call to consciousness
call to consciousness
redefining collective consciousness
Our society is being called to disconnect. To stay home. To retreat in order to prevent.
It’s smart, it really is. It’s important and it’s vital to the outcome of this wild thing we are going through.
In this moment, our success as a nation is dependent on isolation.
We want to redefine what this means— or rather bring a new light or awareness around what this could represent for us as a society. We work so hard to create connection with each other because we tend to live in a survival mentality. Every (wo)man against each other, whether it’s an intentional thought or not. We get caught in a comparison game that pulls us out of our core foundations.
Rather than seeing this call to action as a means to disconnect— how can we create deeper collective consciousness to form deeper connections when we are able to reunite. What can you be doing in this time to take care and nurture your mental and physical health? What can you do to dig a little deeper within?
Rather than creating a collective panic— what about creating a collective awareness of self.
Can we find a renewed sense of living within our means in this time? Collectively stepping back to reassess where we are at. What is important to us. What is essential to what we are each offering to the greater good. We have an opportunity to get really clear on what we actually need to live.
Within isolation or distancing, we challenge you to notice your tendency to want to numb out. When life feels uncertain and we can’t calculate things, we tend to want to escape. And we have an opportunity to arrive. Fully present. Fully generous with our presence.
Friends, this is an opportunity to get to know yourself better. Through reflection, to observe, orient a plan, take care of your home, check in with your body. Don’t let the isolation rob you of the opportunity we have to slow down, the presence, the ability to heal, and to help the world heal. Danielle Doby says, “when we heal, the world heals.” start by reestablishing conscious connection to YOU. Putting intention behind it all.
Please value the precautions and stay grounded. It starts with each one of us doing our part so that we can move on from this and reunite.
We love you so much.
bring it in
A slow, yummy, conscious movement sequence built by Myra Chopp
Make yourself a little playlist to run through as you dedicate just a little time for you. Here’s what I chose for you. For this. For how I’m feeling right in this moment. Coming back to the basics, reminding ourselves all we need is breath and body, and music…let’s be real.
“Control” by Sabrina Claudio
+ “Honey” by Raveena
+ “Talking to Myself” by Gallant
Mantra : “I held my fear by the hand, honored its existence, and thanked it for teaching me that happiness exists beyond the boundaries it creates.” Yung Pueblo
Begin in child’s pose. Take your knees really wide. Okay, now a little wider. Melt your chest to your mat and reach your fingertips as far forward as they’ll go. Now take some full, deep cleansing breaths. Full inhales in, all the way in through the nose, hold just for a moment at the top, and then completely exhale out your mouth, allowing your breath to be audible. Maybe sticking out your tongue, letting them grow into lion’s breaths. Allowing the vibration of your breath to soothe your soul and ease your mind. Using your breath as the magical tool it is. To release. To rid. To cleanse. To restore.
Take your time here. Take time with yourself. Sit in the moment, without trying to jump ahead. You deserve your attention. Maybe you can feel your heartbeat. Come back to this. Come back to the rhythm of your heart. To the beat of your breath. Use your breath, your constant inhales and exhales to remind yourself you’re safe. Maybe you come up with a mantra to keep returning to. Maybe you keep one of these in your mind for the days to come. “I am safe. I am in my body. I give myself permission to feel without judgement. I am worthy of being gentle to. What I am feeling makes sense. I feel because I am alive.” These are just some ideas. For me, I keep reeling myself back in by showing myself safety IN THIS MOMENT, through the breath and the body. Through MY breath and MY body. Through movement. Through stillness. Through connection. Through really tuning in, especially went I want to numb out the most. Feeling whatever it is that arises. I am safe. You are safe.
