7- Candle Light Yoga, At Home.

The title says it, but not all.

Deb Light came to the house to give a very special gift.  She orchestrated a couples yoga, yin yoga style.

My house is very sparse, almost as sparse as a yoga studio. The floors are maple, unstained with a natural finish. In the living room, we have a woven, wool rug in a tribal Afghan style;  the colors are rust, olive, gold and brown. The furniture is all dark brown with brightly colored pillows.  We have a few treasures from travels including Nepalese incense burners and prayer wheels, Guatemalan Masks and Weavings, a statue of the Chinese god of happiness ( I forget his name now), and all sorts of other little, simple things reminding me of who I am and where I am going.

When Deb arrived, we had every candle in the house lit, the yoga mats spread in front of the fireplace and the furniture moved to make room for our evening. Soft Asian music played in the background.

Deb made herself at home and brought out some Thai prayer chimes, a book of prepared readings and a CD of prayer bowls chiming.

We started on our yoga mats in the candlelit room, in front of the fire sitting cross-legged and back to back.  We were using one another as props for posture as we breathed in unison, deeply and peacefully.

In yin, the poses are long and intentional.  Even the breathing is deep, long and intentional. Sitting with one you love in these long intentional poses, breathing as one is a deeply relaxing and connecting exercise.

The entire evening of poses continued in this manner.  All the poses somehow involved touch and connections.

Deb has a very soothing, calm voice and manner about her. She specifically selected readings for us that she would recite while in our poses.  Her placid manner allowed us to relax into the pose and meditated on her musings.

The night ended in Savasana, as expected.  However the usual soft and easy touch was extended to a few deeper massages that really sank us into an opiate-like relaxed state. Deb changed the audio wash of prayer bowls to a soothing music of a modern, Middle Eastern vibe.

After the practice concluded, we invited Deb to stay for a late, light faire dinner of garden fresh tomatoes stuffed with a corn salad, a curried rice and veggie salad and roasted red potatoes with garlic, olive oil, rosemary and sea-salt…  Yes, I love to cook and have people over for dinner.

I highly encourage you to have this event in your home, with someone you love, with someone close, with someone you thoroughly enjoy being connected to. Your connection will be deeper.



Namaste-