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Description
Rest & Digest
Sidereal Sagittarius Lunation
About
Following the lunar cycle offers you an opportunity to practice balancing experiences of reflection and action. This is a critical response to western imperialism’s prioritization, encouragement and rewarding of action to and beyond the point of overwhelm and burn out.
This session is intended to embrace the energy of reflection, creating space to let go of what has not worked over this lunar cycle, integrate what has and prepare for rest as the cycle comes to an end.
Practices can include guided visualizations, mantra, individual oracle card pulls, a talking circle, gentle movement and breath.
Please note:
- This is a live session only; there will be no replay available so please ensure that you are able to attend during the time that it is offered.
Accessibility
- A video-capable device is recommended but not required. Attendees may keep their videos off for privacy or comfort, and are free to leave at any time.
- This session may or may not be recorded. If it is, only the image of active speakers will be captured and it would be paused for sharing circle and card pulls; the recording will not be distributed to participants.
- This session will be in English. Zoom’s auto-captioning feature will be enabled.
- It may be helpful to have something to write on and something to write with during this session.
- This is a trauma-informed, invitational space. You may take part in/skip any exercises as you wish.
- Please email Tara at Connect@TheOnePersonRevolution.org for other accessibility needs and/or questions.
How is this an expression of Patañjali’s Yoga?
In the first pāda (book) of the Yoga Sūtra, Patañjali describes seven antidotes to distractions that prevent us from even beginning our engagement in yoga practice. The following three antidotes are the inspiration for this session:
Yoga Sūtra I.35
Sanskrit Language with Devanāgarī Alphabet:
विषयवती वा प्रवृत्तिरुत्पन्ना मनसः स्थितिनिबन्धिनी
International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST):
viṣayavatī vā pravṛttir-utpannā manasaḥ sthiti nibandhanī
An English Translation:
Or [note: this comes in the middle of the list of antidotes] by binding the mind into stillness to observe the contents of the mind as they arise.
Yoga Sūtra I.37
Sanskrit Language with Devanāgarī Alphabet:
वीतरागविषयं वा चित्तम्
International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST):
vītarāgaviṣayaṃ vā cittam
An English Translation:
Or by thoughts free from objects of desire.
Yoga Sūtra I.38
Sanskrit Language with Devanāgarī Alphabet:
स्वप्ननिद्राज्ञानालम्बनं वा
International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST):
svapna-nidrā jñānālambanaṃ vā
An English Translation:
Or by insights gained from sleep and dream states.
This first antidote (YS I.35) guides you to practice resting your focus in one place. This allows you to strengthen your muscle of noticing, overpowering and checking harmful tendencies as they arise (see also YS III.9-.10), ultimately leading to a reduction in mental strife.
The second antidote (YS I.37) invites you to let go. Attachment to objects (both gross and subtle) indicates your need to self-understand by way of them which will ultimately uphold confusion about yourself. This sūtra reminds you that your identity does not have to depend on accumulation.
And in this final antidote (YS I.38) you are shown the value of dream states, in that they can reveal your tendencies and also the contingency of things in the natural order. After you dream, you realize that the world could be different than it is.
This Rest & Digest session is an expression of these antidotes in practice.
The source for all Yoga Sūtra references on this page is: Patañjali. Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra: Translation, Commentary and Introduction. Translated by S. Ranganathan. Edited by S. Ranganathan, Black Classics. Delhi: Penguin Black Classics, 2008.
You can find Dr. Shyam Ranganathan’s work at: www.yogaphilosophy.com
The Reclaim. Framework
In the reclaim. framework, this session falls within (p)reclaim., meaning that it is intended as an antidote to distractions that scatter the mind and impede one’s ability to practice yoga. You can read about all parts of the framework here: www.theonepersonrevolution.org/the-reclaim-framework.
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Image description: Tara - in a white body - at night lying on a blue sleeping pad wearing a bug netting hat. They are smiling and giving a thumbs up.
Welcome! I am grateful for the opportunity to share this digital space with you. My name is Tara (they/them) and I am a Yoga philosophy teacher.
My vision is an uprising of the one person revolution, where every human being has the freedom to choose to take effective self-responsibility. As such, my offerings center on empowering clients to take charge of, and be responsible for, their own life.
I have completed 575 certified hours in Yoga studies, and am currently in the midst of completing 100 continuing education hours. I am also in the process of becoming a Certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication. You can find out more about my experience here: www.theonepersonrevolution.org/about-tara/#experience.
When I consider the intrinsic value of rest, I think of this passage and mantra from the Upaniṣad-s. So I will leave it for you here to take in as you wish.
Sanskrit Language with Devanāgarī Alphabet:
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते |
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते |
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः |
International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST):
oṃ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
(Here are Sanskrit pronunciation guides for vowels, consonants and semi-vowels.)
An English Translation:
Oṃ. All this is full. All that is full.
From fullness, fullness comes
When fullness is taken from fullness,
Fullness still remains.
Oṃ. Peace. Peace. Peace.
“I just want to say, the guided meditation was like a mini vacation so thank you for that! It just transports you somewhere else and then when you come back it’s like- refreshed. It’s just a wonderful feeling. Thank you so much for the guided meditation!”
“Tara held such a beautiful, solid space (not everyone has developed that ability). It is quite noticeable energetically as I was able to have a deep experience within my Sacred Garden. Thank-you again!”
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