In this child’s pose, engage your back body to pull your shoulders away from the ears. Then still reaching your fingers forward, come up onto the tips of your fingers, to feel the stretch in a different way. Now just gently turn your head side to side as your forehead rests on your mat. Begin to introduce a little movement into the hips. Wiggling, swaying, using your breath to guide you. Close your eyes and be here with yourself. Begin to come into your body. Begin to connect all the pieces of you. Right on your mat. In your house. In the midst of the confusion and chaos. This time is yours. Take a full inhale all the way in through the nose and as you exhale, slowly creep your hands off the right side of your mat, opening up the left side body. Really reaching. Maybe further than you’ve ever reached. Feeling it all. Spend a couple breaths experiencing the opening, inhale your way back through center, and as you exhale, take your hands off your mat, reaching all the way to the left. Follow suit on this side and then come back through center. Take a full breath here, and then on your next inhale, pop yourself up into a table top pose. Hands under shoulders, fingers spread wide. Knees under hips. Begin to take this dance with yourself of fluid cat/cows. Inhaling, dropping your belly as your gaze rises and your tailbone reaches high, exhaling, rounding your spine, drawing your chin to your chest, creating space in between each vertebrae, really pushing strong through your palms, through each fingertip. Maybe moving your booty side to side as you inhale, and rounding out your spine as you exhale. Bending through your elbows, moving your spine in all seven directions. Exploring your body. Exploring the space you’re creating. Spend more time than you think you should in these cat/cows. Connection to the body through the breath is powerful, and that’s why we move. To connect in. To feel. To show ourselves what it feels like to live awake, in our bodies, and in our minds. You’re safe. I’m safe.
After you’ve created the connection to yourself through this movement of cat/cows, come through to a neutral spine. Take a full inhale in, and as you exhale tuck your toes and push your hips high, right into a downward facing dog. Begin to pedal out your feet, sway your hips from side to side. Maybe you bend a knee as you straighten the other, coming up onto your heel of the straight leg, pushing into the hip of your bent knee. Engage your back body as you draw your shoulder blades down your back. This is an active pose. Spread your fingers really wide, and pull your chest toward your thighs. Work for that inverted V. Lengthen your spine. Release the tension in your neck, as you shake your head yes and then shake your head no. Unclench your jaw. Feel your body. Feel the expansion, the opening. Once again, come back to the breath, To your life force. Take those big, full cleansing breaths, just as you did to begin your practice. Full inhales all the way in, feel your lungs fill, the air swirl in your belly, and exhale as you engage the core, totally empting it all. All of it. Releasing.
The rest is up to you. You know what feels good to you. Maybe lifting a leg as you bend, twist, and open. Maybe you take some twists in this down dog, grabbing for your ankle with the opposite hand. Maybe you step it up and open up into a wide forward fold, where you allow your top half to hang heavy. Maybe you fall back into that table, and work backwards. Ending with your forehead on the mat. Feeling the earth support you. The options are endless. You just have to trust yourself enough to know to listen in. Just as I am continually learning to trust I’ll lead my own way, I have to keep showing myself, over and over again. I am safe to follow. I am worthy of following my intuition. I know the way. All I have to do is listen in. Breathe. Connect. Feel. All of it. No more running. No more numbing. Especially not now. This is the opportunity to slow down, to reflect, to show ourselves all the hard work we’ve been doing. I am safe. You are safe.
# The Space for Collective Consciousness
INSTAGRAM CHALLENGE
MARCH 16 - 20
DAY 1 / Monday - balance pose - when our world tests our balance, how do you bring yourself back to you?
DAY 2 / Tuesday - meditation pose - how do pause, find stillness in the eye of the storm?
DAY 3 / Wednesday - warrior pose - you’re a warrior! What is your favorite warrior variation?
DAY 4 / Thursday - release - how do you release tension, move your body? Take your hair out, jump around, what does release look like for you?
DAY 5 / Friday - inversion - when your perspective is flipped upside, it can create opportunity for clarity, what’s your favorite inversion pose?
HOW TO PLAY :
Each day, post a photo / video of your pose and share your response to each days reflection.
Must have profile set to public so we can track, each post is one point. Must tag @thespacebrighton on photo, must hashtag #theSpaceForCollectiveConsciousness
Prizes:
1. One Month Unlimited Yoga
2. 5 Class Pack
3. 1 Full Red Room Session
