When we know our predominant dosha we can begin to recognize our imbalances so that we can balance and create the best conditions in our bodies (or ‘fields’) to give our seeds the best chance of growth. Simply put, to become our healthiest and most fertile selves.
Hot yoga (and yoga for fitness) embraces masculine energy: heat, doing, performing, forcing, and pushing. This is agni – fire/sun energy. We already live in a male dominated society that uplifts and celebrates these qualities. It’s exhausting and as a default, much of the strength of our feminine energy is being lost.
Rather than going political with this blog, I am choosing to go practical.
Because healing and making sense of life is where yoga truly shines.
There is a lot of misinformation floating around out there about why yoga teachers often say no inversions while you’re on your period.
Fertility Yoga is not be prescriptive – there is no secret sequence of asana to be done x times per week. The essence of yoga incorporates holistic wisdom for all the layers of self – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic.
Nurturing and freeing your creative expression, nurtures and frees your fertility
It’s unfortunate that somewhere along the way, using Yoga props began to be seen as a crutch or weakness. That the mere thought of using a block in triangle pose showed that you weren’t a ‘good yogi’ (whatever that means).
“Now knowing the biology of how stress and relaxation affects our reproductive biology, we can begin to take action to reduce stress by increasing relaxation. The goal is not to try to remove stressors (they happen!) but rather to minimize chronic stress.”
“I came to the mat in a gentle, nurturing way – to heal and to come to peace with our situation. Yoga was my mother and she nursed me back to health.”
Join Spirit Baby Medium – Justine Cohen & Fertility Yoga Teacher – Kerry Hinds for this special experience.
Saturday, April 15th, 10am – 12pm PDT
