Elizabeth Pauncz Yoga

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SEEDS TO GROW ON
I was delighted to find that my Cyclamen flower had matured and was ready to release its seeds. This process had taken months.
Once again nature had taught me patience.

If I listen to nature's lesson, I learn to trust the path my life is taking and not to be upset if things don't proceed as rapidly nor quite in the way I'd planned. The plant taught me that when the time is right, the seeds are automatically "taken care of".

THERE’S NO STOPPING NATURE

Sometimes we have the impression that we can have things the way we want.

But the garlic that I used today showed me a different story.

Each clove is beginning to feel the pull of springtime and the green shoots are responding to the call to move into their next transformation.

They are reminding me that there is a natural order or progression of time and to relax into this process because it is going to happen – like it or not.

Carina

TELL ME WHAT YOGA IS?

Do you really think that Yoga is only asanas?
Or perhaps Pranayama
Meditation and Savasana?
There needs space for laughter, joy
and even tears
True openness then appears.
Today before my “easy” Yoga lesson,
I baked bomboloni and prepared spice tea
for my student friends.

Sitting around the table, we became gleeful girls,
remembering the five o’clock snacks of our youth.
It was such a playful way to end a lesson.
I think these moments can be considered happy Yoga.

DAFFODILS – LITTLE SUNS OF ALLEGRIA

There are a few fields in the outskirts of Florence where wild daffodils still grow.

When I studied Yoga with Vanda, after my lesson at this time of the year, I would walk through the olive trees to ford a small creek and climb up a muddy bank to miraculously encounter “a crowd, a host of golden daffodils” …truly “a jocund company.”

I would pick a small bunch of these little suns for the two of us.

Their colorful proclamations of joy are available at this moment if you live in an area of a country where they grow. Failing that, however, we have an “inward eye” that can see them and bring us allegria.



Quotes from Wordsworth, William - Daffodils

ONE PLANT – ONE PERSON

When I walked into the greenhouse of my garden center, the unmistakable fragrance of orange blossoms struck me immediately.🍊

Walking through the rows of flowers, I hunted for the ones that were so powerful.
Much to my surprise, there was just one orange plant. 🌸

A thought came to me: even one person – you or me – can also have a similar positive effect, without even realizing it.💫

YOGA AND TAKING A RISK
I watched baby monkeys leap, fearlessly, surprising distances as they played with their brothers and sisters.
They did not realize that they could have fallen.
Many of us in our early years of Yoga training may have had a similar attitude.
Over time, it is easy to lose this daring approach and without realizing it, we may avoid an asana that is challenging.
Today is a good day to find joy and imitate the monkey in the photo.

I'm just back from my latest trip to India. It involved an ayurvedic week in an incredible Hertiage House with very professional care.