I don’t know what it’s like at your house, but during this time of year I’m quite sure that my house feels like it’s cracked open like a nut so that I can get to those dusty baseboards, dirty windows, and sticky floors. It’s spring cleaning time. And while it’s a huge chore and determined undertaking, I enjoy it. It’s so lovely to have an area so squeaky clean.
Another point of discovery: through clean windows I see this beautiful garden that my husband and I started last year. It spans the width of our back fence and is filled with purple, red, orange, and yellow flowers just beginning to peek out of their buds. The aspen trees are full and our new maple tree is just starting to push out some new leaves.
Along with all of the post-winter excitement and spring green taking over the bareness of last season, our bodies feel that same need to stretch, break open, and start fresh from a new place. Twists are a very nurturing and natural way to detox our bodies just as we detox our homes and nature detoxes our surroundings. We move from a state of sluggishness in the hips, pelvic girdle, middle back, heart, and shoulders into a luscious state of freedom when we open up in a twisting practice.
This week, we’ll be exploring various twists. It’s important to keep your intention in a strong root system, just like all of those plants and trees in the backyard: they’ve been dormant through the winter yet still focused on reaching through the soil and expanding their roots. Find that foundation through strong legs and feet, and feel your body open and grow from the sturdiness you discover in your pelvis and back body. Finding your alignment is like floating.
Scrub away. Twist and shout. Pose and repose. And hang on, because the seasons just keep getting sweeter!
Namaste.
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