fandomhigh | Yogalaties, Sesson 3

Class was being held outside in the grass today, a note on the door directing the students to the commen area.

"Good morning you three. I hope that you all are enjoying yourself. Now, with the workshop. Meaning union with the divine, yoga is a philosophy and discipline applied to the development of mind, body, and spirit. There are many disciplines of yoga emphasizing different aspects or combination of mind body spirit. Through practices of holding a variety of body positions or asanas, and the centering of the mind and breath in a meditative way, the practitioner increases body awareness, posture, flexibility of body and mind and calmness of spirit.

Please follow what I I do as best you can, and once I have shown you the pose, I will then show you an easier version.

Sit upright in a chair or cross-legged on the floor. Make sure your spine is comfortably straight: Your chin should be parallel to the floor, your shoulders relaxed, your hands either folded in your lap or resting on your knees, your abdomen slightly tightened but not forcefully sucked in. "You should feel suspended by an invisible thread between the ground and the sky," says Bingham.
Close your eyes and follow your breath through your nostrils down to the base of your spine. Feel your upper back lengthening, your rib cage expanding and a slight tightening of the belly. As you exhale, feel a slight contraction upward from the pubic bone to the navel to the solar plexus, as the spine and lower back flatten. The breath should be long and smooth.
There's a natural pause of approximately two seconds after each inhale/exhale cycle. After two repetitions, try to increase that pause by another second. Repeat this cycle until you reach a maximum pace at which you are comfortable, then do 12 repetitions at your longest breath.

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"Fell asleep on the beach during astronomy. You'd think *someone* might have noticed and woken me up." Lana shrugged. "Barely woke up in time to get to class."

Phoebe frowned. "Someone should have noticed you had fallen asleep."

"They probably figured I was going to stay till sunrise to watch Venuis rise and just ignored me." Lana shrugged. "What can you do?"

Phoebe still didn't look happy.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm dirty and gritty and wearing yesterday's clothes," Lana said, making a face. "And damp. I'll probably get a massive cold. And my head still hurts. Other than that I'm peachy."

She made a rueful face. "I'm starting to feel like I need a keeper."

Phoebe smiled faintly. "You don't need a keeper. You've had a rough couple of weeks."

"It hasn't been the best of times, no," Lana admitted. "Hopefully, it will get better as the summer goes on."

"It will," Phoebe assured her. "Feel like going to get food after this?"

"Definitely," Lana said. "Didn't have time to get breakfast either, obviously. I have class this afternoon, but lunch beforehand would be great."

Phoebe nodded.

"After this, we'll grab a quick lunch before you go to class."

Lana smiled. "Sounds good to me. My stomach is already rumbling."

Phoebe did another one of the moves Orlin was showing them.

"So I asked Veronica if she was slepping with Cole," she said off-handedly.

She figured she should talk to her BFF about this so she didn't think she was trying to shield her too much.

"What!?!" Lana looked shocked.

Phoebe nodded and when she looked at Lana, her eyes were full of the angusih she had been trying to hide.

"Cole won't talk to me about anything no matter how much I can feel coming off of him. I keep hearing rumours and radio reports about all of the time that they're spending together." She sighed. "So I flat out asked her."

"Oh honey, I had no idea you were even worrying about that!" Lana hugged Phoebe impulsively. "There's no way he would have been sleeping with her. Regardless of whatever other issues or things he's going through, he loves you and would never do that to you!"

Phoebe hugged her back.

"I think intellectually I knew that... but emotionally." She looked at Lana. "It was less painful to believe that he was sleeping with her because I could just curse them both or something and deal with my pain that way." She swallowed. "The only other explanantion is that he doesn't trust me anymore and therefore cannot bring himself to talk to me."

She sighed.

"I know he loves me and that he wouldn't cheat on me."

"It's not a question of trust," Lana said confidently. "But this is Bel... there's so much he represses, just shoves down so he won't have to deal with it. And, he's a guy. Not known at the best of times for sharing their feelings. Veronica's not as important to him as you are, so it's probably easier to tell her things."

"You... he really cares what you think of him. If he's not sure of something and you react badly, it would kill him."

Phoebe hung her head.

"Not feeling he can tell me stuff just makes it seem worse, you know?" She sighed. "I love him more than anything and if I was shutting him out he would throw a fit, Lana. We shouldn't have a fear of talking to each other about the important stuff."

"I know," Lana said. "And in a perfect world I'm sure it would work out that way. But... sometimes you just can't. But that's something you two have to work out together."

She looked at Phoebe. "Did you tell him you asked Veronica if they were sleeping together?"

Phoebe shook her head.

"No."

"Maybe you should. Might shock him into talking to you if he realized you were desperate enough to think that and ask her about it."

Phoebe thought about that.

"You have a good point."

"I'd be glad to tell him if you want, but I think it would be more effective coming from you."

"I'm so worried about him, Lana."

"Do you want me to talk to him?" Lana offered. "He might feel more comfortable talking to me. I'm not that important to him."

Yogalaties, Sesson 3

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