200 hours seems like an absurd amount of time, doesn't it? In reality it takes 200 hours plus a lifetime to follow the journey of yoga. As I look through my Bodhi yoga manual, it strikes me just how much Yoga has become THE thread of my life. It is what holds me together. My interactions,… Continue reading Finishing 200 hours of YTT
Said a student of mine last night during study hall. My teens have a weekly assignment to reflect on one of the yamas or niyamas and how it manifested throughout their week. This particular student hadn't turned in one assignment which makes you figure they are just NOT interested in seeking more depth. I'm so… Continue reading “It’s sort of like philosophy.”
The first time I heard people soup was during a New Moon intention setting night with two women who get it. What a brilliant term: people soup. Lines bleed, ends meet and familiarity is mixed equally with discomfort. Bodhi Yin, or Restorative Partner Yoga, are where I most find myself in people soup. The progression… Continue reading People soup
Beginning my Bodhi Yoga journey, I was confused by the format of using storytelling to teach. My past experience in dance had always been taught step-by-step and only when you are awarded the opportunity to teach, may you teach. As far as creating content goes, good luck to you! Needless to stay I was used… Continue reading Bodhi Yoga 200-hour YTT Reflections
Dear pain, You only exist in my farthest thoughts now. Actually, you only ever existed in my thoughts anyway! So why do I spend so much time thinking about you and all of the horrible things you have put me through? The other day I witnessed someone kicking pain out the door, throwing all its… Continue reading Dear pain… a breakup letter
What good is a compass if you don't know what North, East, South and West mean? Conversely, why have North, East, South and West if there's no map to orient to them. Teaching movement based practices like and dance, yoga and traditional exercise, it's clear to me that without internal and external awareness, we are… Continue reading Around the Block | Connecting internal and external awareness (part 1)
Pratyahara, to withdraw from the senses, is the fifth limb of Patanjali's ashtanga, or eight-limb path, and has been defined in multiple ways and perspectives throughout my yoga journey. I've heard it is the deep point of savasana, when in yoga nidra, where your body is non-responsive to stimulus. There is part of your consciousness… Continue reading Thoughts on Pratyahara
I'm about to spew a whole bunch of thoughts on things I don't know about but think are true because in another universe--they are! My partner and I were discussing matters of the universe last night. Entropy, some nihilism, and the idea that we are run, created and at the mercy of a computer, i.e.… Continue reading Let there be light!
Trying to work with un-me is like asking a tree what it wants for lunch. There's some life present but all you get are false persuasions from the wind that lead this way and that. Where does un-me come from? I don't want to know. Here's my process of finding me again. As thoughts pass… Continue reading Working with un-you
Death to the ego, Birth the essence. Flood the walls, Gasp for the truth. Erase the aesthetic, Reveal the ID. Smother disdain, Rise for empathy. Vacate envy, Enter mudita. Kiera Lucich is a neural integration specialist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. She's the owner of Smart Move Wellness,… Continue reading Yoga is Death | A poem
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