#merdeka2021
A lovely sweet reminder, slowly slowly for better.
Om Namah Shivaia
Om Namah Shivaia
Om Namah Shivaia
Om Namah
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Posted @withregram • @asanasketch 🕉 PARIVRTTA HASTA PADANGUSTHASANA
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Parivrtta = revolved
Hasta = hand
Pada = foot
Angusta = big toe
Asana = pose
["Revolved Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose"/ "Dancing Shiva Pose"]
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At first this #AsanaSketch wasn't *really* about the asana. I just wanted to put something out there to show all of the nurses & other healthcare workers on the frontlines that we see them and we are SO SO thankful for everything they are sacrificing right now to keep us all safe.
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But then I decided to do a bit of research into where the alternate name of "Dancing Shiva Pose" comes from, and stumbled across this really powerful description in a @yoga_international article about this asana
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In Indian mythology, Shiva is the god of both destruction and transformation.
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The name Shiva comes from a Sanskrit root that means liberation or freedom.
Shiva manages to find a blissful state of being amidst constant change and chaos.
Dancing Shiva pose provides an opportunity to embody blissful stillness in the midst of a challenge.
We remain strong and steady in our foundation while enduring the motion and changes that come in any standing balance pose.
We remember to stay playful and lighthearted while remaining grounded in our true nature.
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So a post that started out not-really-about-the-asana turns out to be all about the asana (funny how that happens).
At this crucial moment in history, we should all seek to embody Dancing Shiva.
Find that stillness in this time of constant change, challenge and chaos.
Trust in your strong and steady foundation.
Remain grounded in who you are.
You've got this. We've got this.
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To all of the nurses, doctors and other healthcare & essential workers who are working around the clock on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic: Thank You. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
We will never be able to say it enough times, or often enough, or to enough of you.
THANK YOU.
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And to everyone else: STAY AT HOME.
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#gracestralaguide
