In music, a transition, a bridge leads from the verse to the theme- the chorus.
Baking leads from the individual ingredients, to dough, to heat, to a finished bread.
Transitions in painting move from pigment to canvas, to image.
Like shifting gears in a car, it is the grace with which you depress the clutch, release the accelerator, select the new gear and ease the clutch back in without feeling a grind or lurch in the car. This is the essence of a transition. Hopefully, your transitions are smooth.
Often times transitions are thought of as a necessary step to get to a goal, a destination. In Yoga managing the transitions and embracing them with flow makes for an easier, enjoyable path.
Today at Namaspa I was reminded of the importance of this flow and how the transitions are essential to flow. The poses are all the same poses we are exposed to at each of the studios. However, each instructor has a different flow.
Susie at Namaspa has a very smooth flow. She offers dialog that assists in where the class is and where we will be going. As the poses change, there is always a vinyasa (a short routine) that leads effortlessly into the the next set of poses.
It is in this flow that yoga can feel like a dance. Dancing with a partner with whom you have a flow is far more pleasurable than one with two left feet. Each of us have a way about ourselves that will flow with another and a way about ourselves that will grind gears.
Today was like water flowing. Yes, that is a metaphor and triple entendre referencing my perspiration, the down-pouring rain and Suzie's flow.
Next class, I will take a towel and hope for flow.
Namaste-
You are really inspiring me to get back into yoga classes again. Summer's busy-ness had bumped it out of my schedule. :(
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