All Flowers Bend Towards the Sun!
Yoga Flow and Writing By ~ Monique Morris and Jamila Emily
This flow is inspired by the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower — a potent red flower with powerful healing properties for blood and heart health. It is native to both of our Caribbean homelands and is an agua [hibiscus water] that we lovingly harvested the fruits of [disfrutamos] during our travels in Mexico. Mexico is a land and a culture that honors beauty and preciousness, and it is where this sequence was dreamed and formed.
The flow centralizes backbends which are intrinsically heart openers. Paired with Alabaster Deplume’s “Don’t Forget You’re Precious,” we offer this as a call to action to remember that the intentional and authentic cultivation of ourselves and love for ourselves, is healing for the world. That to open up like a flower gives others permission to stop and take a breath.
We strive to remember that our inherent preciousness lies not in the pursuit of external validation or the ephemeral trappings of success, but in the essence of our being. It emanates from the depths of our consciousness, where dreams, emotions, and the capacity for empathy reside.
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Although I won’t continue reminding you, remember that you are precious. It is safe to realize this, and to do whatever it takes to be the clarity in this confusing world. Know you are powerful enough to change the narrative within and without. Know your self talk is prayer in creation, molding our days.
My sisters won’t let me forget that I’m precious. She says girl don’t you know you’re damn precious, then all that’s sticky falls off and there she stand in my eyes also as precious. We don’t always remember it, but we know this down into our soul that all we are engulfed in is inherently miraculous and in hindsight precious.
Moreover, understanding our preciousness engenders a profound responsibility. So we learn to breathe deeper, to appreciate the floor beneath us, the stars above and we show others how to do it too. It is a call to nurture not only our individual well-being but also the collective harmony of our shared home, Earth.
So just don’t do it, don’t forget you are precious and they won’t use us against one another.
Give thanks to the Most High 𓄂
