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): blinking.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as you normally would, or unblinking.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): practicing Cha. Tech.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): taking care
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for perception.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting with the flame
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a slight, the light of wisdom, light within.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): noticing, even as it changes, it's
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): enduring essence.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): noticing it's movement.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): expansion, and contraction.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): The way that
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it enter is with you, perhaps
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): changing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with your breath.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with your energy
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): now closing your eyes, and if you'd like, or just gently letting your gaze go soft
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and visualizing this flame inside.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and with your mind's eye
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): honoring
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with the flame, with the light.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): all of the roles that you play, and all of you the uncontainable that is beyond
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): theme, form, shape
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to that infinite.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): expanding, ever tainting.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): creative possibility
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): can bow.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you for your presence and for your practice.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Taking a moment
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to move a little bit.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): flow left and right.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe taking in form and color.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then we'll come into our sacred circle
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): invitation to share.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And you can share anything.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): process or practice
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anything that arose. And you're journaling or reflecting
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anything happening in your life that you'd like to explore Yogic perspective on.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you for practicing.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And especially, you know, I know we really kind of like slowed way down. And sometimes in the middle of the day.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's hard to do that. So I really wanna acknowledge you for
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): whatever amount you are able to participate in that practice, rather countercultural
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): of practice.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So an invitation
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to share. If you would like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): chat or out loud.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Tom.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I can practice.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe even teach in small ways, unambitiously, lazily.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): usefully.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Movement can be small and still have an effect.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): cute
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anyone else.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Wonder if I relaxed us all so much that we're kind of beyond words.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or we relaxed.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Not really an eye
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): does. It
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): is reflecting on the theme of
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as far as trying to done it today. But also that practice came from a lot of what I'm moving through.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I had
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a beautiful opportunity to be on retreat.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And I'm thinking about ways to bring that experience
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): into more and more places, whether like this online or
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): small, like more accessible kind of simple gatherings.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But what was really beautiful is, we spent a week together, and we didn't talk so much about what we do or what our roles are.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We very intentionally more just, were like we were focused on being and having experiences together.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so I've been reflecting on that like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that shift, and how important it is, and also how rare it is, especially in Western
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): societies and civilization.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Bonnie, I fell asleep for a moment to remember I was in the Ycc. Fruity and practice. Oh, that's beautifully, please. If and I should have said this too, like, if you're asleep like.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): stay
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): stay there.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's in out. It's already jazzy. And this rest was appreciated.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): who I am beyond
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): roles and names the lover of my life and the caretaker of myself.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yes.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): thank you.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then out
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Teresa, beyond names and roles. I think of myself as a giver of light.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It brings me great pleasure to serve.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I believe I am honoring myself, but sometimes I give too much to others, and forget to give to myself as well.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yes.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): feeling that
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I've been finding the kind of practice that we did like really slow rhythmic.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I've been finding that to be a way to give back to myself
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as a practitioner, and to really like take the time to care for me and to honor my own nervous system.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): because so much of our nervous systems are so
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): overloaded and in the world, and with everything going on and in our lives.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So just remembering that it doesn't, you know, kind of like.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Tom said.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it doesn't have to be
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): big. It can be
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): small and have an effect. The ways we care for ourselves as well.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Testing one of my guts.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): one of my cats came to yell at me during the rest and reflection he always shows up during your Pujat's. Wow!
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): That's that's really sweet.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): The yelling I don't know.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but a yelling cat sounds kind of cute.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I don't know if it's cute
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): anyone else
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): halting him. Now.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): my body is in freeze, and this puja has been a restoring company. Yeah.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah. And even just like, really.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you know, taking the time to rock, to squeeze, to
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like these self soothing
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): practices
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that can help us, or the tightening and then the releasing. I remember my dad teaching me that when I was
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): little little like 8 or 9, and couldn't fall asleep.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and the night he would guide me to do the Titan and release Titan and release, and it was so
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): hard to do in the moment to be honest, but then really helpful afterwards.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): hmm.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Anyone else.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm feeling like it might be nice to just
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): float off into silence and quiet, and so I'll be here
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in silence with you all.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and you can
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): distantly.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): B, because sometimes I've been thinking a lot about
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Amber Karnes.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): who used to teach Yoga, and now does all sorts of other creative things
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): brought up the concept recently of
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): body doubling where you are with someone else like
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): getting work done, or.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you know, meditating for me
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): is another another one of those places. So just continuing to share space.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then we'll just gently fade out, maybe without sound. So I'll turn off the ability to
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to unmute so that way. If folks are
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): falling asleep you can.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then at around the hour I'll close the meeting, so we'll just be together, sharing space
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): calmly, quietly, maybe journaling, maybe. Eyes closed, meditating, resting
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): gaze softly focused.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you.