Greetings, wonderful humans! If you were unable to join live on 4/17/25 kindly watch the recording and share your reaction as you are able. Please review the offered sequence PDF and practice customizing this to your personal voice and potential needs of those you (plan to) serve. Please also note that I did not share the planned discussion on Svadhyaya (self study) and that topis will be offered next week.
Hello, I was able to join for most of the live session, I missed the beginning 45 minutes or so. I really am enjoying the peer led experience and getting to work with our group and then teach to the other group, so thank you for creating space for this! I am also finding the templates helpful as options and go-tos as a starting place.
I enjoyed this week's sequence that was offered, it felt like a good mix of different poses both seated and standing and having the prop as part of the practice allowed for a lot of variations and modifications. I think if I were to offer this to a group that I am serving I would incorporate this toward the middle of our time together if I was noticing the group was ready because to me this flow offered a little more challenge.
One thing that came up in our group was I led the savasana, and I used a PYP facilitator's words and actions about myself as the facilitator being aware of the group and keeping my eyes open to keep the group safe if group members wanted to close their eyes during the resting portion. The group talked about how this can be supportive for folks who have experienced trauma and may not feel comfortable totally closing their eyes and letting their guard down, so wanted to mention it here for others as well.