03/15/2020
Greetings,
With much thought and prayer I have decided to cancel my classes for the remainder of the month due to the virus. The latest from the CDC is that there have been cases where the virus has spread by people who have been asymptomatic.
Most of you have been with me for a long time and I know can create a home practice on your own if you wish to do so during this time. There are also a lot of good videos online as well.
Some of the yoga instructors I follow are;
Rodney Yee
Colleen Saidman Yee
Patricia Walden
Sadi Nardini
Down Dog yoga app (free now due to COVID-19)
Below is an excerpt from an article in the Yoga Journal that best expresses my thoughts at this time;
“It’s easy for yoga teachers and studio owners to proclaim today that “The world needs yoga, now more than ever.” But what the world really needs most in this moment is for us to stay home. As much as possible. You see, this novel coronavirus is just that, novel. And we don’t really know how many infected-but-asymptomatic people are contagious. And our glorious gatherings of practitioners in public yoga classes, festivals, and at other events require us to come together, often in warm, moist environments that could be giving the virus more droplets to congregate in and more sticky surfaces to cling to. There’s too much we don’t know yet to make decisions about how it will or won’t transmit.
I wholeheartedly agree that the practice of yoga is a refuge. But it was never meant to be a place to escape from the world. It is a refuge in which to cultivate the tools and resources to be in graceful relationship with all that arises, come what may. The love and the light as well as the pandemics and fear and everything in between. And whether you are in the physical presence of a teacher and students or in class or not, your practice is with you and there for you. All the practices that have taken root in your being are now available to you to navigate losses of all kinds, health scares, and fear for your family and for your future. For our future. Your practice is already in you.
I believe this universal disruption of every aspect of our lives is an opportunity, albeit an extraordinarily painful one, for us to learn the difference between reaction and response. To evaluate what is truly important and worthy of our life force. To see what we DO have, not just what we’ve lost. To understand what self-care we need to feel the proverbial ground beneath our feet. To explore how we can put our years of practice into play and look beyond the self. To get creative with how we stay connected and support and hold space for each other. To innovate.”
It is a great article that I would encourage you to read in its entirety. Link is below.
Hopefully we can resume in April. I will keep you posted.
Take care of yourself and may we get through this together with consideration and kindness.
Namasté,
Mardell
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